RADON CONCENTRATION 6.2pCi/l

[Scottpat]

Originally posted by Robert

Thanks for that input. The bathroom exhaust fan being installed in the furnace room definitely doesn't sound like a good idea....cure one problem and create another is not a good solution.

Does anyone know whether or not Home Inspectors are required to report the results of 'high' radon levels they find in homes to the County or State Board of Health in Indiana? I sure would hate to buy a home that is marked by a published high radon test which is not even reliable.

You need to check with the State. On the flip side if your state is a "Disclosure State" you will need to report it on the Sellers Disclosure Statement that is given to all prospective buyers.

[Les]

Dear Messers Patterson & Katen,

Don't you feel at least a little bad about picking on George/Robert/?

You guys are just too nice.

[Jim Katen]

Originally posted by Les

Dear Messers Patterson & Katen,

Don't you feel at least a little bad about picking on George/Robert/?

You guys are just too nice.

I wouldn't characterize it as picking on him. He came here looking for a fight and leading with his jaw.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[kurt]

Well, actually, no. I don't believe the gov't., expecially when their position is based on extremely poor scientific method.

I'm all for rigorous application of science to this thing we do. I am not in favor of watered down protocols that confuse at best, and misinform @ worst.

[Neal Lewis]

Originally posted by kurt

If was selling a house, and someone balked @ a 4.4 pcl and wanted a mitigation system, I'd find another buyer.That's cheapshot crap, and I don't think HI's should be recommending mildly sleazy negotiating ploys to their customers.If there's a real defect, fine, but a 4.4 pcl???

The real estate contract will state that the radon level pass the test or the seller remediates. Simple as that.

We're talking about putting a system in a townhouse; the Association might not approve of the exterior piping and fan . The cost of the system could be considerable to run the piping internally.

Joe, most houses in that part of the state will pass the test.

[Scottpat]

Maybe you can use the natural surroundings to hide the mitigation system. This is a picture of two fans and vent pipes for a resort condo in the mountains. They would not allow a conventional system so they paid dearly to have this put in. The pipes run up hill from the basement about 40' from the building and into a stand of trees.

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[Terence McCann]

That's pretty cool - too bad they didn't do something with the couplings.

[kurt]

Radon levels around here are low; very, very low. There's no good argument for much of anything related to radon in Chicago.

Mitigation systems run approx. $2500. If I was selling, I'd be foolish to cave to some seller who wanted a system because of a random number produced from a poor quality test.

The few jobs I've done where levels exceeded 4.0pcl, folks sometimes got an allowance for mitigation, then never installed a mitigation system. It's cheap shot stuff.

If I was in some other part of the country, where radon was prevalent, the situation would be completely different.