Radon...what would you do?

Posted by Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_addre on May 17, 2006, 2:46 pm

I did a home radon test about a month ago. I got the results back...6
pC/l. They say that the EPA recommends it be below 4.

My neighbor's was 16, so his was a no-brainer. I'm wondering you
conservative, if at all, the EPA standards are.

We just don't have the $1500 right now for a mitigation system, and
I'm wondering if I should worry about the test results.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on May 17, 2006, 3:16 pm

Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com wrote:

> I did a home radon test about a month ago. I got the results back...6
> pC/l. They say that the EPA recommends it be below 4.
> My neighbor's was 16, so his was a no-brainer. I'm wondering you
> conservative, if at all, the EPA standards are.
> We just don't have the $1500 right now for a mitigation system, and
> I'm wondering if I should worry about the test results.

I an a cancer survivor who lost both my parents to cancer. I guess I am
a little more careful that others.

I suggest you can do a lot yourself. Google the issue on line. I
suggest that some tubes of caulk and a caulking gun and maybe some
additional ventilation can be cheap and do a lot to reduce it in most cases.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Posted by Toller on May 17, 2006, 3:35 pm

> Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com wrote:

>> I did a home radon test about a month ago. I got the results back...6
>> pC/l. They say that the EPA recommends it be below 4.
>> My neighbor's was 16, so his was a no-brainer. I'm wondering you
>> conservative, if at all, the EPA standards are.
>> We just don't have the $1500 right now for a mitigation system, and
>> I'm wondering if I should worry about the test results.

> I an a cancer survivor who lost both my parents to cancer. I guess I
> am a little more careful that others.
> I suggest you can do a lot yourself. Google the issue on line. I
> suggest that some tubes of caulk and a caulking gun and maybe some
> additional ventilation can be cheap and do a lot to reduce it in most
> cases.

That seems reasonable, but it probably also depends on how much time he
spends in the basement, and how much air exchange there is between the
basement and the upstairs.
It might also be worth testing again in a few months before panicking.
Never having had radon, I am not that well informed about it; but I "think"
it worst when the water table is high, like it might be in the spring?

Posted by Goedjn on May 17, 2006, 3:57 pm

On Wed, 17 May 2006 18:46:52 GMT,

"Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com" <> wrote:

>I did a home radon test about a month ago. I got the results back...6
>pC/l. They say that the EPA recommends it be below 4.
>My neighbor's was 16, so his was a no-brainer. I'm wondering you
>conservative, if at all, the EPA standards are.
>We just don't have the $1500 right now for a mitigation system, and
>I'm wondering if I should worry about the test results.

Very conservative.
On the other hand, how is your basement put together, that it
takes $1500 to ventilate it?

Posted by PipeDown on May 17, 2006, 5:29 pm

> On Wed, 17 May 2006 18:46:52 GMT,
> "Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com" <> wrote:

>>I did a home radon test about a month ago. I got the results back...6
>>pC/l. They say that the EPA recommends it be below 4.
>>My neighbor's was 16, so his was a no-brainer. I'm wondering you
>>conservative, if at all, the EPA standards are.
>>We just don't have the $1500 right now for a mitigation system, and
>>I'm wondering if I should worry about the test results.

> Very conservative.
> On the other hand, how is your basement put together, that it
> takes $1500 to ventilate it?

A combination of sealing gaps in the foundation and adding a powered vent
which might incur an electrician and a carpenter, I can see it getting up
there if you don't do a thing yourself. Especially if they talk you into an
elaborate vent system with multiple air intakes and ducts and louvered air
replacement vent openings (to the outside) and a hermertic paint on concrete
sealer.

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