Yeah, the former owner of my house had given me the water report prior to purchase to explain why she had 1 gallon cannister filter on the kitchen sink...which for the level of arsenic in the water was laughably inadequate. Considering she was into 'spiritual healing' and 'metaphysics'--they didn't help her when she became so ill that she lost her job and had to sell the house. It was obvious to my gf and I that she had arsenic poisoning (pigment in her skin was splotchy).Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Wow, what a scary ordeal with your well water. I'm so glad your Tiger salamander didn't die & that your BP girls survived okay too, albeit without the usual productivity. Close call, I'd say. As for your plumber, you warned him & tried your best...I bet next time he'll take the hint to take protective measures...at least I hope so!
Rotten luck having water with so much contamination that you have to test every few years. I hope you knew before you bought the place- not a very good surprise, but at least you weren't without warning.
Of course what you don't know can hurt you. My real estate agent mentioned off-hand that I might want to radon test the basement: 36 piC/L of radiation. With 1.4 being average and a score of 4 being considered actionable...36 is unreal-I had it tested twice to confirm the result. Usually a score that high is from a house on the edge of a lake where the radon gas under the lake spreads to the edges.
-In response I had a Radon ventilation system installed and the score dropped to 0.4. The radon ventilation fan had a three year warranty-and after 1 year it burned out...so I got a free fan, but, had to pay labor for the replacement. After 1 more year: That fan burnt out, and when I contacted the company for a replacement they said that the 3 year warranty only applied to the original ventilation fan and I would have to pay for the new fan and the reinstall, but, I would get a three year warranty on that one...ughhhh... In the meanwhile I had started raising my rodents for my snakes and I had built a custom ventilation system to exhaust the rising ammonia. Since mice stink really bad: I had to make the airflow out of my basement pretty significant. I measured the radon levels at chest height with my rodent ventilation system alone and it was a score of 3.7. Considering I don't sleep down there...and the overhead fans keep the radon from climbing out of the basement into the house-good enough...
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