PSA: check your homes for radon. My test just came back and it is over 6 pCi/L

Feb 20, 2020
11:38:38am

WhirleyPop All-American

Apparently that is equivalent to smoking 12 cigarettes a day or getting 150 chest x-rays a year. Not sure if that is accurate, but I'll be having a mitigation system put in shortly.

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PSA: check your homes for radon. My test just came back and it is over 6 pCi/L

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 11:38am

Did you pay someone to do it, or did you buy a kit?

LegitCoug

2/20/20 11:39am

I bought a kit and sent it to the lab. Was about $15 plus shipping.

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 11:40am

Hmm... Can you send me a link? I probably should get our basement checked.

LegitCoug

2/20/20 11:41am

Here you go:

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 11:42am

Utah residents can get one here pretty cheap

O Gaucho

2/20/20 11:48am

Is that mainly an issue if you have a basement?

buffgato

2/20/20 11:40am

pretty sure just for basements

Grit for Brains

2/20/20 11:41am

Radon affects all houses. Even those without basements.

Sactown Cougar

2/20/20 12:34pm

The recommendation is you test in the lowest occupied living space of your home,

basman

2/20/20 11:49am

Wow. That is pretty fascinating. How are the zones defined?

TNT

2/20/20 11:54am

It appears the zones are by county and then by predicted average

basman

2/20/20 12:12pm

RE: PSA: check your homes for radon. My test just came back and it is over 6

credible HULK

2/20/20 11:43am

I think I was at 3 in one of my rooms. I need to do the long term test, you just reminded me.

Bert609

2/20/20 11:44am

They make a lot of unreasonable assumptions when coming up with those figures.

cracka

2/20/20 11:47am

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Abe Froman

2/20/20 11:47am

Usually a fan that pulls air from under the slab and vents it outside. If you

cracka

2/20/20 11:49am

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Abe Froman

2/20/20 12:00pm

About $1000 to $1500

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 12:03pm

Let me know how much yours is and who you went with. I'm worried I'll need to do this too, and

Bert609

2/20/20 12:06pm

It's not a difficult DIY.

cracka

2/20/20 12:10pm

Do you have any links? I'd love to figure out how to DIY it and follow up test.

Bert609

2/20/20 12:11pm

Here's one:

cracka

2/20/20 12:17pm

That looks like something I'd gladly pay someone else to do.

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 12:21pm

Thanks, bookmarked. Interesting, I already have a huge hole in my cement from the sump pump. I wonder if I put

Bert609

2/20/20 12:22pm

Probably could as long as that vent isn't tied into other plumbing vents in the

cracka

2/20/20 12:25pm

I've got a guy coming on Tuesday to install. $1300

Pimpin4Paradise

2/20/20 1:11pm

Typically a fan system. It's why radon is a big deal on the ground floor, it disperses quite easily in free-air,

Bert609

2/20/20 11:50am

For Utah residents, the state has a program for discount testing kits:

ConnCoug

2/20/20 11:48am

Isn’t this required with home inspection?

Nakedbootleg

2/20/20 1:01pm

Mine came in at 4.1, which is above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L...

maxlds

2/20/20 11:52am

If it is over 4, they recommend doing something to fix it.

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 11:53am

When my test was between 2-4 "to consider, or do further testing", I did a bit of research. From what I could

Bert609

2/20/20 12:02pm

Virtually every building is higher than zero.

Pimpin4Paradise

2/20/20 1:12pm

In my professional opinion as a non-scientist or medical professional, it’s

Junior Deputy

2/20/20 12:06pm

This is pretty much where I landed. When I looked into it years ago

cracka

2/20/20 12:14pm

This is why I haven't done any mitigation in mine. I pulled up some of my old records, the worst was

Bert609

2/20/20 12:19pm

Thank you, each. I think I'll buy a long term monitor and test a few places

maxlds

2/20/20 12:07pm

There is no level at which exposure to radon is considered "safe."

basman

2/20/20 12:04pm

I'll take one of those kits next time I go for my annual therapy.....

StarMan

2/20/20 12:06pm

My grandma and grandpa used to go there all the time! I'd forgotten about that.

IdahoCoug

2/20/20 12:11pm

Radon exposure?

TNT

2/20/20 12:20pm

My grandparents are both dead now....lack of radon mine therapy?

StarMan

2/20/20 12:29pm

Likely. According to those guys, it looks like it will cure everything.

IdahoCoug

2/20/20 12:53pm

So, like doTerra, but Essential Radiation?

StarMan

2/20/20 1:15pm

Where you live has an impact on how much radon your house gets.

Sactown Cougar

2/20/20 12:50pm

If my basement ceiling were higher, I'd probably just have a couple of ceiling

WhirleyPop

2/20/20 12:57pm

That's fine, as long as you have open windows.

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