I’m a home inspector and set radon tests 4+ times per week. I know of 1 person personally who was diagnosed with lung cancer as a result of radon. The test I set in their basement read 112 pc/L and the owner watched sports almost everyday in the basement for 25 years.
Follow up on this comment because it is gaining traction. Radon can be dangerous. Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States behind smoking. HOWEVER it takes years of elevated exposure to radon gas before health conditions typically arise.
Always a pleasure watching your video, but I'm glad a did. I had a mitigation system installed in my first in bought in the 90's. I just bought a house about 1 1/2 years ago and of course waived the inspection because you had to in order to buy the house. Well now my wife works from home and uses the basement as her office and just texted her to order a radon test. It's very common in PA to have radon. Thanks!!
I have a close friend who is a licensed Radon contractor. Radon is a serious, indoor air quality, environmental risk, too many people minimize it. Thank you for the videos.
Radon is a serious profit machine built on psuedo science. Your close friend is a snake oil con artist. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n6oD7ZiqbcI.html
I am a nrpp certified radon professional (I know it’s fancy) and the handyman is correct, radon has been around forever but it’s just now becoming a bigger issue now that we know/test for it. It’s my generation’s asbestos, and has data to show it causes lung cancer. Some states actually do regulate it. Where I live (Georgia) it is not. The EPA has some really good info on their website for h/o who are interested. They say levels need to be below 4.0 pci/l but there are no true “safe” levels. I would also say that the homedepot test he used is good but the tests we use have to be calibrated every year so having a professional test completed every couple years is recommended. System looks great handy! Hopefully you took the exterior stack all the way above the roof line. That plenum was pretty amazing. If you need a job let me know 😂. To help the efficiency of your systems be sure to use that poly to seal all 1/8 or larger cracks in the slab, around any plumbing penetrations in slab (that are accessible) as well as around the perimeter in the cold joint between foundation walls and slab. Basically any potential gap/crack where the gas can enter. Love the videos!
I think home sellers should start telling buyers to piss off. Offer a mutual release, the dickheads can go and purchase another home. Hah. I don't think they'll want to considering all of the mortgage fees and expenses as well as home inspection fees and appraisal fees that they've already paid. They'd have to do that ALL over again with another home. AND there's no requirement that the seller has to capitulate to the buyer's demands, either!
Now we need a contractor to suck all the UV off your yard. Yknow that stuffs more dangerous than working inside the reactor room in a nuclear power plant lol
Thinking the air fan is going to use lots of amperage. Wonder what that costs? Maybe puttjng multiple passive vents, on different sides would be less costly up front, less noisy, and not increase your electric costs?
To help your channel I've watched a commercial that told me too throw dirt or screws in a thugs face . That would make me one handed but I should feel safer
Another great job! A few questions for us curious folks that have never done this before… 1 - how deep is the hole? (Watch part for answer) 2 - how did you make the hole? (Watch part 1 for answer) 3 - what keeps rain water from running along the horizontal section of pipe, passing through the wall and dripping in to the basement? Is it sloped with the high side inside the basement? Thank you for sharing!
Good question. Its only a 3 inch pipe. The very little rain water that does hit the pipe drains down past the fan in into to hole. Then it gets sucked back up the pipe as it dries. You can't put rain caps on the top of the pipe it impedes the flow of air to much and it won't work well. That's what the literature says at least.
@@TheHandyman1 my mistake, I did not notice this video was part 2, so just now watched part 1 and as usual you are very thorough and answered my first two questions. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists that may be somewhat of a solution but it seems like trading one problem for another. Blowing air out would require a significant amount of make-up air which in turn needs to be heated/cooled and treated for humidity and particulates.
@@teddywong6246 I'm not sure what you are referring to, what did I say? I am not seeing it. But you're right - if you're exhausting air out of a home, where is the replacement air coming from?? From nooks and crannies.
@@teddywong6246 PS - I am a licensed realtor with an eye for things. The home inspectors are just another fucking glorified "necessity" that the real estate industry pushes because home inspectors pay the same association fees that realtors do. They're a necessity because they association receives fees from them, plain and simple.
Your right about the whole selling your home thing. Had out home inspected and sure enough the wanted the money for the system. The crew came out and said they could run the pipe up through the roof and no-one would see it. I said no, they want the system so we should probably run that pipe right up the back side of the house so they can see it and make them feel safe. And you sir might want to consider a lung exam after having your face so close to that deadly hole.
Can that hole fill with water? Just concerned that water will build up in it in areas with a high water table. In that event, would you also add pumps for the water, or is this not a concern at all?
Growing up our "playroom" (whether at our house or a neighbors) was most often times the basement. At some point in Middle School I was given a Radon test kit as part of a science class project, and it was after bringing home the results of that test that we had a radon pump installed. Probably did more harm smoking in my teens/twenties than Radon ever did, but it all adds up!
HAHAHA radon test kits for school projects. Scientology-grade scammer sent you fake results at best. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n6oD7ZiqbcI.html
Jokes aside, I found this interesting. I've never seen any radon mitigation, but it doesn't look like it's common where I live. However, I will say the video you took from inside of that hole looks similar to my cave.
Don't waste your money. Radon "mitigation" is a con artist scam built on BS EPA "guidelines" that they admitted were just "guesswork". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n6oD7ZiqbcI.html
'Bicep depth'... but that is Handyman bicep depth so we need to do the math to determine how deep that is for the average human. Also, I was 'like' #666 what the?! As for radon mitigation, I've personally had a basement which 'required' mitigation following me voluntarily letting a couple out of a sale contract due to marginal test levels. I always thought radon was a scam until doing some research and its a real deal so I had it sucked away and sold the house to another couple. My best friend is an inspector and does these tests all the time in our area of Central KY but I have not personally known of anyone whose cancer was attributed to radon. As always... super clean job on this install!
My grandmother died of lung cancer. She led a super healthy lifestyle. Never ate any junk food, never touched a cigarette or used alcohol and exercised regularly. She lived into her 90's before the cancer got her. The reason I suspect radon is cause she had a room in the basement of my parents place and lived there for many years before she died.
Have you ever gone to a new clients house & they just completely overwhelm you with like a page long list of things they want done inside & out? Big & small? I’ve been getting that a lot lately lol
When I purchased in early 2020 in Georgia, the home inspector said it needed to be installed. The company used thin wall PVC. The issue is it resonates and I hear a howling sound. It was installed up the exterior wall and terminates above the roofline. I wonder if using a thicker PVC, if it would mitigate the howling. Any thoughts or someone in the know?
Great video...I'm a plumbing & HVAC tech I'm thinking about trying to become a licensed radon contractor... there is no one in my area that is...what do you think was this job a good paying job for the labor and time?
Radon at the incredibly minute levels found in any house are far from deadly and there is zero science based evidence via controlled studies linking radon at these barely measurable levels to cancer.
I'd put the pipe together with vasoline so the fitting can be reused. Yeah, I'm cheap. Then find some drunk that smokes, and if it's sucking smoke, caulk it with cheap painters caulk with the suction on. After that sucks in, it will seal. Probably seal with the vasoline.
I have no doubt that breathing in radon isn’t good but you got to wonder how much of it is getting blown out of proportion. Maybe it’s there destroying your lungs, maybe it’s not, who knows. But for peace of mind I guess I can see why someone would choose to have this done anyway and not just for resale value. But like you said the remediation method for now is just a pipe stuck in the floor with a suction fan…just wonder how effective that actually is.
Very effective. Essentially it is depressurizing the atmosphere below the slab causing a negative pressure. In my house the levels went from 8 pc /L down to .6 pc /L over a 72 hour period after the system was installed.
Your phone Wi-fi, baby monitor, smart meter, Etc, ANY ONE is worse than 9 out of 10 homes shown to have a radon issue. ALL THE SOURCES OF RADIATION U BUY & BRING HOME PUT TOGETHER compared to radon is another pathetic, sick joke your government has made of your health & your life!
What is the best trade to learn first in order to become a handyman in the future? What is the trade that isn’t a body breaker and less toxic(synthetic chemicals, toxins) for the body? Lastly. Which trade do you not need math? 🤣😅
Concrete is a porous substrate prone to water penetration; therefore, it has to be sealed to keep water in the pool, in addition to keeping ground water out. Use google.
Technically code requires it to go through above the roof. As it increase Radeon around the exit. www.epa.gov/radon/why-must-radon-be-vented-air-above-my-homes-roof
As an added bonus, you can flaunt that your house has been radon mitigated to your neighbors. It's the new cool thing I hear. And the bad thing that they hear running all the time...suckers.
Those socialist Canadians say it’s ok to put the fan inside as it will last longer. Mine had a sump and drain tile to pull from so didn’t need the higher capacity loud fan. It’s not very loud and cannot hear it outside the utility room. My outside pipe was painted to match my round gutter downspout and it makes me happy not to see that big clunky fan hanging n the outside of my house.
@@TheHandyman1 What did you use for pipe outside? Around here it's common to use 2x3 downspout to vent to the roofline. I've put a few systems in and use 3" schedule 30.
Your phone Wi-fi, baby monitor, smart meter, Etc, ANY ONE is worse than 9 out of 10 homes shown to have a radon issue. ALL THE SOURCES OF RADIATION U BUY & BRING HOME PUT TOGETHER compared to radon is another pathetic, sick joke your government has made of your life!
Bananas do emit a tiny fraction of radiation. You’d have to eat 100 bananas a day to equal the same amount of radiation you’re smacked with in a daily basis in the US.
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JUST ONE MORE REASON FOR A MONEY GRAB, OWN YOUR HOME? GOOD PERSON, DON'T PAY TAXES 3 YRS, WE TAKE IT AWAY. SEEMS LIKE A RENTAL HOME AFTER YOU PAID FOR IT.
SO CAN YOU HOOK TWO SIDES AND TWO PIPES UP TO 1 SUCTION FAN???? LOL RADON LUNG CANCER, YAA MY WHOLE DADS SIDE OF THE FAMILY DIED FROM THAT, THEY LIVED DEEP UNDERGROUND. GROUNDHOG PEOPLE!
