Posted by JDseller on June 03, 2012 at 06:47:14 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: ot radon posted by larry@stinescorner on June 02, 2012 at 19:21:45:
We have the radon issue here in Dubuque County too. The fix is usually a small ventilation fan that moves air under the foundation/slab in the basement. Here any house that has a basement has to be tested before it can be sold. A friend just had his done as he is moving back to the home farm. His tested at the high side of normal so he went ahead and had it fixed. The contractor drilled a 2 inch hole in each end of his basement floor. Then they put a small fan drawing out air from under the slab. They then went to the other hole and did a smoke test to see if there was air flow under the slab. HE said you could see the smoke be drawn down through the hole. He even had them shut the fan off to show him it was actually drawing the smoke and not something else doing it. He said it was the fan doing the air flow. So the one hole got plumbed up to a ventilation fan that blows the air out side the house and the other end has a filter on it to keep dust/dirt from being draw into it. The company he had do the work gave him a test kit to check the basement with after two weeks of the system being put in. The gave him two sensors. One he sent to them for a test and the other went to the county health department where they sent it out for a test. I thought it was a stand up company that would provide a independent test to prove that they had done their job.
His problem was solved. I think it cost him about $3500 total for everything.
I have a rock basement and I had it tested years ago and they told me I did not have an issue because I have a lot of sandy ground around the house area. They told me it takes a clay based soil to have real high radon level.
I have wondered how you would install a ventilation/radon system in areas that have water problems. I would think that drilling the holes in the floor would make the basement be wet. Have any of you guys ever had a system installed???
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