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Radon
Radon comes from the breakdown of uranium
in the earth's crust. It's an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas and can
be found virtually everywhere. The health risk of radon gas is lung
cancer. The EPA has set a limit of 4 pCi/l and recommends treatment at
that level and above.
The primary way to treat radon is through a
process called sub slab depressurization. What that involves is cutting a
4" hole into your basement floor, inserting a 3" plastic pipe that is run
up from the floor to the ceiling of the basement and then outside the
home. There and encapsulated fan is attached and piping (that looks like a
gutter downspout) is run above the roofline. The fan creates a vacuum
underneath the floor and draws the radon outside and vents it into the
atmosphere where it dissipates and breaks down harmlessly.
With our system you receive a manometer which is a meter that lets you
know that the system is creating sufficient vacuum and thus working. You
also receive a free radon test (kit) that you can conduct at anytime and
have the results mailed directly to you. And for added peace of mind, we
give you a FIVE YEAR warrantee that the system will perform as specified.
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