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Radon Mitigation
You may be in need of a radon reduction system or maybe you have an installed radon system that needs service. Our courteous staff is eager to deal with your individual issues. Our trained technicians take pride in their work and ability to provide our customers with the best products and systems available. We provide our customers with the comforts and peace of mind they deserve.  What Should I Do If the Radon Level is High? a. High Radon Levels Can Be Reduced EPA recommends that you take action to reduce your home's indoor radon levels if your radon test result is 4 pCi/L or higher. If you intend to sell your home, it is better to correct a radon problem before placing your home on the market because then you have more time to address a radon problem and not have buyer remorse after testing during the real estate inspections. The cost of making repairs to reduce radon levels depends on how your home was built and other factors. Most homes can be fixed for about the same cost as other common home repairs, like painting or having a new hot water heater installed. The cost for a licensed radon mitigation professional to lower radon levels in a home is approximately $1200 to about $1500, however, difficult to fix homes can be more expensive. b. How To Lower The Radon Level In Your Home There are several proven methods to reduce radon in your home, but the one primarily used is a vent pipe system and fan, which pulls radon from beneath the house and vents it to the outside. This system, known as sub-slab depressurization, does not require major changes to your home. Sealing foundation cracks and other openings makes this kind of system more effective and cost-efficient with regard to annual heating and cooling costs. Similar systems can also be installed in houses with crawl spaces, known as sub-membrane depressurization. There will be some homes that have full finished basements and due to aesthetic reasons cannot be fixed with a conventional sub-slab pipe system, do not fret, homes can be fixed with an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) system. The right system depends on the design of your home and other factors. Will sealing slab cracks/openings reduce indoor radon levels? Unfortunately, sealing slab cracks and openings does not generally have any significant effect in home indoor radon concentrations. This seems strange because we know that radon is mixed in soil gas and it is pulled into the house through cracks by slight pressure differences caused by wind, temperature differences and fan action. The problem is that sealing generally results in a higher concentration of radon in the soil gas, so that even though the sealing reduces the amount of soil gas that gets into the house, the same amount of radon gets in. And that means that the indoor radon concentration remains about the same! Occasionally sealing is partially effective, so you may want to try it. Be sure and use sealants that can stick to dirty concrete (like polyurethane caulks). Even if you are not successful, any slab sealing will increase the effectiveness of a fan powered radon mitigation system.
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