This project is a single point system on front corner of the house with a second sump pit that needs to be covered in Plexi in the garage. The sump inside the house is tucked away in a piece of furniture that the client built. The exit point needs to be no higher than 30 inches and under the wood to the furnace to tuck it away from the wall. Can come out as close as possible to the soil line. Mainly, the client just wants it to be hidden inside as much as possible without having to rebuild anything int he future.

Customized Radon Solution for a Handy Homeowner with Specific Needs

For this two-point radon mitigation project, the system was carefully designed to respect both the home’s layout and the homeowner’s specific requests. With elevated radon levels and a finished basement, the system includes one extraction point beneath the stairs and a second near the basement’s exit wall—both routed discreetly and exiting near the home’s AC unit.

What made this install unique was the homeowner’s active involvement. As a skilled DIYer, he chose to core joist holes himself for cleaner pipe routing and even offered to repurpose an old dryer vent as an exit point. Our team supported his input while ensuring performance and compliance.

This client spends most of his time in his garage and wanted something to protect him from radon exposure as it was on the news their area is considered high levels. He called Iowa Radon Defense for professional radon mitigation services and he was not wrong with his decision!

Radon Remediation in Newton, Iowa

This is a very straightforward on point system that will be going out of the sump in the bedroom downstairs. It will be running from the something out through the corner of the home along the gutter line. There is an existing discharge that has a small rectangular cut out in the ceiling right where our line will be in the homeowner said that if we needed to make the hole a little larger than she does not have a problem with that in order for us to work properly. She said that they were looking to be moving out of the house within a year or two anyway, she needed the radon mitigation for home value appraisal and made sure she was safe either way.

This couple were genuinely nice. The husband used to farm and then worked in IT. They have an acreage and had been concerned with radon for a long time as they believe his mom died from radon lung cancer. He installed a mitigation system himself back in the late 80s at this house, but he is not that confident if it was effective. The fan is in the basement ceiling and vents right outside the basement door about 7' above the concrete. He said the fans still run. It draws from the sump pit which also has plumbing and line and something else that lead to it. Sealed up and not accessible. The team had some discussions with the husband about options to utilize for a new extraction point if that's possible instead of near footing in that room. Two chambers, there's a large addition that is finished upstairs with a workshop below with a garage door. The installation turned out fine and he was happy that he spoke to a radon professional!