Arbutus MD Radon Testing

What to Know About Radon Gas?

Radon gas is a dangerous cancer-causing agent. Radon is known to lead to lung cancer in people.

A large number of houses in the Arbutus MD area have a radon gas saturation near or above the carcinogenic amount.

Radon filters out of the topsoil, not the home. No house- new or old – is exempt from radon infiltration.

Each property interacts with the dirt beneath it differently. That is part of the reason why houses adjacent to one another often have dramatically different radon gas saturation.

Radon gas concentration will rise or fall on different days and with the seasons inside a reasonable range. A short-term radon test measures a single day or week and is a dependable indicator of whether or not the home has a radon saturation.

Radon gas has a dangerous duration of 3.8 days. radon gas saturation won’t be any greater if the home is sealed for months, days, or years.

How Does Radon Seep into the property?

No house is 100% hermetically sealed.

Vapors will enter through any penetration in the house such as sump drains, pipeworks, and invisible flaws in the concrete work.

The way to know confidently the accumulation of radon in the abode is to run a radon test.

Your Radon Testing Procedure

Probing a house for radon gas is a unique service when delivered concurrently with a property transaction.

A radon expert will situate the radon analyzers in the structure. Radon gas analyzers are located in crawl spaces, the level above crawl spaces, and any room touching the earth. For most properties, multiple devices are left in the structure for the radon test.

Your radon gas professional will close all windows, shut the vent on the chimney, and make certain the heater or AC is operating in the standard manner.

Your radon gas expert will also seal any indicated window with tamper indication tape to confirm that closed house conditions are met.

The radon monitors remain on the property for several days to analyze the prevalence of radon gas in the home. A specialist will revisit the structure once the radon test is finished to recover the probes and write a report.

Contact us today for a zero-cost consultation! Our Arbutus MD home inspectors staff will come out to hear about your property, measure the area, and get you on target for making your house one you can be proud of!