Radon Mitigation System for under $500 - DIY Homeowner Installation 

Thank you so much for this video..by far the most helpful video I’ve seen for managing high radon levels by utilizing sump basin. After watching, I had confidence to tackle my own project and was able to get my radon level from 24.7 down to 0.7 with this very simple and effective approach! Me and my family thank you for sharing this important information!

Perfect video. I recently bought a radon detector and here I am, 7 days of self-calibration later, the average is 8.3pCi/l. Given my recent re-interest in woodworking (in my basement workshop....), it looks like time to do something. Good to hear cost is ~$500 total, 4 hours. Great info. Thank you!

We are visiting In-Laws in Easter North Dakota. Radon upstairs is 44 and downstairs in the 90's. Our In-Laws have lived in the House for almost 40 years and no adverse health issues. I placed a window fan in the basement with it blowing outward. I just checked upstairs and down from 44 to 8.5 in 24 hours . They refuse to have a Radon system installed since living in the House 40 years never hurt them. My Mother In Law is 93 years old. There is also a Lutheran Care Center here, just a block away. Slab floors. I bet their Radon is really high. I offered to leave my monitor there for a few days and they quickly escorted me out. They certainly don't want any possible publicity there could be a Radon problem where People's loved ones are being taken care of.

Great job on the video! Very informative and not too “wordy” or unnecessarily long….one of my biggest pet peeves with RU-vid “how to” videos!

Very good. This passes for home resale, with one exception. You do need a disconnect within 6' or if not possible, line of sight of the fan. Other than that, great job.

Thank you very much for the video. We have lived in this beautiful 19 year old house now a year and half and my wife has so many breathing issues. She has had to go on oxygen too. I just installed an Airthings house system and in one day the radon levels are in the RED. I am now going to install a mitigation fan system like you did. Thank you so much for the video!

We put in a radon system a few years ago. Our sump hole, which hooks to drain tile, was not sealed completely. The result of putting in the radon system, which is sealed, was extremely good as far as I am concerned. Radon went from 13 to 0.7. Also I believe the system reduces humidity in the basement a bunch, AND also eliminates odor from the sump hole. Dirt and stale water actually stink. Who would have thought? It is safer and odor free. I definitely recommend putting one in if you have high radon.

Your presentation is exemplary in its thoroughness. Clear concise very good.

Just got 5 pci level of radon in my house, we are going to set up a mitigation system but we are definitely moving out by the end of the year. Radon levels in the whole community are too high. However, watching this video made me realize I have to pay someone else to do it.

Thank you! Best radon mitigation video out there. Clear and to the point.

Thanks for sharing this with us. God bless you and your family!

Thank you so much for posting this! Five stars. I'll follow up once install mine.

Pretty good for someone not radon certified but there are some things you could have done better like the electric and lid if you really wanted to cut cost use a lexan cover and silicone around it but other than that good work

My Grandma- This costs me $5 to run per month?????? “I’ll take my chances with possibly getting lung cancer”

4 hrs is not realistic for most homeowner but you did do a great job. Waiting for results on a couple testing kit, now I wish I bough a portable detector instead

Thanks for the video! I will be doing this when we move into our new house.

The cost for matetials is a grand easy. Pipe ($30 each for 3x10), fittings, breaker, 12/2 wiring, weather proof cut off, pipe clamps, glue and primer, sump cap, ferncos, caulk, sprayfoam, bolts, sds drill, pipe hangers, screws, radon fan, monometer, condensate bypass etc. I charge $2500 to install mitigation systems, other companies near me charge over $3000. I want to know where he shops...

Great informative video. More than I have gotten from professional radon mitigation people!

Very well presented with great content. Thxs for sharing the items you used and quick links to buy.

Great job putting the radon mitigation system together and explaining very details. I just found out that the house I am purchasing has radon reading of 10.5 PcL :-( .

My radon sealant cost $170 for 24 tube. My house would cost $1300 to do radon and replace 2 sump pump. $2600 to get a company to do it. Fitting and schedule 40 pipe are expensive. My reading is 7 but I doubt I can get it down to 1. I will start on my system in a few weeks.

Excellent information, under $500 radon mitigation system. Thanks

Thank you very much for this video. It's very helpful!

Excellent explanation and cost analysis

Those are great results. Great work!

This is so clear and helpful. Thank you.

Just make sure the sump pit is not connected to any outside drainage that are open to air. Because all you would do is pumping in outside air instead of depressurizing. Also, if the sum pit is connected to any drainage from appliances (Central AC, humidifier, water softener, etc) you can't use the sum pit without creating a back drift. Learned that hard way. In either case, forget the sum pit and pick a place to drill a 4.5 inch hole, remove dirt and gravel and use that point for radon pipe.

Thank you!!! My radon level is currently 8. Been sick for months. Thankful to God for showing me what was slowly killing me and my family. God bless and be with you!

Outstanding video! Thank you for being so thorough with the information.

Thank you

Thank you for the excellent video and explanation. Very informative and to the point.

Fantastic Instructional Video! Thanks!

You need a disconnect switch outside for the electrical.

Very neat idea and video! With that type of sump cover, how long would it take to dismantle, replace the sump pump, and reassemble? Also, where is your sump pump check valve?

Excellent information and thank you for sharing the links to the products for this DIY project.

what did you do about the floor drain???

So you started the Radon system from an existing sump pump? Purchased this new lid and added the mitigation system to the sump pump? Is that correct? Great video and great information.

thank you best video i have seen on this topic. really nailed it!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Just FYI The shut off for the fan should be outside with the fan. Disconnecting means should always be visible from the device they are controlling.

Great job explaining, thanks

You're the man! Thanks for this video!

Well done

This video was very informative. Thanks for uploading.

Very nicely explained! Thanks.

Super helpful video. Thank you!

Nice informative video. Thank you

Great video, thank you.

Fantastic video! Thanks!

Hi thank you for this explanation, I just got this house and has random, where could I buy all this materials, I went to home depot but they don have any of this materials .

Thank you - excellent video and instruction.

Thank you!

Thanks for the video!

How's that Radon mitigation system working for you now

Thank you, nice job and great video.

Thank you so much for this detailed and helpful video. Any thoughts on the efficiency of such a radon mitigation system, if I drill a hole in the HVAC room (right at the edge of the basement). I do have a sump pit with an ejector pump, however it is beneath the stairs in the very middle of the basement, so no way do drill there. My only concern is with the HVAC room location is that being at the very edge of a relatively large basement, it won't be able to efficiently suck up the gas and cover all that foundation. Since it is a finished basement, no way to drill somewhere else and then bring the pipe to the HVAC room... Am I overcomplicating things, any ideas from JJ Central or folks in this community? Thank you!

what if the French drains run along exterior of home? I do have a submersible sump.

Great job! Thank you!

Excellent video...

Great job!

You did a great job with this. I am thinking of getting it done in my case. My Radon levels in the utility room with a French drain records 2.1 - 4.8 through the day. Data of 4.7-4.8 at the 11am - 4pm seems to be consistent. Should I be worried to get a system done? I don't have a sump pump

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Excellent. Thank you

Great video! Thank you so much. I am in Canada and never heard of this problem until this week. Purchased a good monitor and bam! Can I ask what kind of health problems you noticed? I always blamed my coughing/phlegm and my son's on dust... but I know we have no allergies.

maybe you should caulk the cracks around the wall to where the wall and floor meet.

Very informative! Thanks!

dude nicely done and thank you

Thanks for the helpful video! My only concern tho is with cover the sump pump what happens if you get water in the basement?

Thank sr. Very helpful.

Great video - thanks! Did your family's respiratory problems improve?

Nice work. Looks like your outside fernco reducer band clamp is loose.

As far as Radon exposure is concerned, all the fear and hype was initiated by a case that happened in 1984... I copy and paste from Wikipedia: "The presence of radon in indoor air was documented as early as 1950. Beginning in the 1970s, research was initiated to address sources of indoor radon, determinants of concentration, health effects, and mitigation approaches. In the US, the problem of indoor radon received widespread publicity and intensified investigation after a widely publicized incident in 1984. During routine monitoring at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, a worker was found to be contaminated with radioactivity. A high concentration of radon in his home was subsequently identified as responsible.[72]" So, the guy who WORKED in a nuclear power plant, and who circulated in and out from there to his home every day, caused all this excitement and the ensuing regulations! He might not have followed decontamination protocols for his work clothes upon leaving, and thus carried these reactive particles into his home every day. The half-life products of Radon, which occur 3.8 days after Radon is emitted, can attach themselves to fabric or dust or other surfaces and therefor be transported. They are still radio-active, and therefor can cause radiation poisoning. Also from Wikipedia: "Radon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless[11] gas and therefore is not detectable by human senses alone. At standard temperature and pressure, it forms a monatomic gas with a density of 9.73 kg/m3, about 8 times the density of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level, 1.217 kg/m3.[12] It is one of the densest gases at room temperature and is the densest of the noble gases." So... eight times the density of the Earth's atmosphere.... hmmmm .... pretty dense, I'd say. How come it can cross such thick barriers in homes, like concrete slabs? That does not sound very likely to me! If you read the entire treaty about Radon, you also learn that it occurs naturally everywhere outside, in Nature, and there is is most at a concentration of , and I quote: "Radon concentration in the atmosphere is usually measured in becquerel per cubic meter (Bq/m3), the SI derived unit. Another unit of measurement common in the US is picocuries per liter (pCi/L); 1 pCi/L = 37 Bq/m3.[43] Typical domestic exposures average about 48 Bq/m3 indoors, though this varies widely, and 15 Bq/m3 outdoors.[74]" So, converted to the US unit of pCi/L, this gives us for inside about 1.3 pCi/L and less than 0.5 pCi/L outside on average! It makes no sense to me that Radon should be more concentrated in a basement, where it has to penetrate a concrete slab to get inside the basement space, than outside, where there is no barrier impeding its emanation! In conclusion, this is once more a bunch of hype, scaring people and last but most of all not least, a big money maker for the so-called "Health Hazard Remediation Industry"! I'm glad I figured this out for all of you! Don't be fooled! Use your brain cells! Live long and prosper!

Where is the condensation line

Thanks for the great video. Very informative. We have an active system now but just have one 3' hole in the basement floor. If need be I could buy the sump pump special cover and run another pipe from the cover to my existing radon pipe our builder installed when we built our house. We live in the US. Do we order these materials off of Amazon? Thanks.

Newer perimeter drains are done inside the house. How do you seal above the drain where the new concrete meets the plastic/gap by the wall? Some type of tape? Otherwise, I can use the existing sump pit. Just use a flex sealant?

Where do you get the radon equipment

FYI...your system is non-compliant because you do not have a disconnect switch to the fan within 6ft.

Cna I mount that fan inside or does it have to be mounted outside? I'd love to get away from doing the conduit for power outside if I can help it.

only been 8 hours since i started up the monitor and I'm already reading 35.83... haha

How deep do you have to go if ya don’t have a sump pump and just drill down in the foundation?

if sump is open system, runs around the basement but its open not a pipe, will sump still be useful? I guess no because I don't see how vacuum can be created in sump. Can also fan be installed inside instead of outside?

Also do you have to put a "hat" on the top of the pipe so that water doesn't get into the pipe?

Great video!! Very good info!! So am I dumb to get the 125$ meter to test my basement, all bedrooms and shop spaces or just do the mail in tests? I like the idea of being able to monitor it over a week period to know for sure. I worry that the amount of traffic in and out of the spaces could throw off the mail in tests, if that makes sense. Furthermore 2 to 4 tests costs what the meter does. I also have a furnace and a heat pump style water heater draining into my sump hole how would one go about sealing those from pulling air or wouldn't that be a problem?

Good video, I've had breathing problems for years. Hope it's radon lol, just kidding kinda.

would I need a specific certification in order to do this professionally as a contractor? I already have a general contractor's license.

Would it be possible to get any links for the equipment you bought?

does it matter where n my basement I mitigate from? example, we have a 2000 sq ft basement, how do i determine if I can put it on the west side or east side of the basement. I want to bore the hole in the utility room on the west side away from the bedrooms, but will it mitigate through the whole basement?

Did you have to get rid off your French drain? Would this work with sump pump that is located just outside the house?

Silly question, but does anything need to be added to the top of the end pipe to prevent animals from getting in? For example, nesting birds

Good work. Where did you purchase that lid and fan?

Are all these comments from all fake A.I. or BOT accounts? I’m gonna go out here on a Limb and say tht over 3/4 are from fake accounts. This is the new us in the world of Tech nowadays. We grab us some A.I. to make us look a tiny bit relevant to a situation.

Could I ask what year your house was built? How many years did you live with the high radon levels? Thank you!!

Did you do any other sealing around in the basement? Also, can you link the model of the fan you used?

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Is your fan running in your video when you are beside it? Based on your info a 3" pipe is enough for my install but I am having a difficult time making a final decision between 3" vs 4". I have read some info that suggest 4" might be quieter but it I guess it depends on how much and how fast the airflow ends up being. My sump pit is the main source of radon gas, all my weeping tiles come into there and my slab is ontop of limestone. I have ordered the same lid and will be doing the same install BUT the fan will be in the basement.

Thanks crazy how they will charge thousands for this

First floor no basement

My home average is 12.5

Does anyone actually trust the EPA or WHO standards on what is acceptable?

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That is NOT a proper mitigation system. Sump pits CAN'T be used as the primary suction point, it can only be used as secondary. Rubber pipe connectors are not allowed inside the house. So much wrong with the installation. The radon monitor is not approved by the EPA or the NRPP or any other radon organization to determine your radon levels. Hire a professional to test and install the system.