Short term you open some windows, or turn on exhaust vent.
Truth.thesubmitter wrote: ↑ My city charges 5$ for radon detectors. I’m all for detectors but this is the type of thing that u either have or u dont.u dont need to continuously monitor it.
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It depends.thesubmitter wrote: ↑ My city charges 5$ for radon detectors. I’m all for detectors but this is the type of thing that u either have or u dont.u dont need to continuously monitor it.
That's great for people in your city, many cities don't subsidize it. For me, my levels vary from 20 to 250+ bq/m3, so I know when to air out the house. Long term I need to mediate it with a ventilation fan, but until then this works well.thesubmitter wrote: ↑ My city charges 5$ for radon detectors. I’m all for detectors but this is the type of thing that u either have or u dont.u dont need to continuously monitor it.
You could probably sell it for 50-75% of what you paid for it.ReanuKeeves wrote: ↑ Truth.
We've had our overpriced Corentium detector for 2 years now and only needed to monitor when we were at about 1200 bq/m3 in basement, 700-800 on first and second floor. Now that it's been stable at 5-25 and 5-10 on 1/2 for the last year, I just let the thing sit in the basement and walk by it every so often to see it's still the same. At one point I was hoping there'd be a detector compatible with ST but it doesn't matter.
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Not only that, but it's even more if you want to check different areas or homes. Then you can lend it to family/friends or sell it used, so you might even end up ahead.Leaf_CrAzY wrote: ↑ It depends.
Some cities dont supply them. You have to buy them for $50 then pay a lab test and wait 3 months.
So you end up paying around $100 anyway, or you could pay $200 for this and monitor short term + long term levels.... and lend it to friends or sell it recoup some of your money.
No it changes. The rain pushes radon out of the ground. This thing also lets you get and idea of what the radon levels in different locations in your house. It might be high in the basement near the sump pump but acceptable in the living room and bedrooms.thesubmitter wrote: ↑ My city charges 5$ for radon detectors. I’m all for detectors but this is the type of thing that u either have or u dont.u dont need to continuously monitor it.
USA limit is 150bq/m3, so that's probably why Airthings says that.coolangattic wrote: ↑ I did some research on radon and saw that it normally worse in the winter time when everyone closes their windows and that it could be a health threat, if you don't know about it. So I bought one of these detectors 2 years ago, put it in the basement and after watching the readings over that winter I was happy, the readings would vary from 10 to 100, but typically around 40 -50. Then spring time came and I stopped paying attention to it. The next winter happened and I looked up the readings and to my surprise it showed most days over the previous summer I was getting readings of 200 to 300, but it had dropped back down with the return of the cold winter weather. I watched it all winter and the readings were always good and under 100. This summer I watched it again the readings spiked up to the 200-300 range again. I would open a window in the basement and it would drop below 100 again after the window was open for 8 or 10 hours. I started to just leave that basement window open all the time because every time I closed the window the radon would go up within 12 hours.
I closed my window last night for the 1st time in a few weeks and this morning its reading 170, so I opened the window again and its slowly dropping back down. I was thinking of getting another radon detector to see if this one is working, but the way it reacts to the basement window being open or closed, makes me think its detecting something? I have no idea why my radon levels are so low in the winter and high in the summer.
For reference, Health Canada says no Radon is safe, but under 200 is ok. The EU also says no Radon is safe, but under 100 is ok. Airthings says under 150 is ok.
Can I just skip the monitoring and install that fan instead?engineered wrote: ↑ Short term you open some windows, or turn on exhaust vent.
Long term you need to do radon abatement, which is sealing any cracks in the basement, and installing a fan that pulls out the radon below your slab and exhausts it outside.
