Radon pump install

[ruffdog]

Are the electronic monitors a dependable way of reading radon? Will they have consistent values for many years? Just wondering.

 

[jyoutz]

Are the electronic monitors a dependable way of reading radon? Will they have consistent values for many years? Just wondering.

The radon companies all install those liquid radon meters.

 

[WinterDeere]

Are the electronic monitors a dependable way of reading radon? Will they have consistent values for many years? Just wondering.

Bear in mind it was a few decades back that my father owned a company that did radon remediation, but at least back then, the chemical monitors were the only really reliable means of getting an accurate reading. The electronic meters had a relatively large error of measurement, by comparison.

Back then, the electronic meter was used as a first-check, to decide whether testing with a chemical tester was worth the time (they take days to weeks). They would also sometimes use the electronic meter to refute a result, if it was suspected the seller of a home was covering or moving the chemical tester, to hide a high result from the buyer. In other words, chemical can comes back reading 0.5, but electronic meter shows 12.0, a discrepancy outside the EOM. But they also had faster (also less accurate) chemical testers and would also sometimes even hide a second chemical tester, hidden from the homeowner without their knowledge to ensure an accurate result.

 

[fatjay]

Are the electronic monitors a dependable way of reading radon? Will they have consistent values for many years? Just wondering.

I have been told the sensor is only good for about 3 years for the particular meter I have. I don't know how accurate that is though.

 

[old and tired]

I have been told the sensor is only good for about 3 years for the particular meter I have. I don't know how accurate that is though.

I'll like to know... Google says 10 years. We have had ours for 5-7? years. Happy with this reading!!

 

[WinterDeere]

Our basement has always tested 3.8 - 4.1, with the recommended level for remediation being (classically, debatable) at 4.0. Since the first floor tests very low and the basement is not a primary living space, it's been a "we'll get to it someday" project for more than 12 years.

 

[fatjay]

Our basement has always tested 3.8 - 4.1, with the recommended level for remediation being (classically, debatable) at 4.0. Since the first floor tests very low and the basement is not a primary living space, it's been a "we'll get to it someday" project for more than 12 years.

The maximum safe levels declared in the US is 4.0, in EU it's 2.7. But I'm told a 1.0 is equal to 2 cigarettes a day, 4.0 would be 8 cigarettes a day. As I quit smoking, I'm going to be super pissed if I get lung cancer from radon.

While any amount of exposure to radon gas constitutes a health risk, your risks of contracting lung cancer decrease significantly as radon levels decrease. For example, a person living in a house with a radon level of 4.0 pCi/L or lower has an approximately 7 in 1000 chance of getting sick. On the other hand, a person living in a house with a radon level of 20 pCi/L or higher has a 36 in 1000 chance of contracting lung cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) established an action level of 2.7 pCi/L based upon a three-year worldwide study by more than 30 prominent scientists.

FAQs: What Are Safe Radon Levels? - Radon Abatement Services

What constitutes an acceptable or safe radon level? According to the EPA, the maximum "acceptable" level of radon is 4.0 pCi/L, but even that level is not “safe”, per se.

radonrepair.com

 

[ruffdog]

Eight cigs a day is 8 too many.