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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
Up north we were selling a house in the early 2000's...and the buyer wanted a mitagation study. Their "expert" told us we had to install a unit...which we did. BUT also told us that if we'd had a cover on our pit in the basement (forget what it's called) we'd not have had to do this. The pit was just there in the event anyone living in the house needed to buy a pump (we never needed one) could do so. The man said that the amount of radon coming up was minimal and that the people were concerned because they were moving in from out of state from an area that had a lot of radon showing up. I agree that there are businesses out to sell un-needed items such as this. We've never in all the moves we've made had to go through this except for that one time.
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The sump pit is an opening where radon gas can enter the basement. In my Virginia neighborhood, all the sump pits had to be sealed shut to prevent radon gas from coming into the basement.