please bear with me, this is a little bit of an explanation. i haven't been able to find an answer to this on google.
first off, let me say that these aren't true "living conditions". more like "temporary work" conditions.
here's my situation: i'm moving back in with my parents for a short amount of time and i need an extra room to set up my computer and a bunch of other electronic equipment. they have a 2 story house and all the bedrooms are on the top floor. i don't have room in my (or any other bedroom) for this stuff. (the actual living conditions of the house are fine, except maybe for one extra junk room that wasn't finished)
my parent's house has a minor mouse problem, mostly because their cat catches them and brings them into the house and lets them go. in any case, the extra room upstairs(not a bedroom, just a big junk room) was packed with boxes of junk that i have since cleaned up. there was mouse crap around the edges of the room (not a ton, maybe a few table spoons worth spread out around the edge of the 35x20 foot room). there was also some ripped up paper, most likely from the mice. every now and then you can hear a mouse in the floor/ceiling between the main floor and 2nd floor.
there have been quite a few mice caught in this big junk room over the years, as well as in the attic (it's not usable. it's full of fibreglass). the attic entrance (which you need a ladder to access) is right inside this junk room. around this area you can smell something bad. it's either a dead mouse that nobody can find (we've looked) or maybe mouse crap in between the 2nd floor ceiling and the attic that you can't see. you can't really smell this at all when you're in the junk room, just within about 4-5 feet of the attic door.
there is almost no drywall used in this big room. it was there a while ago, but was taken off to deal with a water problem and never put back. so the fibreglass insulation in the room only has plastic over it. there are a few small areas where this plastic has ripped off, and i plan to staple up new plastic over these areas.
soooooo, with all that being said (small amounts of uncovered fibreglass, possible close proximity to mouse crap and maybe a dead mouse (hopefully not))
is there any health issues that might arise if i spend a few hours in that room per day?
i've heard things about fumes that come off of mouse poop and how it can be really harmful. as far as the fibreglass goes, it should be safe as long as it's not disturbed, right?
i don't know how much of this can be answered in this forum. if i could find out anything it would be:
can working in a room that has mouse poop in it's ceiling and maybe other places (there is no poo in the room itself) be hazardous to your health?
if anyone has any info it would be much appreciated.
first off, let me say that these aren't true "living conditions". more like "temporary work" conditions.
here's my situation: i'm moving back in with my parents for a short amount of time and i need an extra room to set up my computer and a bunch of other electronic equipment. they have a 2 story house and all the bedrooms are on the top floor. i don't have room in my (or any other bedroom) for this stuff. (the actual living conditions of the house are fine, except maybe for one extra junk room that wasn't finished)
my parent's house has a minor mouse problem, mostly because their cat catches them and brings them into the house and lets them go. in any case, the extra room upstairs(not a bedroom, just a big junk room) was packed with boxes of junk that i have since cleaned up. there was mouse crap around the edges of the room (not a ton, maybe a few table spoons worth spread out around the edge of the 35x20 foot room). there was also some ripped up paper, most likely from the mice. every now and then you can hear a mouse in the floor/ceiling between the main floor and 2nd floor.
there have been quite a few mice caught in this big junk room over the years, as well as in the attic (it's not usable. it's full of fibreglass). the attic entrance (which you need a ladder to access) is right inside this junk room. around this area you can smell something bad. it's either a dead mouse that nobody can find (we've looked) or maybe mouse crap in between the 2nd floor ceiling and the attic that you can't see. you can't really smell this at all when you're in the junk room, just within about 4-5 feet of the attic door.
there is almost no drywall used in this big room. it was there a while ago, but was taken off to deal with a water problem and never put back. so the fibreglass insulation in the room only has plastic over it. there are a few small areas where this plastic has ripped off, and i plan to staple up new plastic over these areas.
soooooo, with all that being said (small amounts of uncovered fibreglass, possible close proximity to mouse crap and maybe a dead mouse (hopefully not))
is there any health issues that might arise if i spend a few hours in that room per day?
i've heard things about fumes that come off of mouse poop and how it can be really harmful. as far as the fibreglass goes, it should be safe as long as it's not disturbed, right?
i don't know how much of this can be answered in this forum. if i could find out anything it would be:
can working in a room that has mouse poop in it's ceiling and maybe other places (there is no poo in the room itself) be hazardous to your health?
if anyone has any info it would be much appreciated.