I still had to do a double take, even knowing it was the testers' channel, to see if it wasn't a Furze video. They conformed it pretty well to Colin's own style.
you clearly aint seen colinfurze or colingfurze2 on here :P been following entire survival series , my guys coling has known for years world war 3 is coming hes gunna be safe
Greetings from Arizona, USA. We have radon gas potential too, and this video was a great balance of entertainment and actually public awareness. Well done!
I'm from Belgium and heard about Radon a few years ago. I conducted a test with FANC(Federal Agency for Nuclear Control), and the results were OK. Now, I have an Airthings electronic tester, and I've noticed that during the winter when everything is closed, I experience higher Radon concentrations compared to the summer months. Additionally, the levels can vary from day to day; some days, I observe levels almost reaching 200 or even higher, while on other days, it's lower than 50. However, my average Radon concentration on a yearly basis remains below 100.
I grew up around Devon and Cornwall so have known of radon all my life, the old boys always say it's the granite that gives it off. People rarely worry about it so it will be interesting to see Colins results!
@@JackONeill497 You make sure your house is well ventilated and don't hangout all day in the cellar or any poorly ventilated room close to the ground.
I’m a construction superintendent in the USA and anytime we build a new structure we add piping under the foundation for the purpose of a radon fan system . After construction the building is tested for Radon. If the levels are low or none then the pipe just stays a pipe. If radon is detected then you are required to add a fan that sucks the air out of the pipe and exhausts it out of the building. In Massachusetts where we work this is required by code whether it gets used or not .
I use AirThings Wave radon detector and very satisfied with it. You can get measurements within a day and monitor changes if you make adjustments in ventilation.
I was going to mention AirThings if someone else hadn't already. I live in a high-radon area in 2019 new construction and the levels in our basement were very high. The builder had put in a 'passive' mitigation system, which is just a PVC pipe from under the basement slab up through the roof to give it a path of least resistance, but it wasn't enough. We had to convert it to an 'active' system by installing a fan in said pipe to constantly suck from beneath the slab, and that dropped levels well below the safe point. I keep an AirThings sensor in the basement, and have one in my first floor office and one in our master bedroom on the second floor. There latter two also monitor CO2, VOCs, humidity, etc. Using these we found the CO2 levels in our home were often very elevated. The perils of modern, highly efficient construction - very little gas exchange. So we installed an ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilation) system to improve the air exchange without too much energy loss and that really improved overall air quality too. I like these AirThings sensors. They track all kinds of things you might not otherwise think about.
@NamelesshunterGaming Maybe he does it to get things for free or at a massive discount.. That is how many RUclipsrs do it.. Not sure he falls into that category or not, but seeing as what he would do for a pay to win video game advert, my bet is did..
I wondered about this as soon as I saw the bunker. My house has high radon levels (2600 Bq or 70 piC/l), but sealing the floor cracks, installing drain air traps and a simple exhaust fan creating a negative pressure in the gravel under the slab got me down under 35Bq or 1 piC/l. I'm really surprised the test takes 3 months. They used two types of tests in my house, an electronic one and a charcoal one. Both took 48 hours. The electronic ones give readings every 10 minutes, but you let them average for 2 days. I bought a RadonEye continuous electronic monitor so I know what the levels are doing. The levels do vary with the weather.
I've got a radon eye also but it seems susceptible to weird spikes off the charts in the winter time. Support sent me a replacement and it does it too. I think it's probably RFI or EMI from my old house's baseboard heaters. I cannot trust it's readings during the winter time but it doesn't spike in the summer. I also run a Corentium Airthings which does a better job but updates much slower, of course.
I'm in the US and we ran a radon test on the house we purchased, and our real estate agent had the sellers pay to have a radon system installed, which consisted of drilling a hole in the basement floor and fitting a plastic pipe underneath it, then there's a fan that pulls the gas out from under the foundation and up a tube and vents it above the roof
It may be their channel but this video has Colin’s stamp all over it, the quality, the professional way it’s presented, the audio quality, the whole thing has a Furze vibe to it. So a thumbs up to Colin for helping this channel out and I hope they do well.
@@question_themwell count me as foolish. I didn’t even check who posted it and just assumed i was recommended a video on Furze’s channel. Good looking out!
Thank you for that lovely comment, Colin is a great guy and we are so lucky to have had the chance to film this with him… He had no input with the production, that was me on iMovie so I’m feeling very chuffed right now! 😂 - Dan
@@Glencoe-Radvac, I guess I was assuming to much, you guys did a great job with your video. I hope we get to hear the results from you when they come in. Good luck in the future!
From midwest USA here. Radon is everywhere, we install radon mitigation systems that essentially suck the gas from under our home foundations and pipe it outside near the roof line
In Massachusetts, when buying our house, our home inspector did a couple of overnight radon tests, and it failed, so the previous owner paid for a radon system much like yours. It sucks air from under the foundation and from a crawlspace up a pipe that vents out the roof. It's just a small fan that runs all the time. With the system in place, the house passed the test just fine. Doing a multi-month test is impressive.
Love that a government agency is working with this madlad for the purpose of educating about the harms of radon gas. Absolutely love that, excellent work boys.
We have nothing to do with the government, we are family run business, just trying to spread awareness of radon gas because most people in the UK have never heard of it and could be living amongst it. Thanks for the comment though! 👍🏼
Colin the fact you did this means a lot to someone like myself. My father passed away in 2008 from radon exposure from my childhood home after living there for twenty years.
East Tennessee, USA here. Lots of radon with porous limestone bedrock in this region. Your readings vary from house to house so get tested. Recommend AirThings monitors to keep an eye on your levels.
I just had radon mitigation installed in my house. Huge difference. Colin, you should have put a layer of rocks beneath your tunnel, then they could have installed a fan to vent it outside! Also helps with moisture!
Hi, we are still awaiting the monitors from Colin, as you know he is a very, very busy man! The monitors can stay in place for up to a year, its a minimum of 90 days. Hopefully updates soon!
I live in one of the highest radon areas in Eastern Ontario, Canada. My 110-year old house has a stone foundation, with a rammed-earth floor in the basement. Testing on the 2nd level of the house showed a long-term average of 60bcq/m3. The WHO recommended "action threshold" is 100 bcq/m3. But most countries have adopted a 200bcq/m3 limit.
Honestly seems like the next perfect boogieman next to global warming/cooling/climate/normal-fvcking-weather and covid. Just another way to suck money out of your wallet.
This made me realize. Radon is one of those things that I had a vague idea about, but didn't know much about. Like, I knew it was a radioactive gas. I know it sometimes show up in houses, and that's a bad thing (presumably related to the radioactivity.) So this turned out very informative. Thank you.
Should throw a centrally mounted pps in either way to help with his condensation in the tunnel, hes got working extraction at the bunker end thats drawing moisture from tunnel and garage end exacerbating the problem. You could also get him to install a ventilation shaft whilst its still under construction so you can install a more powerful loft unit instead of a ppsf which will struggle with such a large open area.
After thinking about it further, positive pressure is probably not the best way to go due to the house access and the potential of the positive air pressure feeding radon into the living space. A more cautious and directed option would be better; by installing sump extraction pumps strategically at both ends of the tunnel at surface level directing the radon away from the bunker in the first place with the air exhausting above the roofline of the property, couple this with radon barrier coverings/sealant in the bunker area as belt and braces. Still have a centrally mounted PPs/f to deal with any moisture creation, Colin likes the odd cup of tea.
@@justlooking3572The positive pressure works by reversing the airflow so the radon won't seep in. Instead the clean air will "seep out." So there will not be any radon to be pumped from the bunker to the house.
@@AnttiBrax it doesn't reverse it, it creates a positive pressure as a barrier to redirect the radon particles, and will use any available gap to push any away, including through the kitchen entrance to the house. And as the entrance doesn't have a proper seal, or is even closed very often, its barrier making ability will be compromised and any air will take the path of least resistance, entering into the property and no positive pressure will be created at all, all it will do is create a cold draught into the kitchen, effectively providing a superhighway for any radon particles to get into the house from the cooler bunker and will also give the tenant a pretty valid reason to switch it off if it makes their house cold. An external sump unit will redirect the radon away from the bunker all together. If the bunker wasn't directly attached to the property, positive pressure would be the perfect option but it is, so its not.
I remember talking about Radon in High School chemistry in the states. Where I live it is also standard with the walk-thru inspection as I know my basement has radon. The sellers paid for a portion of the mitigation system but it is fairly common in my area.
7:00 the problem with radon is that it's heavier than air. So if you have an underground bunker, it could fill up with radon if you don't mitigate it. I had a house in New Hampshire, where the granite is never far underground. But my basement opened out into the garage, so any radon that entered would flow out into the garage and into the open air where it would dissipate.
Pretty easy stuff to deal with if it’s an issue for ya. Our part of Canada we put in a single vent straight to the roof from under the basement slab. It’s part of the building code. *old homes aren’t required to retrofit.
Wow I had no idea how common it was. I live in Australia, luckily my area is low risk. But still there. Good luck with your testing, hoping your levels are safe.
Yes yes yes…so very common… like not an issue till like 30 years ago. Here in the USA in the mid 90’s lots of money spent on studies and companies, governments came out and try to scare people with it. It’s all about money, companies found they could make money with it. And yes I built 72 houses from 1996-2011. Question to ask yourself why does it take 3 months to do a test… air out your house, keep the moisture down, run a dehumidifier. In the USA: 1: cigarette smoking, 2. Pipe and cigar smoking, 3 passive or second-hand smoke, 4 asbestos, 5. Radon Gas, 6. Genetics, 7. Lung disease, 8. Air pollution, 9. Previous Lung Cancer, 10. Ingesting Arsenic. So you decide…. But to me it’s about creating fear and making money. 80% of lung cancer is caused by smoking. But you decide…..
In Ireland 27 years ago in bandon co cork we were installing radon boxes on new buildings just a box upside down and 4 “ pipes to vent to atmosphere and I’m from wales but have very close relatives over there and I was a bricklayer to boot staying my grandads couldn’t get better
Good Evening Sir, Radon Gas Is Also Present Up Here In The Province Of Quebec ( Eastern Townships and Around Montreal ), Canada and Must Be Deal Properly 🧐👍 Cheers 🍻🍻
After owning several homes here in the USA I can tell you that we have installed a mitigation system in every one of them. From mud shale of West Virginia, to the granite of New Hampshire, to the planes of Kansas every home we have had has tested above the “Safe” levels. One think I have learned is rain can seriously raise the level of Radon in short term test. It is good to see you are doing a long term study.
The only reason we would ever do a short term test is after a mitigation system has been installed, the customer might like to see if it is dropping the levels but this will ALWAYS be alongside a long term test. It blew my mind when I visited Boston, you can go and buy a radon test kit in Home Depot! 😂
@@Glencoe-Radvac not all home inspectors are up to speed either. When we sold our one home the home inspector for the buyer placed the test one foot off the basement floor, which it standard here on the US, problem was he set on a stone hearth, probably why the reading was so high.
@@mjames1842 It was not from the stone hearth, but miles of granite below your house. Radon is a heavier than air gas that accumulates down low in areas with little ventilation. It gets drawn up by convection heating also. Two feet from floor is what they recommend with Corentium Airthings devices. They work great.
People are slowly learning about it. 2nd leading cause of lung cancer after smoking is no joke. You can google for "radon survey map in my area" and see if there's a map already made. If in moderate or high risk area, you can buy a detector for less than a hundred bucks. Look up Corentium Airthings.
Devon is also a Radon hot spot. I was told is was because of the geology of the area - heavy granite substrate around these parts. I got a Radon survey when I got my house.
Here in Finland radon is taken in to account every time a new building is being planned. Usyally on high risk areas a set of pipes with holes are buried under the house and then you have a motor on the roof that sucks air out of the pipes below your house to lower the level of radon gas inside the house.
Im sure its a problem over there somewhere as well, but in the US some areas have an issue with radon coming in through the well water because surprise surprise radon dissolves in water like Co2. Whole complex water systems to remove the radon before it goes into your house that usually involve the well pump filling a tub with lots of baffles inside it and an exhaust fan that sucks the air and radon out of the tub and sends it outside while its in use. Then you have to have a little pump because the tub separates your house from your well pump with an air gap. also plastic and metal only slow radon down. Radon diffuses right through it eventually.
Wells are very uncommon in the UK. Most homes are connected to the mains water supply from their local water treatment facility. You would have to be significantly outside of a town in order to have a well here.
I actually worked somewhere where we made parts of radon detectors, and the company moved to a building specially engineered to keep radon out and ventilate it away so it didn't contaminate the detectors. The trick with radon, though it isn't 100% positive one way or the other, is if you're dealing with limestone assume there's lots of it, there's a reason they correlate on the national maps, and of course Colin has been dealing with nothing but limestone which is presumably why people were screeching. Miners deal with it all the time, where it becomes a Big Deal - you can actually deal with it to a decent extent with ventilation, one of the benefits of it being a gas, but it decays to radioactive lead and bismuth and that's the real issue with it that people don't generally understand.
I was wondering when this was going to come up for Colin. It's pretty common up here in Canada, so we tend to keep our basements well ventilated. Well, the ones who are aware that is.
Thanks for the head's up. I live near a quarry, and checking the map, it does show as high for Radon. Luckily, it's far enough away from me not to concern me. Looking around Stamford heck, it's all a bit purple.
The radon level are by zip code in the US but some states like New York will have it broken down by municipality, but also results the basements and 1st floors. The highet I have tested in a home was 139 Pci/l or around 5140 Bq/m3. Figure 6 is the limit according to the EPA. So Pci to the Bq m3 is around 1 to 37. So 6 Pcqi in the use is 222 Bqm3 in the UK
Colin, I live in Coloraodo - and MOST of the state is above the USA EPA "safe" limits. Most houses have a radon abatement system, and most areas require one to be installed before you sell if you don't have one already.
Legit, thank you for this. I was like you where I knew vaguely of it, but never heard of it in the area I am in. I'm building my new home this summer, with a basement, and I'll be sure to now check (once built) what the levels are.
@@simoncorby4802 we are still waiting for the monitors to be sent back to us from Colin, as you can imagine he’s a very busy man! That test is minimum 90 days but can stay for up to a year. As soon as we have an update we will be posting 👍🏼
The annoying thing about radon is you can't see it. And those measurements takes ages. By the time you get a reading you're already panicking in case it's high. I know it's not too worrisome with a reading of 200-300 for a few months but it's like everything else that increases risk; It doesn't hurt to reduce it if you can. In my case I had a gap between the concrete floor and the foundation wall in basement (very old house, no barrier) and it was sucking air in from under the foundation. Taking care of that reduced radon in the rest of the house by 2/3 ! For peace of mind I got an AirThings View+ so I can see plots of daily, weekly, monthly and it's staggering how little was needed to improve it.
I was going to buy a house but when the radon test came back it was considered too hazardous for occupation. The owners spend a lot of money getting the numbers down. It was built in a very rocky area.
As I see it, it's a naturally occurring phenomena that humans have been living with in blissful ignorance for hundreds of thousands of years. So why start worrying about it now?
@@nefariumxxx I did some research on this and there is so much conflicting information I don't see any consensus. Its all over the place. Exact opposite information in many cases. I suspect there is a lot of woo pedaling going on to maximize profit.
@@RS-ls7mm I'm pretty familiar with the topic living in moderately high radon zipcode. I can tell you my levels go way higher in the winter time because my baseboard heaters come on and convection heating action pulls air up from under the house/crawlspace. It's just dirt down there, no basement. Levels will also spike when barometric pressure drops a lot or after a fresh rain following several days of dryness (radon washout). The radon literally gets washed or scrubbed out of the air. But yes, it's a money making thing. However you don't have to spend a lot to learn on your own. Buy an Airthings radon detector and use it. If you want faster / 10 minute updates get a Radon Eye.
Now that Colin is bringing in outside consultants... perhaps it's time to invite Pekka from Stalatube to test the stainless steel hollow sections. Their diametrically opposed attitudes would be a blast (and perhaps in the form of matter and antimatter colliding).
Hi Colin Building Control would usually pick up on the need for Radon precautions which made me wonder how you have dealt with the building regs aspect of the project.
I learned about radon in school I was building houses in Ireland 25 years ago and we always put down a red radon barrier under the sub floor they don't do in that in the UK
I believe that the highest risk from radon is when it's in a space that doesn't have air flow, or easy air flow. Such as in sealed crawl spaces under houses or houses that are "tight" with being gap sealed like around doors, windows, dryer exhaust, plumbing vents, etc. Even if there is trace amounts detected, regular air exchange in the form of a ducted fan to pull air out from the farthest point away from a egress point to pull air into the system. While another opening allows air in from another source farthest from the exhaust, should have you fine and dandy.
9:14 but when you have lower amounts of radon before your diagnosis , but you lived with a heavy smoker for 30 years previously it’s put on the radon. So that might even out. But I never thought, radon is such a big problem today, or is it just so much in the UK?
Its nearly test time to see if i should be glowing lol.
Haha! See you soon, Colin!
If this turns out to be your origin story, then I can't think of anything more appropriate.
Colin you Glowing would be a fkn hillarious beginning to the second part of this!! 😂😂
colin going to keep digging down find that uranium you will be rich
Gonna turn into a Fallout Ghoul. Just hope he doesn't go Feral.
"unfortunately, you'd have to fill it all in" Colin's laugh there was multi-layered haha
"Hahaha" *quiet panic*
4:27
I took it as a "I don't care if it's through the roof, you're not filling this in." Kinna laugh.
that woulda been followed by a nah get out
better to not know in that case
"HAHAHA, you're joking right?"
Colin, you’ve probably done more for awareness than anyone in years. No doubt this will save lives.
We all die of something
@@Dtp2296Yes, but there is a difference between dying in two years to an aggressive cancer and dying in 40 years due to syphilitic brain rot.
the safety tie will keep him safe from lung cancer
This isn't even Colin's YT, thank the radon guys.
People will have to calm their nerves with a cigarette.
This is the most calm low key Colin furze video ever.
It's not his video, to be fair, it's the company that tested his bunker.
I still had to do a double take, even knowing it was the testers' channel, to see if it wasn't a Furze video. They conformed it pretty well to Colin's own style.
@@512Squared Still a Colin Furze video. We all know what he meant. And yes, the most understated one EVER!
I assume hes filming this also for his main channel vid
I think Colin was genuinely concerned he may have to make big scary changes 😢
How nice of Colin to do this video for them!
This Colin fella looks interesting. He should have his own channel and document this bunker build.
Indeed. Surely, it can't be that good being a mere plumber. 😜
Someone should tell him. Do you wanna tell him? I wanna tell him.
Naaaa , don't tell...😂
you clearly aint seen colinfurze or colingfurze2 on here :P been following entire survival series , my guys coling has known for years world war 3 is coming hes gunna be safe
@@drjock420 I do believe they're joking, mate
Greetings from Arizona, USA. We have radon gas potential too, and this video was a great balance of entertainment and actually public awareness. Well done!
What? I live in Arizona and I did t even know
@@billy2890I believe it’s everywhere. Like everywhere in the world.
@@billy2890 100% you do, just depends on how much. Like it is here, it could be very low, or very high.
I just checked the website, I'm in the Westcountry and apparently I should glow in the dark. 😂
@@mickenossthe readybrek kid (as you granny)
I'm from Belgium and heard about Radon a few years ago. I conducted a test with FANC(Federal Agency for Nuclear Control), and the results were OK. Now, I have an Airthings electronic tester, and I've noticed that during the winter when everything is closed, I experience higher Radon concentrations compared to the summer months. Additionally, the levels can vary from day to day; some days, I observe levels almost reaching 200 or even higher, while on other days, it's lower than 50. However, my average Radon concentration on a yearly basis remains below 100.
I grew up around Devon and Cornwall so have known of radon all my life, the old boys always say it's the granite that gives it off. People rarely worry about it so it will be interesting to see Colins results!
Results video in the future, subscribe so you don’t miss it 👍🏼
Indeed, here in Cornwall it's just another thing. Smoke detectors and radar detector and just get on with life!
@@delta250a with devonport just around the corner the radar may come in handy 😉
XD I'm leaving that! @@gingerelvis
Yes it is
checked the map - oh dear we're almost black... bought a test kit! - Thank you for bringing this to our attention - great public service
So let's say your house has a lot of radon gas. What now?
@@JackONeill497 Stop eating Radon!
@@JackONeill497 You move lol
@@JackONeill497 You make sure your house is well ventilated and don't hangout all day in the cellar or any poorly ventilated room close to the ground.
Go on with life. It's bullshit.
I’m a construction superintendent in the USA and anytime we build a new structure we add piping under the foundation for the purpose of a radon fan system . After construction the building is tested for Radon. If the levels are low or none then the pipe just stays a pipe. If radon is detected then you are required to add a fan that sucks the air out of the pipe and exhausts it out of the building. In Massachusetts where we work this is required by code whether it gets used or not .
I use AirThings Wave radon detector and very satisfied with it. You can get measurements within a day and monitor changes if you make adjustments in ventilation.
I was going to mention AirThings if someone else hadn't already. I live in a high-radon area in 2019 new construction and the levels in our basement were very high. The builder had put in a 'passive' mitigation system, which is just a PVC pipe from under the basement slab up through the roof to give it a path of least resistance, but it wasn't enough. We had to convert it to an 'active' system by installing a fan in said pipe to constantly suck from beneath the slab, and that dropped levels well below the safe point.
I keep an AirThings sensor in the basement, and have one in my first floor office and one in our master bedroom on the second floor. There latter two also monitor CO2, VOCs, humidity, etc.
Using these we found the CO2 levels in our home were often very elevated. The perils of modern, highly efficient construction - very little gas exchange. So we installed an ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilation) system to improve the air exchange without too much energy loss and that really improved overall air quality too.
I like these AirThings sensors. They track all kinds of things you might not otherwise think about.
Colin, I love how you work with smaller youtubers, this is fascinating stuff and I found this very interesting. thx guys.
Colin is a lovely guy on and off camera, it was a great experience for us!
Thanks for the comment 👍🏼
@NamelesshunterGaming Maybe he does it to get things for free or at a massive discount.. That is how many RUclipsrs do it.. Not sure he falls into that category or not, but seeing as what he would do for a pay to win video game advert, my bet is did..
Very wise to test, Mr Furze. Had problems in my town.
This is going to be Glencoe Radvacs most popular video with all the Furze Fans!!!!
they have only one video...
I thought this was a Colin vid.
Still watched it, it was chill.
We just did radon remediation in our home about two weeks ago. Lung cancer ain't anything to mess around with, so I'm glad we did!
I wondered about this as soon as I saw the bunker. My house has high radon levels (2600 Bq or 70 piC/l), but sealing the floor cracks, installing drain air traps and a simple exhaust fan creating a negative pressure in the gravel under the slab got me down under 35Bq or 1 piC/l. I'm really surprised the test takes 3 months. They used two types of tests in my house, an electronic one and a charcoal one. Both took 48 hours. The electronic ones give readings every 10 minutes, but you let them average for 2 days. I bought a RadonEye continuous electronic monitor so I know what the levels are doing. The levels do vary with the weather.
I've got a radon eye also but it seems susceptible to weird spikes off the charts in the winter time. Support sent me a replacement and it does it too. I think it's probably RFI or EMI from my old house's baseboard heaters. I cannot trust it's readings during the winter time but it doesn't spike in the summer. I also run a Corentium Airthings which does a better job but updates much slower, of course.
ooh but I noticed the Christmas decoration on the door. The 3 months must be up!
Very soon! Good eye! 👀
You super sleuth.
Looking forward to the report. Radon or no?
@@Janer-52 u mean, radon or radoff :D
@@milire2668Made me laugh! Exactly.
@colinfurze @2muchcolinfurze won't panic he's got his safety tie on 😂
😂😂
No he won't panic, he will just be sweating a lot..
And his safety squints
As a radon guy myself, I've asked him a few times in the comments about it so it's great to see you guys sort him out! Great stuff lads
same here!
Thanks for keeping Colin Safe!
You bet!
I'm in the US and we ran a radon test on the house we purchased, and our real estate agent had the sellers pay to have a radon system installed, which consisted of drilling a hole in the basement floor and fitting a plastic pipe underneath it, then there's a fan that pulls the gas out from under the foundation and up a tube and vents it above the roof
They also like to do their radon tests in the summer time when levels are lowest. Sneaky! Test it yourself with a Corentium Airthings.
Top notch respect for allowing the Radon guy to do the ending with their info.
Edit: good on Furze for doing a spot with these fellas. Great video!!
It's their video on their channel...
It may be their channel but this video has Colin’s stamp all over it, the quality, the professional way it’s presented, the audio quality, the whole thing has a Furze vibe to it. So a thumbs up to Colin for helping this channel out and I hope they do well.
@@question_themwell count me as foolish. I didn’t even check who posted it and just assumed i was recommended a video on Furze’s channel. Good looking out!
Thank you for that lovely comment, Colin is a great guy and we are so lucky to have had the chance to film this with him… He had no input with the production, that was me on iMovie so I’m feeling very chuffed right now! 😂 - Dan
@@Glencoe-Radvac, I guess I was assuming to much, you guys did a great job with your video. I hope we get to hear the results from you when they come in. Good luck in the future!
came for The Office snippet - was absolutely NOT disappointed! Good Going guys!
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From midwest USA here. Radon is everywhere, we install radon mitigation systems that essentially suck the gas from under our home foundations and pipe it outside near the roof line
Seems cheaper to just put in an ERV which solves more problems that just a dedicated Radon system that cost way too much for what they are..
In Massachusetts, when buying our house, our home inspector did a couple of overnight radon tests, and it failed, so the previous owner paid for a radon system much like yours. It sucks air from under the foundation and from a crawlspace up a pipe that vents out the roof. It's just a small fan that runs all the time. With the system in place, the house passed the test just fine. Doing a multi-month test is impressive.
Love that a government agency is working with this madlad for the purpose of educating about the harms of radon gas. Absolutely love that, excellent work boys.
We have nothing to do with the government, we are family run business, just trying to spread awareness of radon gas because most people in the UK have never heard of it and could be living amongst it. Thanks for the comment though! 👍🏼
@@Glencoe-Radvac even better :)
Colin the fact you did this means a lot to someone like myself. My father passed away in 2008 from radon exposure from my childhood home after living there for twenty years.
East Tennessee, USA here. Lots of radon with porous limestone bedrock in this region. Your readings vary from house to house so get tested. Recommend AirThings monitors to keep an eye on your levels.
They actually make some really good radon blocking coatings, we actually use an additive in our concrete that helps block radon as well
So it really is a nuclear bunker.
I love this video changes your normal views by several thousand percent by being link to Colin
Results?
We are still waiting on Colin! He’s been too busy to send the detectors back to us!
@@Glencoe-Radvac what? That's no fun
I just had radon mitigation installed in my house. Huge difference.
Colin, you should have put a layer of rocks beneath your tunnel, then they could have installed a fan to vent it outside!
Also helps with moisture!
SO WHAT HAPPENED??!!? Every month I come back to check lol... it's been well over the time line when all results would be done. What happened?
Hi, we are still awaiting the monitors from Colin, as you know he is a very, very busy man! The monitors can stay in place for up to a year, its a minimum of 90 days. Hopefully updates soon!
@@Glencoe-Radvac oh okay! Thanks so much for the response! I really appreciate that. Great work you guys have done. I’m excited for the follow up.
I love Colin! I can't get enough of that bunker.
the part when the inspector was joking about filling all the bunker... Colin was like 😅 ... laughing nervously... 🤞
FINALLY he tests for radon, I've been wondering about this ever since he started tunnelling!!!
same here. awareness is spreading, slowly. I've loaned my detector to a couple friends.
This is great awareness of something not commonly talked about.
Thank you!
I love this percussion we all love collin so please keep him safe even tho he might think its okay
I worked at Hinckley Point and in there visitors centre a geiger counter was next to a local piece of granite which was ticking away !
I live in one of the highest radon areas in Eastern Ontario, Canada. My 110-year old house has a stone foundation, with a rammed-earth floor in the basement. Testing on the 2nd level of the house showed a long-term average of 60bcq/m3. The WHO recommended "action threshold" is 100 bcq/m3. But most countries have adopted a 200bcq/m3 limit.
Honestly seems like the next perfect boogieman next to global warming/cooling/climate/normal-fvcking-weather and covid. Just another way to suck money out of your wallet.
Nice to see this as an information and interesting bit to spread the word. Well done!
This made me realize. Radon is one of those things that I had a vague idea about, but didn't know much about.
Like, I knew it was a radioactive gas. I know it sometimes show up in houses, and that's a bad thing (presumably related to the radioactivity.)
So this turned out very informative. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment!
Should throw a centrally mounted pps in either way to help with his condensation in the tunnel, hes got working extraction at the bunker end thats drawing moisture from tunnel and garage end exacerbating the problem. You could also get him to install a ventilation shaft whilst its still under construction so you can install a more powerful loft unit instead of a ppsf which will struggle with such a large open area.
After thinking about it further, positive pressure is probably not the best way to go due to the house access and the potential of the positive air pressure feeding radon into the living space. A more cautious and directed option would be better; by installing sump extraction pumps strategically at both ends of the tunnel at surface level directing the radon away from the bunker in the first place with the air exhausting above the roofline of the property, couple this with radon barrier coverings/sealant in the bunker area as belt and braces. Still have a centrally mounted PPs/f to deal with any moisture creation, Colin likes the odd cup of tea.
@@justlooking3572The positive pressure works by reversing the airflow so the radon won't seep in. Instead the clean air will "seep out." So there will not be any radon to be pumped from the bunker to the house.
@@AnttiBrax it doesn't reverse it, it creates a positive pressure as a barrier to redirect the radon particles, and will use any available gap to push any away, including through the kitchen entrance to the house. And as the entrance doesn't have a proper seal, or is even closed very often, its barrier making ability will be compromised and any air will take the path of least resistance, entering into the property and no positive pressure will be created at all, all it will do is create a cold draught into the kitchen, effectively providing a superhighway for any radon particles to get into the house from the cooler bunker and will also give the tenant a pretty valid reason to switch it off if it makes their house cold. An external sump unit will redirect the radon away from the bunker all together. If the bunker wasn't directly attached to the property, positive pressure would be the perfect option but it is, so its not.
I remember talking about Radon in High School chemistry in the states. Where I live it is also standard with the walk-thru inspection as I know my basement has radon. The sellers paid for a portion of the mitigation system but it is fairly common in my area.
Very informative video! Thanks, guys!
7:00 the problem with radon is that it's heavier than air. So if you have an underground bunker, it could fill up with radon if you don't mitigate it. I had a house in New Hampshire, where the granite is never far underground. But my basement opened out into the garage, so any radon that entered would flow out into the garage and into the open air where it would dissipate.
High Radon levels have also been known to cause infestations of the micro-snipe bug. Make sure you ask them to check for those as well.
I was aware of Radon over 50 years ago. It is a radioactive decay product of radium-226, which is found in metamorphic rocks such as granite.
Pretty easy stuff to deal with if it’s an issue for ya.
Our part of Canada we put in a single vent straight to the roof from under the basement slab.
It’s part of the building code.
*old homes aren’t required to retrofit.
Passive systems do not always work. Remediation can be difficult in certain buildings.
Wow I had no idea how common it was. I live in Australia, luckily my area is low risk. But still there. Good luck with your testing, hoping your levels are safe.
Yes yes yes…so very common… like not an issue till like 30 years ago. Here in the USA in the mid 90’s lots of money spent on studies and companies, governments came out and try to scare people with it. It’s all about money, companies found they could make money with it. And yes I built 72 houses from 1996-2011. Question to ask yourself why does it take 3 months to do a test… air out your house, keep the moisture down, run a dehumidifier. In the USA: 1: cigarette smoking, 2. Pipe and cigar smoking, 3 passive or second-hand smoke, 4 asbestos, 5. Radon Gas, 6. Genetics, 7. Lung disease, 8. Air pollution, 9. Previous Lung Cancer, 10. Ingesting Arsenic. So you decide…. But to me it’s about creating fear and making money. 80% of lung cancer is caused by smoking. But you decide…..
In Ireland 27 years ago in bandon co cork we were installing radon boxes on new buildings just a box upside down and 4 “ pipes to vent to atmosphere and I’m from wales but have very close relatives over there and I was a bricklayer to boot staying my grandads couldn’t get better
Good Evening Sir, Radon Gas Is Also Present Up Here In The Province Of Quebec ( Eastern Townships and Around Montreal ), Canada and Must Be Deal Properly 🧐👍 Cheers 🍻🍻
Great public service Colin nice one, 👍👏👏👏
After owning several homes here in the USA I can tell you that we have installed a mitigation system in every one of them. From mud shale of West Virginia, to the granite of New Hampshire, to the planes of Kansas every home we have had has tested above the “Safe” levels.
One think I have learned is rain can seriously raise the level of Radon in short term test. It is good to see you are doing a long term study.
The only reason we would ever do a short term test is after a mitigation system has been installed, the customer might like to see if it is dropping the levels but this will ALWAYS be alongside a long term test.
It blew my mind when I visited Boston, you can go and buy a radon test kit in Home Depot! 😂
@@Glencoe-Radvac not all home inspectors are up to speed either. When we sold our one home the home inspector for the buyer placed the test one foot off the basement floor, which it standard here on the US, problem was he set on a stone hearth, probably why the reading was so high.
@@mjames1842 It was not from the stone hearth, but miles of granite below your house. Radon is a heavier than air gas that accumulates down low in areas with little ventilation. It gets drawn up by convection heating also. Two feet from floor is what they recommend with Corentium Airthings devices. They work great.
Awesome video. Thanks for spreading awareness🎉
Thank you!
This video is a revelation. Having never heard of Radon gas before I did have to check that we are still in March, not April. 👍
People are slowly learning about it. 2nd leading cause of lung cancer after smoking is no joke. You can google for "radon survey map in my area" and see if there's a map already made. If in moderate or high risk area, you can buy a detector for less than a hundred bucks. Look up Corentium Airthings.
The things I learn on this channel, 😮 I felt so uneducated before I discovered Colin.
You had to ask for some mics from Colin since audio was awful... But anyway - I was glad to watch it. Thank you.
Devon is also a Radon hot spot. I was told is was because of the geology of the area - heavy granite substrate around these parts. I got a Radon survey when I got my house.
Here in Finland radon is taken in to account every time a new building is being planned. Usyally on high risk areas a set of pipes with holes are buried under the house and then you have a motor on the roof that sucks air out of the pipes below your house to lower the level of radon gas inside the house.
Im sure its a problem over there somewhere as well, but in the US some areas have an issue with radon coming in through the well water because surprise surprise radon dissolves in water like Co2. Whole complex water systems to remove the radon before it goes into your house that usually involve the well pump filling a tub with lots of baffles inside it and an exhaust fan that sucks the air and radon out of the tub and sends it outside while its in use. Then you have to have a little pump because the tub separates your house from your well pump with an air gap. also plastic and metal only slow radon down. Radon diffuses right through it eventually.
Wells are very uncommon in the UK.
Most homes are connected to the mains water supply from their local water treatment facility.
You would have to be significantly outside of a town in order to have a well here.
I love Colin’s laugh when he said you might need to fill it in I hope Colin mentions this video in future updates I hope he passes all test
Cool, I had one done and a short term test detected 240 units and I have a long term test ongoing as well to see if that was just a spike.
That was really educational and entertaining, thank you very much.
I like how Collin talks to the camera like it’s his channel lol
Very informative! I'm excited to learn how much the steel layer is helping or not
I actually worked somewhere where we made parts of radon detectors, and the company moved to a building specially engineered to keep radon out and ventilate it away so it didn't contaminate the detectors. The trick with radon, though it isn't 100% positive one way or the other, is if you're dealing with limestone assume there's lots of it, there's a reason they correlate on the national maps, and of course Colin has been dealing with nothing but limestone which is presumably why people were screeching. Miners deal with it all the time, where it becomes a Big Deal - you can actually deal with it to a decent extent with ventilation, one of the benefits of it being a gas, but it decays to radioactive lead and bismuth and that's the real issue with it that people don't generally understand.
I was wondering when this was going to come up for Colin. It's pretty common up here in Canada, so we tend to keep our basements well ventilated. Well, the ones who are aware that is.
Thanks for the head's up. I live near a quarry, and checking the map, it does show as high for Radon. Luckily, it's far enough away from me not to concern me. Looking around Stamford heck, it's all a bit purple.
The radon level are by zip code in the US but some states like New York will have it broken down by municipality, but also results the basements and 1st floors. The highet I have tested in a home was 139 Pci/l or around 5140 Bq/m3. Figure 6 is the limit according to the EPA. So Pci to the Bq m3 is around 1 to 37. So 6 Pcqi in the use is 222 Bqm3 in the UK
4.0 is the recommended action threshold.
Very informative!
Colin, I live in Coloraodo - and MOST of the state is above the USA EPA "safe" limits. Most houses have a radon abatement system, and most areas require one to be installed before you sell if you don't have one already.
Nice one ! I didn't even know about this, thanks for doing the video and thanks for looking after Colin.
Colin is LEGEND🤠
Legit, thank you for this. I was like you where I knew vaguely of it, but never heard of it in the area I am in. I'm building my new home this summer, with a basement, and I'll be sure to now check (once built) what the levels are.
Glad we could help! Keep us in mind if you are in the UK 😊
Great for awareness!
WHAT WAS THE RESULTS OF THE RADON TEST ? ? ( it has been several months when the test takes 3 months )
Back up video ?
@@simoncorby4802 we are still waiting for the monitors to be sent back to us from Colin, as you can imagine he’s a very busy man!
That test is minimum 90 days but can stay for up to a year. As soon as we have an update we will be posting 👍🏼
I bet they get a glowing review from Colin.
The annoying thing about radon is you can't see it. And those measurements takes ages. By the time you get a reading you're already panicking in case it's high.
I know it's not too worrisome with a reading of 200-300 for a few months but it's like everything else that increases risk; It doesn't hurt to reduce it if you can.
In my case I had a gap between the concrete floor and the foundation wall in basement (very old house, no barrier) and it was sucking air in from under the foundation. Taking care of that reduced radon in the rest of the house by 2/3 ! For peace of mind I got an AirThings View+ so I can see plots of daily, weekly, monthly and it's staggering how little was needed to improve it.
I was going to buy a house but when the radon test came back it was considered too hazardous for occupation. The owners spend a lot of money getting the numbers down. It was built in a very rocky area.
As I see it, it's a naturally occurring phenomena that humans have been living with in blissful ignorance for hundreds of thousands of years. So why start worrying about it now?
Sometimes they are sneaky and do a test in summer time when levels appear lower due to less convection heating action.
@@nefariumxxx I did some research on this and there is so much conflicting information I don't see any consensus. Its all over the place. Exact opposite information in many cases. I suspect there is a lot of woo pedaling going on to maximize profit.
@@RS-ls7mm I'm pretty familiar with the topic living in moderately high radon zipcode. I can tell you my levels go way higher in the winter time because my baseboard heaters come on and convection heating action pulls air up from under the house/crawlspace. It's just dirt down there, no basement. Levels will also spike when barometric pressure drops a lot or after a fresh rain following several days of dryness (radon washout). The radon literally gets washed or scrubbed out of the air. But yes, it's a money making thing. However you don't have to spend a lot to learn on your own. Buy an Airthings radon detector and use it. If you want faster / 10 minute updates get a Radon Eye.
I've never even considered Radon gas exposure here in Australia, but apparently it's super low and upon checking my area tested at 5 Bq/m3
Now that Colin is bringing in outside consultants... perhaps it's time to invite Pekka from Stalatube to test the stainless steel hollow sections. Their diametrically opposed attitudes would be a blast (and perhaps in the form of matter and antimatter colliding).
Thanks for the video.
That video was a gas, keep it up Colin. Knowing you if you had Radon you would be bottling it and finding a good use for the product.
Great video! Really enjoyed that!
Hi Colin
Building Control would usually pick up on the need for Radon precautions which made me wonder how you have dealt with the building regs aspect of the project.
Shurup. I want to see how he gets on especially with the radon don’t want building control around cause he will do a better job
this was interesting thank you
Glad he took my advice.
lots of us mentioned it.
Right person for marketing :)
I learned about radon in school I was building houses in Ireland 25 years ago and we always put down a red radon barrier under the sub floor they don't do in that in the UK
I live in South Lake Tahoe, CA. It's a very big deal here but there still needs to be more awareness.
We had our basement radon proofed. They installed an extractor fan through the foundation and it runs 24/7. I'm still alive 18 years later.
The last place I lived had a radon problem. I measured 5500 Bq/m³ in the air entering through a hole in the basement floor.
I believe that the highest risk from radon is when it's in a space that doesn't have air flow, or easy air flow. Such as in sealed crawl spaces under houses or houses that are "tight" with being gap sealed like around doors, windows, dryer exhaust, plumbing vents, etc.
Even if there is trace amounts detected, regular air exchange in the form of a ducted fan to pull air out from the farthest point away from a egress point to pull air into the system. While another opening allows air in from another source farthest from the exhaust, should have you fine and dandy.
Colin, I hope that the video about Radon will be also on your channel to spread the awareness more.
9:14 but when you have lower amounts of radon before your diagnosis , but you lived with a heavy smoker for 30 years previously it’s put on the radon. So that might even out.
But I never thought, radon is such a big problem today, or is it just so much in the UK?
Never heard of it over here in NZ. I thought these lads were going to move Colin’s gas pipe above the garage haha.
Learn something every day ah.
I think this is the most effective and far reaching education on radon gas you could have dreamt of having.