Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality

Is your indoor air quality better than the air in LA? How about your indoor air quality compared to the exhaust behind a bus? You might be surprised by what you learn from the three short videos from the Dr. Mercola link below.

The video’s will stress using low or no VOC type cleaners in your home, also, to avoid any formaldehyde products in the home, like formaldehyde type insulation or pressed wood products.

Another source for indoor pollution and radiation is radon gas, a naturally occurring radioactive gas coming out of the ground and seeping into your basement. I’ve had my basement tested and it tested at the high end of the acceptable range. How much radon gas is safe? How much of anything that can cause cancer an death is safe?

Anyway, I decided to have a company install a radon pump for my building. I called Jerome form Wisconsin Radon & Environmental, LLC, located in Milwaukee to install a radon pump and seal off my sump crocks. Jerome did an excellent and very professional job. The quality of his workmanship was perfect. The end result was phenomenal. My basement smelled fresher and dryer, almost like outdoor air quality.

After having my radon pump expertly installed and operating perfectly for several months, many others coming down to my basement have commented how fresh, dry, and cool the basement air always smells, it smells like the fresh outdoor air. Fresher basement air also means fresher first floor or second floor air. And as far as the radon reading now, it is now reading 1.5 compared to 1 for outdoor air. If you are interested in learning more regarding radon, check out Jerome’s website at:

As far as the electrical work involved by Sparks Electric, our electrician installed an outdoor weather proof box on the outside wall, a duplex receptacle in a weather proof bell box, a weather proof bubble cover, and a cord on the pump motor with a weather proof cord connector. The cord and plug connection also acts as a disconnect at the pump motor. In the basement, our electrician installed a switch in the basement as another disconnect.

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