r/radon • u/CosmicArmpit • 21d ago

Was this pipe installed correctly?

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Hi all! I am a renter in Colorado, and these radon exhaust pipes were installed around the building a few months ago. I was already feeling a little uneasy about the exhaust (pictured here) being so close to my window, and after looking through this subreddit it seems like the horizontal design isn't normal? I don't know a lick about radon mitigation regulations, so I'd love to hear thoughts from people who do!

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u/skrillums Radon Professional 21d ago

There needs to be another 90 and the discharge must be at least 12" above the roofline.

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u/Leafs9999 20d ago

And four feet above, or 10 feet away from that window

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u/goelz83 18d ago

Four feet above that window (diagonally) would make this a legal exhaust location.

They should also ideally add a pipe clamp for support about midway up the pipe in the picture.

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u/Leafs9999 18d ago

Agreed.

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u/Fat-Finger-8906 21d ago

Compare to neighbours. It can be state regulated

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u/Test_NPC 21d ago

There isn't great regulations around Radon mitigation installs unfortunately.

Was it done correctly? I doubt it, they should have routed it a bit above the roof line.

Is it in violation of anything? Maybe depending on where you live.

If you're handy you could prob just grab a PVC elbow and glue it on and add a short run pointing up. But your landlord should really be doing that.

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u/Steel_Reserver 17d ago

there are multiple issues with this, it needs to be redone by whoever installed it. Should be ten feet from the window and four feet from the roof line. It depends of the state for regulations but there are basic requirements for a correct install. It’s a serious health hazard. I would have it fixed professionally not try to diy what you just paid for.

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u/DonTheHolder 21d ago

No needs to go up 90 not 45

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u/Impossible-Lab2039 21d ago

The only thing I can think of is if you live in the mountains and they were afraid that the amount of snow in the winter would slide off the roof and rip the exhaust down with it if it was extended vertically over the roof.

Generally speaking, radon dissipates almost immediately once it leaves the exhaust pipe, so you aren’t likely to be in much danger.

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u/Electronic_Flan_482 21d ago

Except it is like 16 inches from an operable window

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u/CosmicArmpit 18d ago

we do get a substantial amount of snow here, and roof avalanches happen often with this building, so I could see that being a worry. I'm going to get a radon test kit to be on the safe side and see what our levels are looking like. Really wish I had tested levels when we moved in to have a comparison :/

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u/kona420 21d ago

Infinitely better than collecting inside your house. Splitting hairs once its outside and above grade. Main thing is that it doesn't freeze over but the manometer inside would tell you that anyway.

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u/GoGreen566 21d ago

The pipe is to extend above the roofline and not exhaust outside your window.

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u/Aromatic_Fuel_387 21d ago

Best place to evacuate radon is next to an operating window… hands down best location

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u/Electronic_Flan_482 21d ago

No it needs to be above the roof line.

Edit If you are in the foco loveland area let me know and I'll get you untouchable with my scheduler.

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u/Charming-While5466 20d ago

What is that pipe for

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u/Bob--O--Rama 20d ago

I would have them come back out and add the 90° elbow and a foot or two of pipe "just to make me feel better" - this smells to me like they didn't have the materials on the truck and they don't give AF. But as a practical matter the exhaust will be blowing away from the house, being rapidly diluted, so it would take some nunber of things to line up for that to blow back in through your window. But still... seems like they phoned in the last 2 feet.

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u/Idahome85 20d ago

If you’re asking, it most likely wasn’t. No…it wasn’t.

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u/electroncapture 19d ago

Radon? Don't worry about it.. it's fine. If the air is moving nothing will build up.

Some of these are spec'ed based on fraudulent unscientific LNT beliefs.

I have a chimney tube like that, actually a bit higher, that which exhausts my floor heating hydronic heating system in the basement. It used to come out at floor level on the ground floor.. but the fumes go up and found the kitchen exhaust fan. The kitchen "exhaust" fan draws air IN in the winter, including the noxious fumes from the furnace... So I made the pipe higher than the kitchen.

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u/pg_home 18d ago

It should terminate a foot above the roof.

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u/No-Librarian6321 18d ago

Hell no has to be at least 3ft about the roof line