Spent $500 on a radon mitigation system and it was worth every penny

I bought a fixer-upper in Decatur back in March and didn't think much about radon. My realtor kept pushing me to test it but I figured it was just a money grab. Finally caved and bought a $15 test kit from Home Depot. Results came back at 8.2 pCi/L which is way over the EPA action level of 4.0. Got a quote from a local company for $495 to install a sub-slab depressurization system and it dropped to 1.3 after they put it in. My neighbor laughed at me for spending the money but my wife found some research about lung cancer risks and that sealed the deal. Anyone else in Atlanta dealt with high radon levels? Feels like nobody talks about it down here.

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noah_rivera5710h ago

I mean, I get where you're coming from with the lung cancer stuff, but spending $500 on radon feels a bit overkill to me. My parents have lived in a house in East Atlanta for 30 years with levels around 5.0 and nobody's gotten sick or anything. Idk, maybe it's just me but I think people get way too worried about these things when the risk is still pretty small.

fiona1308h ago

Fair point that the risk isn't huge for everyone, but 8.2 is triple the EPA limit and that upped it from a dice roll to a no brainer for me. Isn't it worth eliminating a known carcinogen for the price of a decent TV?