Certainly OT: Radon
Anyone have experience with Radon mitigation, either air or water? Thanks.
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I have had to have the treatment on two houses that I have had. They use a positive ventilation fan system to extract the air/gases under the foundation, and route the gases through a wall and up out the to outside using 3" PVC pipe. The fan runs 24/7. It is expensive. Most realty/house purchase inspections require it in many locations any more.
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My aunt's house in Canada has a radon issue in basement. House is about 150 years old. Rock for the foundation came from a mine that later became an uranium mine!
Federal government plastered walls with something special, put in concrete floor replacing dirt, nice. Then as Tinman states a fan running 24/7. Electricity for fan is not metered with house. Every year a tech comes to check levels and be sure the fan is running. |
Lot of it around this area in the shale.
I've tested my crawl space a few times and not strong enough to need treatment. |
Radon
I had a house in Minneapolis area. Was built in 1988. Had basement tested and radon was above safe level. Had a fan system that put negative pressure under basement floor. Tat brought radon level down to the safer level. Believe it cost $1500 fifteen years ago.
There are firms that specialize in this. |
Sounds much like scare tactics and money pit
by greedy outfits. |
Here is an EPA map of Radon locations. The caption at the bottom has info on what levels need to be mitigated.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production...nemapcolor.pdf |
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My dad believed that cigarettes were ok, back in the 50s. That cost him about 20 years of life and the last few were pretty miserable. When you sell a house, radon tests are often a requirement, at least in the several stated I’ve lived in. So if you will sell someday, you will have to test the house for radon. |
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