Radon in CO homes?

[Aloha_Shooter]

My house tested positive for high levels of radon so purchase was put on hold a few days while the seller got someone in to install a mitigation system. The mitigation includes tests after installation to prove it worked -- levels were 0.

Radon is relatively heavy so all the mitigation system does is collect air at the bottom of the house (basement) and pump it outside. No worries!

[rockhound]

radon will kill real estate deals. we always recommend you test for it because we are required. 20 years ago we just had to have you sign that you understand that the radon exists and it could be in your home,

lead based paint was the same way, now lead based paint in your home requires that you perform all repair work to epa standards and the fines are huge if you can't certify that the work was done to EPA standards or that the area worked on did not have lead based paint.

blah blah blah, we handle all of our deals properly, but my honest opinion is it will make it harder to sell older homes that might have lead based paint and if you have radon your should have your home mitigated to avoid the hassle later.

I am in the real estate business, i was also a contractor for 15 years, at the age of 42 i do not now nor have i ever known anyone that had lung cancer or any other ailment from radon, i will be willing to bet that no one on this board can say they know someone who has been harmed by radon.

again, have it mitigated properly to avoid the hassle of doing later especially if you are getting it done at their cost.

it is not a reason to walk away from a deal. the next home may have even more radon

the US level are tens times more strict than the allowable levels in europe and elsewhere, they allow level near 40 in europe.

there are large homes in summit county that have no radon naturally, they have brought in so much granite for flooring and countertops that they now have radon.

you will not escape it, just put in the fans and be done with it. your levels will be legally acceptable and you can advertise that has been handled when you go to sell.

[Hoosier]

the US level are tens times more strict than the allowable levels in europe and elsewhere, they allow level near 40 in europe.

I got a reading of 47pC/L in my office. :/ After the mitigation system, it's 1.6pC/L. US standards are based on ~4pC/L being what you receive at ground level (when there is no wind) in an open field of the clays or shale or whatever rock this type of radon is produced in.

Also note that the stuff only has like a two day half life, so once the mitigation system is in the levels will drop rapidly. As others said, have the current home owner pay to install the mitigation system, and then just treat it as another system in your house that requires very light maintenance. I just check to see that the needle hasn't moved, and the radon alarm isn't going off

H.