On Jun 18, 8:51 pm, "john" <john111111_2654spammen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> I was wondering from a Realtor's honest perspective what they observe
when
> they come upon a Buyer...and your visiting a house with him that has
aRadon
> Mitigation System installed. Is that a real downer for them &
something
> that will change their mind ?
>
> I live in Pennsylvania whereRadonis prevalent. I recently noticed
myradonlevels are around 7.0. Normal levels are under 4.0. I
recently
> had laminated wood flooring installed in the basement and the levels
dropped
> down to around 4.5. Almost to the legal limits.
>
> Im just really putting off installing aRadonMitigation System...thinking
> that would turn Buyers off alot. Any advice and/or experiences with
this
> would be much appreciated.
>
> John
I started monitoring the level at my house a couple months ago near
pittsburgh. I was shocked to getting levels up to 6 or more, and even
in the upstairs rooms. I later surmised I had a window open on the
downdraft side of the house, sucking air up from the basement, and
probably also sucking more air out of the floor. On my old house i had
troubled levels of about 5. I later did a lot of sealing in the
basement and got levels below 4, but still had to mitigate with the
buyers. OK, highly watered ground will greatly increase Radon levels.
My current levels dropped from 6 to 2.5 due to the drier ground. If at
all possible do not sell a house in the late spring. I was trying to
get instantaneous readings with a Geiger counter, and thats impossible
unless you use an air flow amplifier. I WAS able to detect Radon on my
paper electrostatic furnace air cleaner, with consistently higher
levels on the filter in relation to the air. The ONLY way to monitor
RADON is to constantly measure it over the year.
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