Radon Testing

The EPA recommends testing for radon before buying or selling a home. You may want to test every couple of years as well, since radon levels fluctuate. During your home inspection, we will set up a radon detector in the building. This detector will take hourly readings of the air for the next 48 hours. We will then use the collected data to calculate the average radon levels. Any building with an average of 4 pCi/L or over is dangerous. The good news is that there are several forms of very effective remediation.

Why Test for Radon?

• Exposure to radon accounts for 21,000 deaths from lung cancer each year.

• It’s the leading cause of lung cancer in people who don't smoke.

• Nearly 1 in every 15 homes has elevated radon levels​.

• It's odorless, colorless and tasteless. 

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• It can be easily fixed through mitigation.​

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