Radon Gas Mitigation Photo Album: Elevated Radon Levels, Lowell, MA

This homeowner in Lowell, Massachusetts, has owned their home for over a decade. They have periodically tested their home for radon in the past couple of years. The levels typically stayed pretty low, but the levels rose to around 7 pCi/L this most recently. The homeowner had become concerned so they contacted EFS for a radon inspection. Our Design Specialist Tom Armano met with the homeowner and designed a radon mitigation system to install to collect radon out of the basement. Our installation team began by cutting a small circular hole out of the concrete to make an extraction point for the radon mitigation system. We then secured a radon pipe to the extraction point and guided the pipe to the exterior of the home where we installed our Radon Fan on the side of the home. Attached to the fan the team then fed more radon pipe up the side of the home until we cleared the roofline to make sure radon cannot re-enter the home. The team tested the fan to make sure the system was working and left the homeowners a Charcoal Test Kit so they could retest the radon levels in about a week.  The homeowners were very pleased with the project. Mike and Kyle came in and installed the system in only a couple of hours and left the job site clean and left like no one was ever there.