Knowing These 11 Secrets Will Make Your Radon Testing Easy : Radon Test Instructions
- Written by: Kate Holder
- Category: Uncategorized
- Published: September 17, 2021
Where should you test for radon?
Best testing location
- Test in the lowest livable over each foundation slab
- Test in most frequently occupied spaces: bedroom, home office, family room
- 3 ft away from windows, doors
- 4 ft away from the fireplace
- away from direct sunlight
- Do not use window air conditioning of “fan” mode, but can be used on cooling recirculate mode only, must be 20′ away from the test kit
- never test in the crawlspace, sump pits, cellars, or other not livable areas such as a bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, or another area of High Humidity
- away from draft caused by heating, ventilation, air conditioning
- away from the ceiling fan( fans increase plate-out, affecting equilibrium resulting in false low reading)
- dehumidifiers must be at list 20′ away from the radon test kit
- Do not operate fireplace during testing time
