Urbana IL Radon Testing
What is Radon Gas?
Radon is a common cancer-causing chemical. Radon is scientifically proven to lead to lung cancer in people.
Many homes in the Urbana IL area have a radon level above the dangerous limit.
Radon gas seeps out of the silt, not the house. No structure, newly built or longstanding, is fully encapsulated against radon gas contamination.
Each home interacts with the ground underneath it differently. That is part of the reason why houses next to one another can have significantly different radon gas levels.
Radon gas accumulation will fluctuate daily and seasonally inside an acceptable range. A short-term radon gas measurement measures a single day or week and is an accurate bellwether of whether or not the house has a radon accumulation.
Radon gas has a dangerous duration of only a few days. Accordingly, radon concentration will not be any greater if the property is enclosed for months, days, or years.
How Does Radon Filter into the structure?
No property is draft-proof.
Vapors can seep in through any ground-facing gap in the property such as sump pumps, plumbing, and even minor flaws in the foundation.
The way to know with certainty the levels of radon in the home is to have a radon test.
Your Radon Gas Testing Procedure
Sampling a home for radon gas is a special service when offered a house transaction.
Your radon gas expert will place the radon gas monitors in the dwelling. Radon gas monitors are situated on any level that touches the ground. For most properties, several devices are installed in the home for radon analysis.
The radon gas expert will shut every window and door, shut the damper on the fireplace, and ensure the heating and cooling system is running in the required manner. The radon expert will additionally seal any necessary window with tamper indication tape to ensure that closed house requirements are met.
The radon gas probes are stored in the building for 2-3 days recording the amount of radon gas in the building. A technician will come back to the property once the radon measurement is completed to remove the analyzers and generate a report.
Please call today for a no-pressure price estimate! Our Urbana IL radon testing experts will meet with you to ask about your property, measure the area, and get you on target on making your Urbana IL home one you can be proud of!