radon Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/radon/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Fri, 10 May 2024 19:25:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Radon Reduction From Basement Sealing – Preliminary https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/radon-reduction-from-basement-sealing-preliminary/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/radon-reduction-from-basement-sealing-preliminary/#view_comments Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:27:38 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8899 Shortly after my wife and I bought our 1961 home in 2019, I discovered a serious problem in the basement.  Where I could see it, the slab was cracked all along the edge of the exterior walls (photo above).  I…

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