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Posted by CL \"dnoyeB\" Gilbert on July 18, 2008, 2:25 pm
john wrote:
> warning....pretty long post
>
> I am so fed up with Radon right now I dont know what to do. I completely
> sealed every single crack with poleurothane chaulking. 6 mm plastic
> sheeting down , padding down , 1/2 think laminated wood flooring down...
> Wood trim sealed with chaulking on top and on bottom.
>
> http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i105/boczor/DSC00534.jpg ( a little
> blurry )
>
> I've never had any problems with wetness or dampness on that level.
>
> There is absolutely no way at all from the bottom that the radon can come
> through. So the only place it could be coming through is through the
> drywall via the extreme outer parts of the foundation area. And possibly
> from the buildup directly underneath the flooring where it cannot escape.
> So its possibly seeping through from underneath the flooring / underneath
> the woodtrim / towards the interior drywall. Thats my final conclusion.
>
> I still have the same levels as I had before all this work was done.
> Around 5 to 8 pcI . I monitor all the time and even have an accurate
> electronic one that monitors it every hour. I've never seen it ever go
> above 9pcI here...for years now I even occasionally send charcol packets
> for lab analysis that confirm that my electronic gauge is very accurate.
> Im almost at the point where I dont care anymore and im just going to live
> with it. Normal levels in Canada for the longest time used to be 20 pcI
> or
> under. They recently lowered the legal level to 5 pcI. Yet the u.s.
> level
> is 4 pcI . Is this going to change all the time ? I mean its not like I
> have 5000 pcI like some houses out there.
>
> I have a bi-level house. I cant have a mitigation system installed since
> I have no gravel underneath the foundation for the gas to breathe through.
> I
> heard this was common with bi-levels. My house was built in 1993. I also
> have radiant heating...another pain in the ass thing that the mitigation
> installers around here dont want to mess with... and plus with the wood
> flooring installed, the only place would be the garage to install the
> mitigation...and thats another problem since nobody knows if the garage is
> on a seperate slab of concrete then the main floor. The vaccum effect
> wouldnt work if its on another slab. Plus theres no gravel underneath.
>
> So I decided to take matters into my own hands today and dug underneath my
> foundation -
>
> http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i105/boczor/DSC00532.jpg
>
> It took me 2 hours to get around these boulders of rocks with a hand
> shovel.. (not seen in picture) The point I stopped at was right when the
> thunder storm moved in. But im pretty sure im under the foundation ?
> Any
> advice to do from here on out would be much appreciated. I left it like
> that for now. (dont worry the storm moved by quick...barely any rain)
> Maybe stick a pipe underneath there?....put the dirt back and see if the
> levels drop ? Why bother with a mitigation system for that section when
> I
> dont have gravel underneath ? Plus if I did have a gravel layer it would
> probably show up in that pic anyway right ?
>
> I feel exhaused with my efforts....and exhaused from the uncertainty from
> the 2 different mitigation estimate people i've been dealing with. Both
> people just didnt have a definate answer on what would work... And I hate
> crap like that when their like "well....we can drill one hole here...and
> see if that works....if that doesnt
> work....wellllllllllllllll...........we can drill another
> hole............and welllllll...........if that doesnt work............we
> can try something else..................and if that
> doesnt work.......... , etc, etc... by that time I had a brain tumor and
> told them to leave. I just want it to be fixed and done with, but that
> is
> not possible with radon. especially with my situation. Very
> aggravating.
>
> I've also heard that the only governmental radon / lung cancer studies
> that
> have EVER been done have been with Miners. People that work thousands of
> feet underground... of course their going to have problems. Theres never
> been any household radon / lung cancer studies done... EVER. Sometimes
> I
> think its a whole corrupt government thing. Maybe the Real studies
> indicated that anything under 10 pcI is completely safe. But if they
> officially say it has to be under 4 pcI....when then they make a whole lot
> more money that way. A whole lot more houses end up above the legal
> limits.
>
> Sorry for all my blabber, im mostly looking into any positive insight on
> what I can do with that hole I dug. (I sense sarcastic remarks incoming)
>
> Seriously, I appreciate any insight. I really dont know what to do
> anymore with this radon.
This has to be one of the longest trolls I have ever seen. Plus its got a
picture, ROFL.
Seriously, it only takes a rudimentary check to know that you can't seal
radon out of your house...
CL
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