Radon Gas

We just moved into this old house in June I can smell sewer gas in the kitchen quite often. My brother said it might be radon. Does he knows whereof he speaks, or should I worry? And if I need to get a test kit, are there kits available?

Hey baby
The smell in the kitchen is not radon. Radon is an odorless, radioactive gas that comes from the earth. It seeps into homes through the foundation. Normally, it is low in the basement if you have radon, it is the most dangerous place to be (This is also where you want to put your test kit). The test kits are usually free, but you have to pay to be analyzed and possibly shipping. Just go get one at Lowes Depot Home. If you need a radon vent system is another two page response ... e-mail.
The smell in the kitchen is probably a dirty pile of garbage. Put a 1 / 2 cup of bleach in and let it sit for 20 minutes. Take all the ice in your ice machine and run the disposal. Ice cleans the blades and the room very well. Run hot water than you do.
Good Luck

Mike alone (Builders)

The trap must be getting sucked dry. The water in the trap keeps sewer gas from escaping through the drain. Report Abuse

Your first answer is correct. Radon is usually a problem only in areas where uranium was mined and they used the tailings of fill in home construction. Arriving in their forties and fifties, primarily in the western United States.

You can not smell radon. You said you smell sewer and may be the vent pipe can be broken somewhere in the house before you get on the roof. You said that an old house, you go onto the roof and look down the pipe to see if it broken. Use a flash Ligth to look down the pipe to see if something in there or broken.

No, he does not know what he speaks. Radon is odorless and colorless. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is released by the earth below you. Some scientists believe that older homes might be safer because they are more common air and radon is as follows: "blown" away. New homes try to be virtually airtight to save on energy bills, it means that radon is trapped in your home with nowhere to go. So, try not to worry too much and tell your brother to quit trying to scare you.