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Basement Radon in older home?

12 years ago

Hello,

I am concerned about the radon levels in our area of the mid Atlantic.

I live in an interior brick rowhome.

Two questions:

Is 'abatement' even possible in a rowhome?

And,

Our forced air heating and cooling system is in the basement. And there are intake vents there. So I assume the basement/radon air gets circulated all over the house.

How expensive is it to do abatement (obviously regional differences, but ballpark??)

Many thanks for any info you all have to share.

--BalTra

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Comments (2)

brickeyee
12 years ago
"Is 'abatement' even possible in a rowhome? "

Yes.

You can run the exhaust line inside (often a PITA on a multi story house, especially an older one) or on the outside (and then hide it as a downspout for gutters).
BalTra
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks brickeyee . . .

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