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Glad someone brought up radon. No one knows about it. Get a HRV or ERV and ideally slab depressurization, Google the terms if unfamiliar folks! Enjoy the diy pr
by verelo 5y ago
Glad someone brought up radon. No one knows about it. Get a HRV or ERV and ideally slab depressurization, Google the terms if unfamiliar folks! Enjoy the diy projects haha
- dboreham 5y agoSlab depressurization (essentially creating a partial vacuum under a building's concrete slab floor) can work very well. These days usable radon concentration meters are quite affordable. I used one in a building I own to verify the effectiveness of a slab depressurization system. It reduced measured radiation levels to a small fraction of the baseline. Of course you need a building with a slab foundation to use this technique.
- verelo 5y agoYeah it’s an amazingly simple approach. I did it in a house i renovated, the building inspected tried to stop me as he wasn’t familiar with the system and thought it would actually allow radon in. Turns out he had a family member die from lung cancer and they believed they was a possible link. I expect at some point it’ll be part of most modern building codes where there is a basement connecting to a living space.