Hi everyone,
First time posting...great forums.
So this morning I had a radon mitigation system installed on a home my wife and I are buying. It is an external installation and done on a side of the home that keeps it very hidden, but also away from doors, windows, etc...
We have a 4ft garage extension, so its hidden in the corner behind it with the pipe running about 8 feet up just shy of the garage roof/gutter. The installers chose to not run the pipe up and over the gutters, and instead installed a PVC elbow (90 degrees) so the vent side faces off to the side, for aesthetic reasons along with keeping it private/hidden. See the attached pictures.
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This installation (in Indiana), may or may not meet the vertical code, which I think says it has to be 2 feet above the gutter/roof line. I am sure this is a simple fix if needed, especially if we try and sell the home in 5 years...but my question still stands as to whether we have a safety issue the way it is currently setup.
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In all 3 pictures, you can see our A/C unit outside. The house is 4 years old, and I am not sure what type of AC unit it is, but my question is whether we should be worried at all that Radon exhaust from the pipe could somehow enter our A/C Unit and back into our home.
I have talked to 2 sources thus far and they have explained that an A/C unit like ours is a compressor and does not ventilate air back into the house.
Am I correct in this assumption?
Also, from a pure radon mitigation standpoint...does it truly matter whether the pipe runs 8 feet or 50 feet (up to the main roof of the home) from a safety standpoint?
My understanding thus far is that as the radon concentration is removed from beneath our slab and ventilated into the air, it literally would simply dissipate within seconds.
We have a fear that our kids could be playing on that side of the home and would be exposed to high levels of Radon. I personally don't think that is the case, but wanted to get some other opinions.
I have attached 3 images to highlight what I am talking about.
In one of the pictures, it looks like there is a smaller black insulated pipe running from the AC unit to the garage extension, but the size of the black pipe seems to indicate it contains coils or something maybe for the cooling.
Any help you all can give is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
First time posting...great forums.
So this morning I had a radon mitigation system installed on a home my wife and I are buying. It is an external installation and done on a side of the home that keeps it very hidden, but also away from doors, windows, etc...
We have a 4ft garage extension, so its hidden in the corner behind it with the pipe running about 8 feet up just shy of the garage roof/gutter. The installers chose to not run the pipe up and over the gutters, and instead installed a PVC elbow (90 degrees) so the vent side faces off to the side, for aesthetic reasons along with keeping it private/hidden. See the attached pictures.
==edit==
This installation (in Indiana), may or may not meet the vertical code, which I think says it has to be 2 feet above the gutter/roof line. I am sure this is a simple fix if needed, especially if we try and sell the home in 5 years...but my question still stands as to whether we have a safety issue the way it is currently setup.
==end edit==
In all 3 pictures, you can see our A/C unit outside. The house is 4 years old, and I am not sure what type of AC unit it is, but my question is whether we should be worried at all that Radon exhaust from the pipe could somehow enter our A/C Unit and back into our home.
I have talked to 2 sources thus far and they have explained that an A/C unit like ours is a compressor and does not ventilate air back into the house.
Am I correct in this assumption?
Also, from a pure radon mitigation standpoint...does it truly matter whether the pipe runs 8 feet or 50 feet (up to the main roof of the home) from a safety standpoint?
My understanding thus far is that as the radon concentration is removed from beneath our slab and ventilated into the air, it literally would simply dissipate within seconds.
We have a fear that our kids could be playing on that side of the home and would be exposed to high levels of Radon. I personally don't think that is the case, but wanted to get some other opinions.
I have attached 3 images to highlight what I am talking about.
In one of the pictures, it looks like there is a smaller black insulated pipe running from the AC unit to the garage extension, but the size of the black pipe seems to indicate it contains coils or something maybe for the cooling.
Any help you all can give is greatly appreciated.
Thank you