I had some follow-up work Saturday, as I returned to check on our installation from last week, and it was in need of a phase II for sure. I ended up working on that all day. I had done my best to avoid this client originally, as I know the neighborhood to have no gravel under the homes, which means very difficult to lower the radon.
I had tried to refer them to another mitigator last Fall. When they called recently after the long winter and said nothing had been done yet, I decided to finally take the job, as they have young kids that spend a lot of time in the basement-and I know radon is especially bad for kids during the growth stages.
After the phase I installation, despite the lack of air flow under the floor, radon testing showed that levels had been brought down by about two thirds-from a 27 pCi/L to an 8, but it was still twice the EPA recommended limit. I added another suction point Saturday, in the floor of the bathroom closet, and joined it to the existing pipe.
If radon is still over the limit, I will recommend an energy recovery ventilator. It might get weird though, because that's about another $1,000, but our work is guaranteed. So do I just return the 50% they gave me already and call it a loss, or hit them up for another grand that they probably don't have? I don't know. I did know this job would be tough or impossible.
That's about all that can be done here. I will keep you posted.
I had tried to refer them to another mitigator last Fall. When they called recently after the long winter and said nothing had been done yet, I decided to finally take the job, as they have young kids that spend a lot of time in the basement-and I know radon is especially bad for kids during the growth stages.
After the phase I installation, despite the lack of air flow under the floor, radon testing showed that levels had been brought down by about two thirds-from a 27 pCi/L to an 8, but it was still twice the EPA recommended limit. I added another suction point Saturday, in the floor of the bathroom closet, and joined it to the existing pipe.
If radon is still over the limit, I will recommend an energy recovery ventilator. It might get weird though, because that's about another $1,000, but our work is guaranteed. So do I just return the 50% they gave me already and call it a loss, or hit them up for another grand that they probably don't have? I don't know. I did know this job would be tough or impossible.
That's about all that can be done here. I will keep you posted.
Very little airflow here...........
The curious cat
Prepare for emergency surgery
We're basically sucking dirt.....I removed another 30 lbs or so
Plastic surgery and we have a 3-way connector
Now where to put the hole in the closet?
This looks like a good spot to slip a pipe above and through the bathroom ceiling....
....and into the bathroom closet
Good news...it looks like we have some gravel underlayer in this part of the basement!
How to join 2 pipes that don't quite line up, vertically to horizontally........
Drop the pipe in about 2 inches and mark the spot
Measure the distance from the proposed pipe connection.......
.....to the floor
Double-check the amount of distance the pipe drops into the hole.
Total the distance plus the 2 inches extra and cut to fit.
It's a perfect fit!
Remember to caulk around the pipe entrance in the floor.
Now we just need to join the new pipe to the original one.
Remember to add plenty of support brackets.
We have a connection.
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