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Advantages
Advantages come from designing and building features that effectively remove radon from your home. Radon is a colorless, tasteless, odorless radioactive gas that can seep into your home or the lowest livable space in the home (Basements) from surrounding soil. Decomposition materials stick to small particles in the air and these can be breathed into the lungs, potentially resulting in health issues. National statistics state that one in fifteen homes in the U.S. have unacceptable levels of radon.
The only way to know if your house has unacceptable levels of radon, have the lowest livable space in the home tested. You may test yourself using kits that are available at home supply stores or ask for professional assistance. Winter is probably a good time to test since doors and windows are kept closed allowing radon concentrations to reach detectable levels.
If radon occurs as a result of out gassing from the soil, the most common reason, this can be readily mitigated with ventilation for roughly $1,000. Removal straightforward. It involves blocking points of entry into the lowest livable space in the home and venting areas to the outside using an active circulation system to exhaust basement air. Usually plastic ducting and piping are sufficient, and these low-cost materials help keep total costs low. In a few rare cases, it has been discovered that foundations were made of radioactive mine tailings or other waste materials. In these situations, the costs of radon mitigation can become substantial.
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MORE ARTICLES ON THE TOPIC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Indoor Air - Radon
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: A Citizen's Guide to Radon
U.S. Geological Survey: The Geology of Radon
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