Radon Testing Stonegate CO

What’s Radon?

Radon is a naturally occurring cause of cancer. Radon gas is known to cause lung cancer in children and adults.

Many properties in the Stonegate area have a radon concentration above the DNS action level.

Radon gas filters out of the soil, not the house. No house, new or old, is fully shielded from radon.

Every property interacts with the dirt underneath it differently. That is part of the reason why houses next door to each other often have majorly different radon gas levels.

Radon gas levels will change every day and monthly within an acceptable range. A quick radon gas sample measures a single day or week and is a dependable metric of if the structure has a radon problem.

Radon gas has a dangerous duration of about half of a week. radon accumulation won’t be higher if the home is enclosed for years or months.

How Does Radon Filter Into a Dwelling?

It may surprise you to know that homes are not draft-proof.

Vapors may seep in through any penetration in the structure such as drainage, plumbing, and small cracks in the concrete slab or foundation.

The technique to know with certainty the saturation of radon gas in the dwelling is to contract a radon test.

Your Radon Gas Test Procedure

Testing a home for radon is a unique process when offered alongside a real estate sale.

Our radon expert will place the radon gas probes in the home. Radon gas detectors are situated on any level that touches the ground. For most properties, a few monitors are located in the property for radon testing.

Our radon gas expert will shut windows, seal the vent on the chimney, and make sure the air conditioning is running in the required manner. Our radon specialist will additionally seal every indicated window with anti-tampering tape to confirm that closed-house requirements are upheld.

The radon gas apparatus is left in the house for 2-3 days analyzing the saturation of radon gas in the building. A professional will come back to the structure once the radon testing is finished to take the monitors and write a report.

Please call today for a no-cost estimate! Our sewer scope experts will meet with you to ask about your property, measure your space, and get you going on making your Stonegate property one you can enjoy without reservation!