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Radon At Tahoe

Radon At Tahoe. by Jeff Miner PineWild Condominiums July 28, 2012. Radon at Lake Tahoe. Intro Physics Health Test Mitigate Questions An Overview. Radon At Tahoe. Intro. Radon At Tahoe.

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Radon At Tahoe

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  1. Radon At Tahoe by Jeff Miner PineWild Condominiums July 28, 2012

  2. Radon at Lake Tahoe • Intro • Physics • Health • Test • Mitigate • Questions An Overview

  3. Radon At Tahoe Intro

  4. Radon At Tahoe For 24 years I had high levels of radon gas in my house, and I did not know it. When I tested my house and understood the problem, I was able to fix it myself. This web page is dedicated to people like myself who want to know if they have a radon problem and want to get it fixed.

  5. Do It Yourself Manual

  6. Continuous Electronic Radon Tester

  7. Radon At Tahoe Physics

  8. Radon Movement

  9. Radon At Tahoe Health

  10. Nevada1991 Radon Survey • 10% of Nevada homes have elevated radon • But Zephyr Cove: 69%* of homes have elevated radon • No action taken to alert Zephyr Cove residents. • Nevada Radon program recently taken over by University of Nevada, Reno Cooperative Extension • * The highest in the state!

  11. 2007 - Tahoe Radon Survey

  12. 2009 California Geological SurveyTahoe Radon Potential

  13. Is Radon a Problem at Tahoe? • Radon causes lung cancer. 2nd only to cigarette smoke. 21,000 deaths a year from radon. • Granite is high in Uranium, Radium, Radon • Tahoe has plenty of granite. Sierra batholith. • 90% of South Tahoe homes are in high radon geology areas. Actual tests so far 39% test high.

  14. Radon At Tahoe Test

  15. Continuous Electronic Radon Tester

  16. Radon At Tahoe Mitigate

  17. Radon Ready New Construction – RRNC On Slab Foundation

  18. Crawl Space Foundation Mitigation

  19. Slab FoundationMitigation

  20. Radon Barrier Cloth • Glued to concrete, not wood.

  21. Crawl Space • Good seal at penetrations.

  22. Crawl Space • Glued ABS and glued to stem wall

  23. Crawl Space Pipe Runs out through air vent

  24. Fan and vent pipe on outside

  25. Electricity110 volt or 12 volt

  26. Radon Fan • Fantech

  27. Radon Fans

  28. Radon Fans Use the smallest fan needed

  29. Radon Mitigators • NEHA-NRPP Mitigators - California

  30. Sponsors

  31. Radon At Tahoe Questions

  32. Test your HomeThank You Jeff Miner Radon At Tahoe

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