Radon Mitigation in Hallam Borough
Hallam is a small borough east of York, in the Hellam area but not the same municipality as Hellam Township. The houses are older and close to the street.
Houses in Hallam Borough
The borough is a compact grid of frame and brick houses, many with block or stone basements and short front yards. It is not a subdivision and not a farm lane. Basement ceilings are often low, and the oil tank or the washer already owns the corner where a pipe would like to land. Some houses have a partial cellar only under the original room, with a crawl under the kitchen ell.
Hallam sits east of the city, still in the Zone 1 valley, before the ground rises into the Hellam Hills. The hills are quartzite and a different landscape; the borough is not up on that ridge. Soil gas here is the valley pattern: shale and carbonate, a sump if one was added, and a floor that was poured in pieces. The Hellam page covers the wider township. This page is the borough streets.
What the visit is usually about
Partial cellars need a suction point that actually reaches the soil, not a pipe stuck into a crawl that is open to the yard. Testing shows whether the ell matters. Sub-slab work is the system when the original room has a slab. See also Hellam.
Hallam Borough is the office inside the borough. Hellam Township is around it. Do not assume one permit counter covers both. Pennsylvania DEP radon page describes the state’s radon program. Discharge clearance on a short front yard is the design limit we check against EPA radon guidance before we pick a wall.
Next step: the mitigation process, the services list, or the quote form.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions we hear on York County jobs.
Is Hallam included on the Hellam page?
Hellam is the wider area people mean by that name. Hallam Borough is this page. They are neighbors. The spelling is close and the offices are not. Tell us Hallam if you are in the borough.
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