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Can we talk about people skipping the radon test in Edmonton basements?
I see so many reno posts where folks finish a basement without checking levels first, and that's a huge gamble with our local soil. Has anyone actually gotten a high reading and had to install a mitigation system after the fact?
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blake3221mo ago
Wait, that's not quite right... it's the uranium in the ground breaking down that causes it, not the soil itself.
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xena_fox391mo ago
Yeah, Blake's right about the uranium. My buddy in Glenora skipped the test to save cash, finished his whole basement with a sweet home theater. Two years later, he got a tester and the reading was over 400 Bq/m3. They had to cut a hole in his brand new ceiling to run the mitigation pipe, it was a huge mess.
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