Test your home today for radon. Radon an indoor pollutant, is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas. Radon comes from naturally occuring uranium in the soil. The only way to tell how much radon you have in your home is to test. In Illinois to have someone test radon for you they need to be licensed. This is a good idea because there is specific protocal that needs to be followed in order not to maintain integrity of the test.
Tucson, AZ
Steve can you recommend a reliable testing source? If not how about a DYI kit? Radon is certainly bad for our health and was a very big issue years ago but for some reason it jut went away. Is the pendulum swinging back on Radon?
Apr 03, 2008 12:48 PM
Realty Executives BRIO - Seattle, WA
Seattlenulls Green Real Estate Agent
Good question Michael. I too want to know if the Do-It-Yourself kits (like those from Lowe's or Home Depot) are reliable. Also, do you think all areas in the nation should be tested? or are some areas it is more required? I wrote a post about Radon many months back and my broker at the time told me it wasn't necessary in this area. I wondered if it was because it really isn't an issue here in the Seattle area or if it was because he didn't really want me to stir the pot here in the area due to the added difficulties it could add to a home sale. IMO it should be the safety of the homebuyers that is of the most concern rather than the added difficulty of the transaction.
Apr 03, 2008 01:06 PM
Anonymous
Your best reliable source for testig is a licensed or otherwise professionally trained individual. Here in Illinois you must be licensed to measure. There are specific protocals to use when making the measurements, and procedures following.
Radon never really went away, it became the topic you did not talk about in good company.
The only problem with the test kits from the hardware store is you do not controll the custody trail. You don't know where they have been, how old they are, and as far as the results, you don't know how the test was handled.
Apr 05, 2008 02:52 PM
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Anonymous
Your best reliable source for testig is a licensed or otherwise professionally trained individual. Here in Illinois you must be licensed to measure. There are specific protocals to use when making the measurements, and procedures following.
Radon never really went away, it became the topic you did not talk about in good company.
The only problem with the test kits from the hardware store is you do not controll the custody trail. You don't know where they have been, how old they are, and as far as the results, you don't know how the test was handled.
Apr 05, 2008 02:52 PM
#4
Anonymous
Your best reliable source for testig is a licensed or otherwise professionally trained individual. Here in Illinois you must be licensed to measure. There are specific protocals to use when making the measurements, and procedures following.
Radon never really went away, it became the topic you did not talk about in good company.
The only problem with the test kits from the hardware store is you do not controll the custody trail. You don't know where they have been, how old they are, and as far as the results, you don't know how the test was handled.
Apr 05, 2008 02:53 PM
#5
Anonymous
Your best reliable source for testig is a licensed or otherwise professionally trained individual. Here in Illinois you must be licensed to measure. There are specific protocals to use when making the measurements, and procedures following.
Radon never really went away, it became the topic you did not talk about in good company.
The only problem with the test kits from the hardware store is you do not controll the custody trail. You don't know where they have been, how old they are, and as far as the results, you don't know how the test was handled.
Apr 05, 2008 02:53 PM
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