Radon System Repair and Fan Replacement in Colorado Springs, CO

Radon fans run continuously, every hour of every day, and they do not last forever. Most are rated for somewhere between five and ten years. When one fails the system goes quiet, the manometer on the pipe levels out, and radon starts climbing back toward where it was before mitigation.

The manometer is the small U-shaped gauge mounted on the pipe. When the system is working, the liquid in the two legs sits at different heights. When both sides read level, the system is not pulling. That is the check to do every few months, and it is the thing to look at during a home inspection on a house that already has a system.

Fan replacement is usually a short visit and costs a fraction of a new system. Other common repairs include cracked or disconnected pipe joints, systems undersized for the house when they were first installed, discharge points that terminate below the roofline or too close to a window, and fans installed in conditioned space where code requires them outside or in an attic.

Older installs in this county are worth a look for a specific reason: many predate the July 2022 licensing requirement and the current ANSI-AARST standards, and were done to a looser standard.

If you are buying a home with an existing system, ask for the original install documentation and the post-mitigation retest result. If neither exists, budget for a fresh test.