radon test: Radon Test Procedures
- 06/24/10 07:09 AM
Here is what the EPA says should be done for a correctly administered radon test. You will see some parts are hard to control if you are not in control of the activity at the property. When I spoke to Roger Parras at the MA Department of Health, he stated that if you aren't living in the home, you can't control the conditions that will produce the best test results. These EPA instructions can be found on the EPA website: When You Place The Radon Test Kit(s) Yourself For a short-term test (less than a four day period):- close all windows … (1 comments)
radon test: Using A Certified Radon Tester Or Radon Testing Company
- 06/24/10 06:44 AM
I didn't know there are "certified" radon testing companies and testers. If you want to find a "certified" radon company or inspector, you can search the National Radon safety Board here http://www.nrsb.org/find_a_professional.asp or you can search the National Environmental Health Organization here http://www.radongas.org/radon_measurement_service.shtml for a "measurement provider/technician". Both of these organizations are national so you can find someone in each state. Radon test kits are available to anyone from a number of places and you do not have to be certified to use them. In my conversation with Roger Parras at the MA Department of Public Health, he suggested that it is better to … (2 comments)
radon test: Who Should Pick Up A Radon Test?
- 06/24/10 05:41 AM
I have just spent a half hour on the phone with Roger Perras in the MA Dept. of Public Health Radiation Control Program. His phone number is 800-723-6695 (or 800-Radon95). This conversation was informative. My question to him was in reference to the issue in my previous blog about home inspectors passing off the responsibility of picking up a radon test. Roger said he has been getting more inquiries like mine. However, currently this is an unaddressed part of the radon testing industry. Roger said that he suggests:- using a certified radon tester or testing company- understanding the testing procedure and … (0 comments)
radon test: Radon Test Liability - Are You Being Asked To Take It On?
- 06/23/10 06:44 AM
Some inspection companies are asking real estate licensees to be responsible for picking up a radon test, sealing it, and mailing it. There are some inexperienced people who will do this, not understanding the liability it creates. Other more experienced professionals are more aware of the liability that this creates for a person who handles the test, other than the inspector or the buyer. Returning to the property to pick up the test seems to be too time consuming for some inspectors. Causing an person to get involved in the test who is not the inspector or the buyer seems unprofessional … (2 comments)
radon test: New Acceptable Radon Levels Published by W. H. O.
- 09/24/09 12:39 AM
The World Health Organization has decided that the acceptable level of Radon in a property is now 2.7 pCL/l instead of 4.0 pCL/l. This means that MOST of the US is now a Zone 1. The old Radon map of the US currently shows three zones with Zone 1 indicating possible levels of Radon exceeding the 4.0 range, zone 2 ranges from 2 to 4 pCL/l and Zone 3 are the areas of less than 2. So the new map, when it is redone, will indicate 2 zones: areas of over 2.7 and all the other areas. If you want to see … (6 comments)
radon test: Radon Gas Information
- 05/10/09 09:58 PM
The EPA has produced a brochure about what radon is and how it affects people that we have summarized here for faster reading. The whole publication can be read on the Environmental Protection Agency web site. This gas comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock (like granite), and water. It is "off-gassed" out into the air. A simple venting system is the most common method of fixing a radon concentration in a property. Should you test the property you are buying? Sure, why not. But, don't make it more of a concern than other parts of the condition … (3 comments)
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Here is what the EPA says should be done for a correctly administered radon test. You will see some parts are hard to control if you are not in control of the activity at the property. When I spoke to Roger Parras at the MA Department of Health, he stated that if you aren't living in the home, you can't control the conditions that will produce the best test results.
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