I’m moving out soon and I’m thinking of moving into this beautiful pre-war building. I’m worried though about covid spreading and I’m wondering what precautions people living in apartments currently are taking.
Thing is I can find an apartment with a private entrance and in-unit wash/dryer, which would probably be better for covid, but this building is just nicer - better location, maintained better, it seems like the landlord is more present and responsive. Idk it’s a better deal, I’m just worried about covid.
Unless you work from home and have all the things you need delivered and therefore never leave your apartment, why are you particularly worried about the laundry room? The world is rough right now for those trying to be COVID safe, but just be as safe as you can. I don’t think shared laundry is gonna make or break things. If you’re worried about getting it from your clothes or something, wash and dry on high heat.
yeah laundry isn’t too bad, I’m able to wear my mask. Honestly I’m more worried about covid coming in from the hallway than the shared laundry, just thought I’d mention it. The private entrance is what’s more tempting to me and why I’m sort of hesitating on this.
it depends on the building im sure but i feel like a door with a seal good enough to keep your heating/cooling in is also pretty effective at keeping hall-air out. this is right out if your landlord is a cheap bastard that won’t replace a fucking draft seal ofc
Keep an air purifier by the door?
@[email protected], actually let me expand on that. Here’s what I would do. Levoit has an air purifier that runs about $100 with Alexa capability built in. I’d put that on a little table next to the door. Then I’d get an Alexa capable door sensor and have it trigger the air purifier to turn on for an hour everytime the door opened. Your filter probably wouldn’t need replacing for years.
Hmm, that’s a lot more tricky, sorry comrade. I agree with the other person who replied, best solution in that case is probably an air purifier by the door. Either than or open all the windows whenever you enter, but that’s not really feasible unless you live in a very temperate climate
Edit: I just realized, if there’s a window near the door, you could also try turning your apartment into a positive pressure room via a window AC so that air only flows out when the door is opened. But I have no idea if that would actually work in practice. Just an idea.
Towel under the door? There’s generally a bit of entry space between the door and the rest of the apartment so mask up before you get to that point on the way out? You can really have an entirely safe apartment cause if it was covid proof it’d be airtight and you’d die from that. Generally though I don’t think there’s much chance of someone going through the hallway with covid and expelling enough air in front of your door for it to really matter, people don’t linger in the halls, they’re leaving their house to go outside so it’s not gonna be a major concentration of disease in the air and apartment hallways spend most of their time empty and generally have some ventilation