Re: buying a home--radon question

[Guest guest]

I'm no expert, but I can tell you a little.

You do want to keep it ventilated, it is important to keep the air clear. Radon

is decayed uranium and still radioactive, it causes lung cancer and alzheimer's

for example.

Here the ground is high in it. What is usually enough to take care of it, and

required in closed in buildings, is that crawl spaces have those screened vents

that can be closed, one on each side of the buildings to allow air flow. If you

can't get air flow, or not enough, and it bare ground under the house, covering

it with plastic sheeting is what is suggested.

There are tests for it that may be available at your hardware store you stick

down there for directed length of time, and get a reading off that to know if

air flow is sufficient or not.

~ Snoshoe

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> Hi,

> We are buying a home and are interested in one that has a radon mitigation

system. How concerned do I need to be about this? As long as the system is

running is the home truly safe? If anyone has expertise in this area I'd really

appreciate your opinion. My biggest concern is power outages. If we lose power

for an extended period of time, then what? It's my understanding there is a fan

that runs 24/7 to pump the radon out.

> thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

As with wireless radiation, even if radon is below the government limit, it may

not be low enough. After you measure the radon in prospective home, do a google

search to find the equivalent in chest xrays. That will give you a better feel

for what the standard means.

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> > > Hi,

> > > We are buying a home and are interested in one that has a radon

> > mitigation system. How concerned do I need to be about this? As long as the

> > system is running is the home truly safe? If anyone has expertise in this

> > area I'd really appreciate your opinion. My biggest concern is power

> > outages. If we lose power for an extended period of time, then what? It's my

> > understanding there is a fan that runs 24/7 to pump the radon out.

> > > thanks,

> > >

> > >

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[Guest guest]

Hi, ,

 

I looked into radon mitigation 3 years ago when we were considering buying a

house with a radon problem.  I posed questions to various experts on how to

remediate, taking into consideration my sensitivities at the time.  There was

one man who I felt had a great solution....  He said to make channels out of

your basement as close to the ceiling as possible and connect these into your

downspouts on your house.  He said radon gases naturally rise to the highest

point, so they will naturally, on their own, leave thru the downspouts, and go

up into the outside air. 

 

Diane

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Subject: buying a home--radon question

Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:07 PM

 

Hi,

We are buying a home and are interested in one that has a radon mitigation

system. How concerned do I need to be about this? As long as the system is

running is the home truly safe? If anyone has expertise in this area I'd really

appreciate your opinion. My biggest concern is power outages. If we lose power

for an extended period of time, then what? It's my understanding there is a fan

that runs 24/7 to pump the radon out.

thanks,