RadonPrep2020Jan

The dirt pile with dirt and pea gravel from the hole, looking north. I can filter out the pea gravel before Thursday with some advanced notice.

View of the outside wall from the east, and the door to the laundry area. The boards on the ground cover the hole that I dug ... which is still there. Besides that, nothing else near the working area, which is accessible via a grass driveway to the street.

Close up of the power connection. The radon pump power will be through the 0.825 flexible plastic conduit (which needs cutting to length) with a #10 grounded 120V cable running through it. I guessed and put a 0.75 inch coupler on the end, but that can be changed. That is a full roll of electrical tape inside the plastic bag, for scale.

Power connects through a switch in a weather-resistant enclosure to a 20A weather resistant GFCI outlet, fed through a dedicated cable from a 20A AFCI breaker in the load center. You can see a (powered) 3 prong receptacle tester inside the clear cover.

This has not been inspected by the county yet; I will get that done when you finish, and when I finish another added branch for another purpose.

View of the laundry area inside the east wall from the west side of the basement, before plastic sheets added. About 5 feet from the fixed laundry sink to the outside wall, and 5 feet from the wall behind the washer to the book shelves. The washer is on a legacy 15 amp circuit, no GFCI or AFCI.

Another view of that area, with a plastic sheet over the bookshelf, running floor to rafters and to the outside wall. We plan to add another plastic sheet to complete the enclosure of the area when you start making dust.

The washer and dryer against the north wall, looking north, viewed from behind the book shelf. The dryer is easily moved, the washer will need some coaxing with a hand truck and furniture dollies. Do we need to move the washer, too?

Looking west from the dryer area away from the door, into the basement towards the west wall. We will fill this area with plastic sheet, and cover some of the ceiling above.