January is National Radon Action Month by Atlanta home inspector.

January 3, 2010 by Bonnie Lelak
Filed under Radon

As an Atlanta home inspector, we like to try and keep people informed about health and safety issues. We wanted to take a moment and let you know that January is the month that Organizations like the Environmental Protection agency gears up to promote awareness of the dangers of Radon gas. Most people don’t know about radon gas and some of those that do know about radon don’t really know that much. I have been amazed to find out that two homes in the very same neighborhood can have very different readings. One home can be tested and have very low readings. Which is anything below 4 pCi/L. And the house next door can have a high reading of 13 pCi/L. We have actually ran across these exact circumstances. It also has nothing to do with the size or the age of the home. Being a brand new home does not protect you from having radon gas in your home.

The EPA recommends that any home that has a reading of over 4 pCi/L have a radon mitigation company come out and install a radon mitigation system in the home.

Another thing that I want to point out is that not all radon mitigation companies are the same, of course this should go without saying, but you would still be surprised. We recently had a home test very high, above 30 pCi/L and they called a guy that we recommend simply because we have seen his work and he does a quality job for a competitive price. When we retested the test came back with a 1.3 pCi/L and the client was very happy. I would also be a little hesitant to use a company that does both radon testing and radon mitigation.

We got called by another client who had a builder installed radon system and we ended up providing them a radon test. Now they had this radon mitigation system installed right at 1 year, and when we got the test results back it was reading above 8 pCi/L. Make sure that if you have a system installed to come back and have a retest done preferably by someone other than the builder or installer.

We recommend that when you get a radon test done, that you chose to have a 48 hour continuous test preformed. This means that someone will come in and set up a continuous monitor, the monitor will take a reading every hour and record it. It then will give you the average at the end of the 48 hour period.

Now with all that said and done, I want to encourage you to call us today at 404-788-2581 to set up your radon testing. The Atlanta home inspector, David Lelak of IHI Home Inspections, serves Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia. Call us today at 404-788-2581 for a radon test, we help you protect those you lave against the harmful effects of Radon gas.

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High Radon Levels found in Jasper, Georgia by the Atlanta Home Inspector

December 8, 2009 by Bonnie Lelak
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As a home inspector in North Georgia, we provide the option to have radon testing done as part of your residential home inspection. Many times home owners are uneducated about radon gas and the dangerous effects of radon gas. To find out some of the health risk that are associated with radon gas, please vist our recent post.When they find out they have elevated radon readings the next concern is whether it can be taken care of. We try to educated the public on a regular basis and alleviate the fears of having a radon mitigation system installed. While some people think that having a radon mitigation system installed can cause people to not want your home, nothing is further from the truth than that. Having a radon mitigation system installed in your home can add value to your home should you decide to sell it. We have seen areas where builders are now adding the system into the homes as an added bonus. This is especially true for green builders because they have been educated about the effects of radon and the benefits of having a radon system installed.

The following video describes the type of system that a gentleman that we recommend puts in on a regular basis. He does an excellent job.