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do you do pressure field extension testing?

Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

Either way the sound is from air going out the fan pipe.

I bought a battery operated caulk gun. Saved my life!😂

Everbuilt makes a nice sump pump basin with a built in radon discharge pipe which you can easily tie in to the system. The pump is still very accessible.

Where do you purchase different colors of PVC? Thank you!

Most of the weight of a house is on the outside walls. With slab flooring, as the foundation settles, it pulls the outside edge of the slab down but the soil settles less and less the more toward the center you get. This causes the cracking you are seeing.

I thought over 4.0 required mitigation…

Schedule 40 pipe is code

What was the final level when you were done? How come you don't use gauges and test holes at the far edges of the slab?

Do you happen to know what level they started with and what the level is now? Also, you were there to add a new mitigation system, I assume. Why did they want an additional system. Thanks for making the videos!

Any experience with ERV systems and radon mitigation?

Subscribed! Heavy Kansas DIYr here. Upgrading a new home passive system with a Festa AMG Maverick since up in the attic I just completed my nice plankway over the rafters/insulation! Curious as to why some attic setups use two elbows with condensate bypass wye tube versus just the inline setups I’m seeing? I see Suncourt fans require the condensate bypass for warranty but don’t see any requirements for Festa or even the mention of it. Are some fans just engineered better to take the moisture passing by? Thanks for any insight. Plan to watch more vids!

Raydon is a scam! Don't fall for it people

How/what is radon emitted from? I have a slight open gap under the lid and above. What do you think it means if the discharge water is golden color? Rust or bacteria and how to clear it? My sump pump is just touching the ground under the foundation, that’s bad? I’m thinking of putting a Home Depot bucket in there and drilling holes on the sides to reduce earthy substances.

These videos are helpful.. Thanks. Just curious why you wouldn't purchase a small sump pump tube knowing that it is split and leaking. (charge it to the owner?) Also wondering why you would not seal the hole where the Radon exhaust tube goes through the new lid that you purchased. You were meticulous when installing the piece to the new lid that allows water to go into the sump pump pit but it does not allow air to escape yet you are allowing 1/2 gap between the lid and exhaust tube.

Would be great to know what was done under the plastic.

Why is that brick in the first pit?

When you dig the clay in the old Houses. How much are the radon levels before and after?

Notice any quality of health changes? Seems like this radon removal was a fad of the 2010’s…. No?

home inspector here, 1 in 10 are hot in the NE test please and test again if you change your roof windows insulate finish areas change grade and if not every three years,

can I install a radon fan inside my garage (my garage is finished and cannot reach to attic)? there is no living space above the garage.

Too much moving causes headache.

Killing you lol ok people slept in basements for hundreds of yrs and never had them are they dead. Nope not from that anyways. Biggeat farse ever.

Love the chin diaper.why bother.?

CZcams algorithms popped your video in my feed or whatever….intuition…..very possibly….because radon has been on my mind lately! I subscribed because you are great, informative, so informative I’m scared now 😳. Mind if I ask questions? 1) where can I buy a thingamajiggy to test the levels. The thing the local DEHEC sent me was a level 4. I can’t recall if that was before or after we had a sump pump put in 😱 2) we do have a lid on sump pump much nicer than that ugly black thing, so I will look into buying the lid you used, I liked that you can see inside the pit! 3) when you say I’m dying…I live in the basement I have dry eyes, my dog has dry eyes, I sneeze like crazy pretty much every day. I could say I’m pretty fatigued but I don’t know if it’s not due to chronic low back & spinal pain. 4) am I classified as one foot in the grave, other foot 🦶🏼 on a banana 🍌 peel? Again thank you for making this video 3 years ago, which I know I was searching 3 yrs. ago CZcams come on man! Thank you, hope you are still CZcams ‘ing

I was hoping to hear before and after numbers for radon levels.

Looks like some really nice work there -- especially primed and painted to match. Since this video was 3 years ago, any comments on that RadonAway SF180? Has it been reliable with no odd loud vibration noise? I assume when you said you can hear it working, it's just air-flow we could hear on the video?

Question please ! What is your max on 3” pipe length before and after your mitigation fan ? Thank you and your videos are great teaching tools !!

Did you measure the resulting radon level?

Hi did you need to install two fans and systems or just 1

Has anyone ever tried pressurizing the basement rather than sucking a vacuum under the slab?

If you are using the black corrugated with slits or the PVC that has multiple holes along its length does the slope still matter since any water that gets in the pipe would drain out the slits/holes along the length of the pipe?

Hello. Thank you again for the great videos. I currently have a maverick and thinking about upgrading fan to a hawk to bring my levels even lower. My basement is finished so I only have one suction point in my 1996 home. Have you installed hawk fans before and noticed a difference? I’m also upgrading to a 4” pvc for better flow. Also, some local mitigators only carry radon away and they say festas tend to give out in less than 5 years. Not sure they are telling the truth or are just hyping the brand they use. Have you noticed festa fans giving out more than radonaway?

Hello, Do you need to seal around the walls. I have the same thing. Thanks

Hello thank you for your videos. I have a 3” pvc with an amg maverick averaging 3.5’pci/L. Do you think the levels will improve if I upgrade the pvc to a 4”?

Where you been scott, no new videos.

It is my understanding that the radon pump should never be placed inside the home, in case of leakage. Then the radon would be pumped from under the foundation and right into the habitable living space.

How often do you come across situations like this where the intake to the fan is blocked by a rise of water in the sump pit? Is it usually a failed sump pump?

People who believe in radon and pay for "mitigation" are the same people who wear a mask in their car when they are the only person in the car. Props for you making money on the retired 👍

Where you at, havent seen any new videos?

Replace your fucking n95. Im a cheap ass but holy shit that thing is long overdue for retirement

How does water stay out of stack. Probably a silly question

This is the fifth right on video I watched and they all suck. Not one of them explains how to actually install it.

Started following your videos in hopes to see something on high suction. I have a basement with no gravel and high compaction sitting no more than 6" off the bedrock (sandstone). I've pulled out 15gal of dirt already (using a rotary drill to break into sandstone). Do you have any additional videos on how you tackle these?

Just tested my radon for the first time in the 9 years since my house was built. 4 upstairs and 9 downstairs 😢 almost 10 years of breathing this crap and I had no idea! Fortunately, I have a HUGE and deep sump pit, but live in Colorado, and in an area that never floods. We even got torrential "flood" rains all last month (significantly more than usual) and still, not a single drop of water went into that pit haha. All that was to say I will definitely be installing my mitigation system using that sump pit. I know water will never be an issue (we dont even have pumps in the neighborhood).

Why did you put this on the front of the home?!??

Nice trick with the vacuum cleaner and the box for drilling your hole in the concrete.

Does the fan have to be outside of the house or can it be inside where it's protected from the elements? Also do you have to put a "hat" on the top of the pipe?

I moved into my house and got a radon test done. Long story short they installed a radon mitigation system connecting to my sump pump and sealing it. Since then I noticed a ton of water pouring into my sump pump pit. My pump would run every 1 to 3 min. Today I got curios if I could raise the float switch to try to balance out the water level or make it so it didn't run so often. The radon installers cut a 3" hole in the lid and silicone a clear plexiglass piece over it. I removed that cover to watch the float switch. 5 min went by and still it wouldn't pump. Eventually by shear luck I noticed that as that hole got smaller water started running fast into the pump. I then covered the hole again and the water was gushing in.. then lifted it up and the water stopped. It's now been 20 min and my pump hasn't ran, Why is the radon system sucking water into my sump pump pit? When I remove this little sight glass the u shaped device showing suction still shows a negative suction. Is this OK to leave it like this? With the cover off? I don't want my pumps running so often especially if it's not needed. I have since resealed the put cover till I know more. Any advice would help.