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Abodee Radon Mitigation
Kurt Salomon 801-205-7788

Abodee - We are the most respected radon mitigator in the Intermountain!

  Our contract guarantees to reduce the radon levels in your house below 4 pCi/L, with 65% of the installations with a clearance level of 1.0 pCi/L or less and 80% are below 2 pCi/L. Given the chance, we always get the long term average below 4 pCi/L.

  Why Abodee Radon Mitigation?
   a Guarantee to reduce the radon levels to below 4 pCi/L
   
a Five (5) year parts and labor warranty
  
a We will do finish work.
Our finish work is second to none! 
   a Utah Licensed Contractor
6583586-5501-R100
   a NEHA mitigation certification number is 100447-RMT
   
a We deliver excellent customer service and satisfaction
  
a Insured


  We are a Utah licensed contractor. You are encouraged to go to the Utah Department of Occupational and Professional Licensing (dopl.utah.gov) for a list of licensed contractors. As radon mitigation is covered in the International Residential Code, should not your contractor be a Utah licensed contractor?

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, second only to smoking. Health experts attribute 7,000 to 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year, including many would have never smoked. The EPA has established 4 pCi/L* as the action level. The action level means the point at which corrective steps need to be taken. The EPA recommends that all houses have the radon level reduced to below 4 pCi/L.

The US indoor average level is 1.3 pCi/L and
   the Salt Lake County average is 4.0 pCi/L.
       That is the action level. 

Solution to Elevated Radon Levels
The fundamental to reduce the radon levels is to “vacuum” the soil gases under the basement concrete floor and exhaust these gases to the outside. A hole is cut in the concrete floor; twenty gallons of gravel are removed; a PVC pipe is sealed to the hole; and a special fan is installed in the attic or outside. The built up radon gas is exhausted to outside.
A normal installation takes about one day. We warrant that we will reduce the radon average radon levels to below 4 pCi/L based upon a long term test.

Licensed Contractor
We are a Utah licensed contractor. We abide by the EPA mitigation protocol and install the systems to the International Residential Code. Why would a radon mitigator not be a Utah licensed contractor? Our contractor license is 6583586-5501-R100. Ask if the mitigator is a licensed contractor.

Excellence
We have developed a reputation as being the best and most knowledgeable radon company in the Intermountain. There have been numerous times that we have been called in to fix a radon problem when other listed companies failed to do so. We take more pride in blending the retrofit system into the architecture. We have a passion for doing our work correctly and aesthetically.

The EPA has three informative pamphlets: Citizen’s Guide to Radon, Home Buyer’s and Seller’s Guide to Radon, and Consumer’s Guide to Radon Reduction.

 * A picoCurie is a unit of radioactive activity.
One pico Curie is one trillionth of a Curie 0.37 disintegration per second                      .

 

 

 

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Serving Northern Utah, Salt Lake City, Park City, Utah County, Hill Air Force Base, Evanston WY

We also service the following cities & ski resorts: Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, Solitude, Deer Valley, Sandy, Provo, Alpine, American Fork, Bluffdale, Bountiful, Centerville, Clearfield, Draper, Eagle Mountain, Farmington, Heber, Herriman, Highland, Kaysville, Kearns, Layton, Lehi, Lindon, Midvale, Midway, Murray, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Riverton, South Jordan, Sugarhouse, Taylorsville, Tooele, West Valley City, West Jordan Heber City.      ab8b118

Radon Basement Pipe

Radon Collector Pit

The radon pipe penetrates the basement concrete floor. About 20 gallons of sand or gravel are removed to create a radon accumulation pit (blue box) below the concrete floor.

Radon Attic Fan

The radon vacuum fan is installed in the attic.

Radon Roof Vent

The radon is exhausted through the roof. This is a professional roof flashing installation.

RadonTree

This is a cool installation with the exhaust in the woods. Can you find the exhaust pipes?

In November 2008, the ABC show had a house with high radon levels.
 
To fix the radon problem they blew up the house because the kids were sick. There was a radon problem; but the solution was not to blow up the house. The producers decided to take the unnecessary step of blowing up the house as an over dramatic solution.
 
The American Lung Association produced Radon & You Video. This is a humorous and informative video.

 Dr. Willardson orthopedic surgeon at LDS hospital and his wife are satisfied Abodee Radon Reduction customers. On an ABC Channel 4 KUTV interview Mrs. Trista Willardson said, “It's well worth the cost. If you know something is a risk and you know how to fix it, you should fix it." Furthermore Dr. Gary Willardson said, "It's your health, you can't replace that."

  Scientists are more certain about radon risks than from most other cancer-causing substances.

 Children have been reported to have greater risk than adults of certain types of cancer from radiation, but there are currently no conclusive data on whether children are at greater risk than adults from radon.

Your chances of getting lung cancer from radon depend mostly on:

  • How much radon is in your home
  • The amount of time you spend in your home
  • Whether you are a smoker or have ever smoked

 Radon Risk If You’ve Never Smoked

Radon Level (pCi/L)

If 1,000 people who never smoked to this level over a lifetime1
The number represents “About xx could get lung cancer”

The risk of cancer from radon exposure compared to2

What to do if level is above column on the left

20

36

35 x drowning

Fix your home

10

18

20 x home fire

Fix your home

8

15

4 x dying in a fall

Fix your home

4

7

Risk of car crash

Fix your home

2

4

Risk from poison

Note 3

1.3

2

Ave. indoor level

Reducing radon below 2 is difficult.

0.4

 

Ave. outdoor level

 Radon Risk If You Smoke

Radon Level (pCi/L)

If 1,000 people who smoked to this level over a lifetime1
The number represents “About xx could get lung cancer”

The risk of cancer from radon exposure compared to 2

What to do if level is above column on the left

20

260

250 x drowning

Fix your home

10

150

200 x home fire

Fix your home

8

120

30 x in a fall

Fix your home

4

7

5 x in car crash

Fix your home

2

4

6 x from poison

Note 3

1.3

2

Ave. indoor level

Reducing radon below 2 is difficult.

0.4

 

Ave. outdoor level

Note: If you are a former smoker, your risk may be lower.
1 - Lifetime risk of lung cancer deaths from EPA Assessment of Risks from Radon in Homes (EPA 402-R-03-003).
2 Comparison data calculated using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 1999-2001 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Reports.
3 Consider reducing radon levels between 2 and 4 pCi/L is difficult.