Serving Staunton, Waynesboro, & Augusta County, VA
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Lexington, Rockbridge County
What is Radon?
Radon gas is a colorless, odorless radioactive killer that is undetectable except through testing.
You cannot see, taste, or even smell radon. And yet, it may be a problem in your home.
Radon gas can cause cancer--and, it's the second leading cause of lung cancer!
What are Safe Levels of Radon?
Congress passed Radon Act 51, which uses the naturally occurring outdoor levels of radon gas, 4 pCi/L, as the target number for acceptable levels of indoor radon levels. However, ⅔ of all homes exceed this acceptability level.
If you have radon levels at this level or higher, the EPA recommends corrective action.
How Radon Causes Cancer
Because radon gas is an unstable atom, it decays. As you breathe, you’ll breathe in both the radon decay products as well as the radon itself. Only the decayed radon products stick to lung tissue, which greatly increases the risk of lung cancer.
How Radon Gets into Your Home
Radon Starts Here
Radon is created by the natural breakdown of uranium found in soil which later turns into radon gas.
Moves into the Air
Radon moves up through the ground and into the air we breathe.
And Into Your Home
If a house or workplace is not properly ventilated, radon silently accumulates, wreaking havoc on your health.
Sneaky Radon Pathways
Well water
Floor/wall joints
Cracks in slabs of concrete
Soil exposed by a sump or by a crawl space
Building materials such as rock, concrete, brick
Weeping drain tiles, if draining to an open sump pump
Mortar joints
Uncapped foundations that are hollow block
Loose fitting pipe penetrations
We Fix Crawl Space & Basement Moisture Problems
By using professional grades of vapor barriers, encapsulations, and dehumidifers,
we can bring humidity down to safe levels.
A crawl space vapor barrier practically eliminates soil moisture from escaping into the area above it into your crawl space or basement.
How Does Radon Mitigation Work?
Once we install the system, 24-hours later it's doing it's job, maintaining low radon levels.
Generally, we can install the mitigation system so that it doesn't affect how your house looks or how your family uses your home.
And if your system needs to be serviced, we can do that!
Once the problem is corrected, test the system 24 hours later to be sure radon levels have once again reduced.