Radon Challenges – Gnarly Tales from the Field

(214 customer reviews)

$225.00

This course explores techniques for going a little deeper in interpreting measurements as well as how to mitigate those tough houses with inaccessible crawlspaces, buried return ducts, and other crazy construction practices that make our lives interesting. We delve into these topics using real life case studies that have happy endings. These are more than a series of Fractured Fairy Tales. We explore a process for assessing unique situations you can use in the future. This course is designed for both the seasoned professional who has seen a thing or two and the novice who will eventually encounter these types of situations.

SKU: C-16-109 Category: Certified By:

Description

This course addresses unique challenges to the radon professional including:

  • Buried Return Ducts
  • Untreated Adjacent Foundations
  • Wind Spikes
  • Working with Tight Soils
  • Highly Permeable Soils
  • Leaky Forced Air Ductwork
  • Inaccessible Crawlspaces
  • Emanation from Contaminated Building Materials
  • In-Floor Heating Systems
  • Post Tension Slabs

This course goes beyond simply identifying these concerns but actually presents solutions using real life case studies.  It also demonstrates the use of diagnostic equipment to aid one in identifying a problem and provides downloadable tools that the student can use for estimating pressure drop in mitigation systems, air flow as well as the significance of a radon emanation source.

Recorded with a live audience, the virtual student benefits from the formal instruction and contributions from the seasoned professionals who participated.

The format of the course combines video of presenter and attendees synchronized with powerpoint slides for an experience comparable to being “in the classroom” without the hassle, which has become a hallmark for CERTI courses.

Course Includes:

  • Video (can be paused and navigated via Table of Contents or Key Word Search)
  • Online Quizzes
  • Downloadable Course Certificate
  • 16 CE Credits  (Category 1)

Download/Streaming – No course materials will be shipped – everything you need is available to access and download online.

Additional information

CE Credits

16

214 reviews for Radon Challenges – Gnarly Tales from the Field

  1. Jesse –

    Very informative and educational.

  2. Andrew –

    This class helped cover all the questions you could have over each type of problem install you can run into.

  3. John –

    Very informative and well taught class.

  4. Michael –

    I recommend 5 of 5

  5. Gene –

    I enjoyed the content, something different and covering real world scenarios.

  6. HENREY –

    I recommend this course

  7. Jonathan –

    Always good. Thanks.

  8. Allan –

    I have used Certi for my entire career from initial licensing through a number of renewals.

  9. Brian –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  10. William –

    Excellent

  11. Larry –

    Excellent class, defiantly for mitigation specialist. Some good information for measurement specialist as well.

  12. Melissa –

    I love Certi – very user friendly

  13. Larry –

    I enjoyed this course, i found it useful.

  14. Timothy –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  15. Edward –

    I recommend this course 5 out of 5

  16. Katherine –

    Thank you Doug, as always the information you provide for us in your courses is amazing!

  17. Carlos –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  18. Jeff –

    Has great real life examples that you come across regularly in this industry. Very informative and information is helpful

  19. Ronald –

    Great knowledge for a Radon Tester to understand most homes may be straight forward; however, there is always the potential for challenges. This class gave great knowledge of potential solutions.

  20. Kurt –

    Excellent!!!! Best course I have had to date!!! Interesting situations, diagnostics, and solutions. Real world situations we encounter to often with our older housing stock.

  21. Eric –

    Excellent course Doug. I could relate to all of the topics and then learn a few things in some cases and a lot in other cases. As a mitigator, I enjoyed the course.

  22. Roger –

    Its nice to see someothers are running into the same problems

  23. Damon –

    I wish I would of had this course prior to running into some of these situations. Very helpful.

  24. Gerald –

    I’ll be back!

  25. Debra –

    Doug is a great speaker

  26. Leo –

    Good course for advanced mitigators.

  27. Thomas –

    I’ve been doing this type of work for 11 years and have been to homes with some of these same situations. I got levels down but, on some it was luck. Now I know what I did right and what i did wrong.

  28. Richard –

    Great class for a mitigator that has been in the industry for a while.

  29. Fred –

    Great

  30. Ryan –

    I recommend

  32. Joseph –

    I recommend 5/5

  33. Darren –

    excellent

  34. Mark –

    Great Course!! Well Done!

  35. Matthew –

    I recommend this course 5 out of 5

  36. Jeffrey –

    Course had very useful tips on how to solve problems on difficult homes.

  37. Guntis –

    Although these situations are rare, it is good to have the ability to find tough solutions.

  38. Gary –

    I really appreciate the attending class members with their stories of experiences and relationship to the course being given.

  39. Anthony –

    great

  40. Jerry –

    The course was great. After the first 15 minutes you know that Doug Kladder has the knowledge and the experiece.

  41. James –

    useful

  42. Jon –

    I recommend this course 5 out of 5

  43. Mark –

    I had problems logging in to the website (multiple times). The nice lady on the phone (Kelly) was very helpful

  44. Jane –

    Very Informative on all aspects!

  45. Michael –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  46. David –

    Yes I reccomend

  47. Manass –

    Great content

  48. Manass –

    Great content

  49. ricky –

    very good refresher

  50. Kurt –

    The course was excellent. Like the house on the hill.

  51. Stephen –

    Much of the information was new to me as I am a home inspector and radon measurement specialist and honestly I’ll likely never use a good bit of it. But I will inspect mitigation systems with much more scrutiny and I will be able to speak more intelligibly to my clients in regards to radon entry. Thank you CERTI!

  52. Troy –

    great knowledge of problem houses, really opens up possibilites and the mind to things I’ve never dealt with

  53. Norman –

    Very helpful and informative. Better than any other CE I have attempted in 32 years!

  54. Ernest –

    Instructor was very knowledgable for the course and the material will be useful if I ever run into any problems.

  55. Ernest –

    Instructor was very knowledgable for the course and the material will be useful if I ever run into any problems.

  57. Thomas –

    This Is A Good course the the beginner as well as a seasoned person.Thank you for the info

  58. Curtis –

    fun class

  59. Curtis –

    fun class

  60. Lloyd –

    Great information.

  61. Susan –

    Interesting

  62. Jason –

    first re certification course. was good.

  63. Nicholaus –

    I wish it worked on the iPad/iPhone better, video only worked intermittently. The Smart Player app didn’t really work either. Also the spreadsheet didn’t configure correctly for me on quiz 3. I was using Numbers and Google Sheets on the Mac. I don’t have Excel. Other than the technical issues-(I’m pretty technical) I enjoyed the course, I learned a lot!

  64. Stephen –

    I recommend this course

  65. Stephen –

    no comment

  67. Daniel –

    I recommend 5 out of 5

  68. Michael –

    Great Course/\. Thanks

  69. Anthony –

    Going on 9 years of doing radon CE and I still am learing from these certi courses

  70. Steven –

    NICE

  71. Paul –

    I found this course to be one of the most useful and relevant CE classes I have taken to date.

  72. Miles –

    I recommend- 5 out of 5

  73. Donald –

    great job

  74. Dennis –

    I think the course was to the point and taught me a few things. I’ve been doing radon mitigation for thirty years. I have come across about a dozen problem jobs like these. I finally figured them all out. I wish I took this course first. I live in the North East with lots of 100 year old houses. I would like to see some courses done up here. Thanks Good Job!

  75. Dustin –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  77. David –

    Excellent

  78. Mathieu –

    I recommend this course

  79. Doug –

    great info…

  80. Doug –

    great info…

  81. Kevin –

    excellent

  82. Kevin –

    excellent

  83. Kevin –

    excellent

  84. Wade –

    Great useful information that can be used in actual systems for improvement.

  85. Wade –

    Great useful information that can be used in actual systems for improvement.

  86. Don –

    Fantastic ideas for tough to mitigate homes, many years to assimilate this information so pay attention and have fun!

  87. Lyle –

    excellent

  88. Mark –

    Real life experience situations are always the best and by far more interesting way to learn.

  89. Todd –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  90. Todd –

    I recommend this course 5/5

  91. John –

    Very knowlegable and easy to follow.

  92. Chris –

    I recommend 5 out of 5

  93. Greg –

    Instructor was not only knowledgeable, but well versed as an educator that can present material well and run a tight course!

  94. Josh –

    I recommend this course 5 out of 5

  95. Chris –

    I recommend this course 5 / 5

  96. Dennis –

    Great course,will open your eyes and help you deal with tough mitigation’s. .

  97. Colten –

    5 out of 5 I recommend this course

  98. Ethan –

    There was some very useful information on here that i will use in the future.

  99. Brian –

    What a blast to spend time with Doug. I can’t thank you enough for bringing your depth of knowledge to a great and someday valued industry. I will be retiring soon (based on whats best for firm) and wish you the best.

  100. Mark –

    I recommend this course 5 out of 5

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