Bill Kibbel Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 I've had test results 1000 - 2000 pCi/l in Center Valley. One was near 3400 and another was beyond what the equipment could measure. I live in the next valley 6 miles to the east. http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh- ... _home.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Hah, and I thought my 220 pCi/l was high! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 People around here freak out when it's 4.1 pCi/l. I'm not kidding. 3.9....whew...we're safe. 4.1? RUN, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!! I think the highest I've ever found was a 47 pCi/l, and that ended up being about 17 pCi/l on retesting. Mitigation systems must be pretty standard out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 37pCi/l is my all time high Lot's in the 10-15 pCi/l range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted November 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 I just read that Center Valley, PA also had the previous 2 world record highs in the last 3 years. 2750, 3715 and now 6176. Now I think I see a glow over the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 I think those are up around the Stanley Watras numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted November 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 That's right! His house was the original record at 2600 something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 I inspected a house in Western Jersey many years ago and the levels were over 700 pCi/L. There were two old people smoking like chimneys in the house and they appeared as healthy as could be. I figured they had lung cancer and were simultaneously receiving radiation treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 I'd be lost if I moved my business to your areas. We don't even test for radon here. The "radiation guy" in Olympia is a retired boomer captain. He says there are only two hot spots in the entire state - around Spokane and around Vancouver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 49 pCi/L is my highest here in Maryland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 49 pCi/L is my highest here in Maryland. This might be folklore, but. . . I heard of a high radon level in a skyscraper condo. Supposedly gases were coming up through the elevator shaft. ('Course, why one would ever test a high-rise condo for radon would be a stretch IMHO.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Last time I bothered to look, the WNY hot spot on the DEC maps was 48. It's less than 20 minutes from me. I did a test on a house around the corner from there, 3.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 And there are still a few inspectors selling radon testing for granite counter-tops down here in Texas. [:-crazy] Only location with any possible measurable radon in Texas is in the upper panhandle. Get a lot of questions from buyers moving down here from up North, but that is OK ... they may have had experience or using talking points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 49 pCi/L is my highest here in Maryland. This might be folklore, but. . . I heard of a high radon level in a skyscraper condo. Supposedly gases were coming up through the elevator shaft. ('Course, why one would ever test a high-rise condo for radon would be a stretch IMHO.) I heard that in a CEU course I took for radon testing in schools / larger public buildings etc. They claimed it could travel up a utility chase and affect units higher up in the structure. Lots of other weird and complicated legal warnings in that CEU course. Since I took that course, I decline doing radon testing in anything other than single family homes. I recently had a nursing home near D.C. contact me about doing radon testing. I passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Get a lot of questions from buyers moving down here from up North, but that is OK ... they may have had experience or using talking points. We do a radon screening for abt 80% of our inspections. High levels, above 3.9pcL in abt 12%. I remain very skeptical abt radon screening ala 48hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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