Radon Gas Fan Installation

Available for purchase from aarst ccah.

Radon gas fan installation. Reducing radon in new construction of 1 2 family dwellings townhouses homes. Schedule 40 pvc vent pipe using 3. American national standards addressing radon in new construction. All radon mitigation installation standards require that the radon fan be located outside the living space of the home.

Radon mitigation costs an average of 974 with a typical range of 779 and 1 177 most mitigation systems don t exceed 1 500 however large homes or those with multiple foundations or complex configurations can cost as much as 3 000 professional testing runs 150 to 800. Fans placed in attics garages and outside locations will keep you safe. However with radon fans you re at the mercy of soil conditions sub slab fill suction pit sizing and much more. But in some cases a second suction point where pipe enters the floor is the solution.

This radon fan is designed for moderate to good air flow working most effectively with sub slab or sub material conditions ranging from about 4 in. The location of the radon fan. Fan curves tell you how much cfm you re moving at a given resistance or suction measured in inches of water column pressure. Meet the fan curve.

The reasoning for this is that if a leak was to occur above the fan your house could have a really high radon level. Chances are you ll need to install a more powerful fan. If you have a radon level of around 4pci l the level of radon being pushed out of the exhaust side of the fan can be many times higher even into the 100s of pci l. With the fan running a simple gauge installed in the pipe in the basement lets the homeowner verify that the system is working.

If that test shows you still have high levels of radon contact the company you bought the fan from. Of clean size 4 6 gravel to very loose soil. An odorless gas radon is the result of the nuclear decay of naturally occurring uranium in the earth. The radonaway rp145c radon fan is built to resist moisture and can be mounted inside or outside on a 3 in.