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Engineered Radon Resistant Homes

Engineered Aerated Floor Solutions

CUPOLEX® is the leading global manufacturer of concrete cast-in-place aerated floor forming solutions for radon mitigation systems. CUPOLEX® pioneered the use of passive and active aerated floor radon mitigation systems using our proprietary form-base methodology. CUPOLEX® mitigation designs provide a continuous void space below concrete floor slabs by manipulating the geometry of concrete – creating an aerated floor that provides better venting and protection at lower cost than traditional systems.

More Effective than Traditional Systems

A CUPOLEX® system will provide your project a more sustainable and cost-effective solution. Our engineered aerated floors are an order of magnitude more effective than traditional slab-on-grade systems, without the need for expensive liners.

While there are numerous reasons why the CUPOLEX® system outperforms the standard liner or gravel layer SSV system, there are three critical factors that make the CUPOLEX® system the superior system for your project:

More effective venting
Constructability
Minimal long-term maintenance costs

Inefficient Gravel System with Many Suction Pits

Traditional radon systems have been around for decades and haven’t changed much in that time. Electric fans need to run continuously to pull enough air through the soil below a slab to maintain negative pressures. Because of the resistance of the soil below the slab to air flow, negative pressures decrease rapidly with distance and even modest vacuums are difficult to achieve across the entire slab.

Efficient CUPOLEX® Aerated Floor

CUPOLEX® aerated floors are the modern systems that use open space rather than soil to vent the slab, resulting in highly efficient transmission of vacuum and air flow. As a result, homeowners or regulators can be sure that a vacuum is present anywhere below the building and that radon concentration below the slab will be far lower than with traditional systems.

Adaptable to Any Application or Foundation

CUPOLEX® can provide solutions to a variety of applications such as:

Passive & Active Systems
Pre-Emptive Systems
Radon Ready Systems

And can be used in various types of foundations such as:

Basements
Slab-on-grade
Crawl spaces
Structural PT slab foundations
Any combination of the above

FEATURES

Provides a highly efficient under-slab void network for a more effective application of SSD, at a lower cost than the less efficient pipe and gravel venting layers.
Provides a far more efficient, effective, and predictable medium for moving air than soil.
Provides new opportunities for passive venting, with a network of open voids that allows air to move much more easily under natural thermal gradients or wind.
Aerated floor system that rely on ventilation or depressurization (diverting and diluting the vapours) do not require membranes.
Radon systems that result in the dilution of gases below the floor and whose performance can be monitored and controlled (e.g., through fan operation and pressure measurements) have the advantage of not allowing radon concentrations to build immediately below the building, which is not always the case with barrier systems.
CUPOLEX® can provide cost effective pre-emptive mitigation control measures in new buildings and homes while saving concrete usage, reducing building cycle time, and minimizing engineered fill requirements.

CUPOLEX RADON RESISTANT HOME PROGRAMS CUSTOMIZED FOR NEW HOME BUILDERS

Become One of the Many Builders Nationwide Who Are Helping to Reduce the Risks of Radon!

Do you want to reap the benefits of installing an engineered CUPOLEX® radon-resistant feature for your home buyers?

An engineered CUPOLEX® radon-resistant home not only protects your customer’s health, they also affect your bottom line: your profit. Implementing a CUPOLEX® radon-resistant home may make a big difference in return down the road, particularly as home buyers are increasingly looking for environmentally conscious builders and healthy homes.

A CUPOLEX® Customized Radon-Resistant Home Program Attracts More Potential Home Buyers

Offering homes with radon-resistant features can attract more potential home buyers, which can translate into closing more sales and greater profits. Consumers are becoming more aware that radon is a health risk and building a home with CUPOLEX® radon-resistant features could give buyers one more reason to purchase a home from you.

Engineered CUPOLEX® radon-resistant homes are consistent with state-of-the-art energy-efficient construction. The engineered CUPOLEX® design features also decrease moisture and other soil gases entering the home, reducing moulds, mildews, methane, pesticide gases, volatile organic compounds, and other indoor air quality problems.

Cheaper for Home Builders

It is cheaper to install a CUPOLEX® radon reduction system during construction than to go back and fix a radon problem identified later. On average, installing a CUPOLEX® radon-resistant system during construction may cost less if you already use some of the systems that are considered as a radon-ready or rough-in system and that may be required by local and national buildings codes. In contrast, retrofitting an existing home with these rough-in systems will typically cost up to $2,500.

Get an Edge on the Market

All homebuyers want to know that they are buying a quality home. CUPOLEX® radon-resistant systems are inexpensive and easy to implement. Implementing a CUPOLEX® radon-resistant home program will make your company stand apart from the other builders in your area by demonstrating your commitment to customer satisfaction and healthy homes.

These are the services CUPOLEX® can offer to homebuilders:

Make a CUPOLEX® system a custom feature in all your sales, promotional and advertising materials
Assist with educating your sales team
Show how to use your model home as a promotional tool for the CUPOLEX® radon system you are offering to your potential home buyers
Help you develop media and promotional materials to generate buyer awareness
Make a name for yourself and help you to establish yourself as a knowledgeable builder concerned about radon and equipped to do something about it