Hot take · 28:27
// THE QUOTE
“so in Canada we are mandated when we fix a home to take air pressure differentials”
— Jeff LeBlanc · Radon Repair
Strong opinion on craft: Canada diagnoses and optimizes while the US just 'drills a hole, fan, pipes.' Canadians taught 20-year US mitigators how to design properly. Pride-in-trade beat.
Full episode at 28:27Radon in Atlantic Canada: Why 1-in-4 NB Homes Fails the Safety Standard — and What Contractors Must Know ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Over-sizing a sub-slab radon fan can depressurise the house enough to back-draft combustion appliances and blow out pilot lights; Canadian practice mandates measuring and optimising differential pressures before specifying fan size — a discipline the US radon industry is only beginning to adopt.
“you can depressurize your home… cause back-drafting… combustion appliances… blow out pilot lights”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Testing: passive hockey-puck vs. continuous radon monitor
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 28:27 of Radon in Atlantic Canada: Why 1-in-4 NB Homes Fails the Safety Standard — and What Contractors Must Know