Radon Testing & Radon Mitigation

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RADON & REAL ESTATE

WHAT IS RADON?

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RADON MITIGATION

Biggest source of indoor Radiation is Radon exposure. Radon gas is colorless and odorless. It’s not visible, but it emits dangerous radiation. Request a radon testing in your home. Alfa Air Agency℠ provides Professional Radon Mitigation and Radon Testing Services in Maryland, VA and DC. Alfa Air Agency is Certified Radon mitigation and radon measurement provider. We comply with GCAAR real estate sales contract radon inspection requirements .

Radon Test Process and Requirements

Short-term radon measurements lasting between two and 90 days should be made under closed-building conditions. Homeowners must keep Closed-building conditions during Radon Test. It will help to stabilize the radon and radon decay product concentrations and increase the reproducibility of the measurement. There for, keep windows on all levels and external doors closed (except during normal entry and exit) during the measurement period. However, normal entry and exit include a brief opening and closing for a few minutes of a door are acceptable . In addition, external-internal air exchange systems (other than a furnace) such as high volume, whole-house and window fans should not be operating. However, attic fans intended to control attic and not whole building temperature or humidity should continue to operate. Keep combustion or makeup air supplies closed.

Breathing radon in your home can cause lung cancer .

EPA estimates that radon causes more than 21,000 deaths from lung cancer each year in the U.S. If you smoke and your home has a high radon level, your risk of lung cancer can increase even more. It occurs naturally in almost all soil and rock. In other words, radium decay and produces radioactive Radon gas. Radon migrates through the soil and groundwater and can enter buildings through cracks or other openings in their foundations. Radon’s decay products can cause lung cancer. Radon is second only to smoking as a cause of lung cancer in America. Citing results from a radon survey conducted jointly with 25 States, the EPA and the Surgeon General’s office issued a National Health Advisory that called for radon testing most homes .

Radon Mitigation

Extensive research and case studies in the field have demonstrated practical remediation methods that typically reduce the indoor radon concentrations below 4 pCi/L, the current EPA action level for all occupied buildings. Above all, the EPA technical guidance is being successfully used to reduce human health risk in homes. The EPA is emphasizing the development of radon measurement, mitigation, and prevention techniques for schools and large buildings

Alfa Air Agency perform Radon Remediation and Testing. Our team provide guidance in diagnosing radon problems in houses as well as in selecting, designing, and installing radon reduction systems. We solve the indoor radon problem following EPA “Radon Reduction techniques” and local building codes.

Cost of Radon Remediation in MD, VA, DC

Cost of radon Remediation highly depend on the house slab size and foundation type. For example, home with a smaller footprint and concreate slab on a ground can be effectively mitigated with SSD system. Sub-Slab depressurization with a radon collection point then connected to a radon gas removing fan. Installation price can be anyway between $1200 to $1700. Radon gas removal system will be a permanent improvement to the house which will insure that home is safe for the family. In addition, since radon fan connected to electrical circle 24/7/365.

Radon remediation system cost should include operational cost , an avg. monthly electrical cost to run the fan. Medium size and power fan avg operational cost is somewhere between $60-$90 dollars. Radon removal companies usually charge more for a complex radon removal systems in the houses with crawl space. Radon gas removal in the house with a footprint bigger then 1500 sq ft should be designed by a radon mitigation professionals. Such houses can have multiple radon collection points which will increate the radon remediation system cost and installation time.

We highly recommend after radon mitigation system installed, to do a radon test. Only redon detector can verify that radon gas removed by the system.

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