Serving Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead & Detroit Lake
Radon Testing & Mitigation Services
We provide full-service radon testing and mitigation services since 2007. Contact us today at 701-412-1860 call or text .
Radon Testing & Radon Mitigation
Radon Information
Radon is an odorless, colorless radioactive gas and
the leading cause of lung cancer in people who never smoked. An estimated 21,000 people die of lung cancer each year caused by radon exposure. The only way to find out the radon level is by testing. No level of radon is safe. The EPA level is anything that is over 4 Picocuries per liter of air(pCi/l) should be mitigated. Testing can be done by purchasing a testing kit from your local hardware store or hire a professional that will use a Continuous radon meter which can give you a reading of every hour during the testing time.
Test Procedure
Continuous Radon Monitor are used for the radon testing. Radon meters are calibrated annually. Radon meters are place no less than 20" from the floor and no more than 6' above the floor. Device should be 12' from the wall and 3' from any window or exit door. Device should be placed in the lowest occupancy level even if it is not finished at the time of the test but could be in the future. Closed house condition 12 hours before test is started and maintained throughout the testing time. Close house conditions means keeping doors closed except for normal entry and exit, and not operating fans or other machines which bring in air from the outside. Fans that are part of a radon reduction system or small exhaust fans operating for only short periods of time may run during the test. Short term test is a minimum of 48 hours with the long term test running for 91 days. A computer generated report is delivered after each radon test.
Certified by the National Radon Proficiency Program and the state of Minnesota
Radon testing and radon mitigation systems are done according to the standards set by the EPA and NRPP (National Radon Proficiency Program). Licensed for both testing and mitigation installations in Minnesota according to Minnesota Radon Awareness Act which took effect Jan 1, 2019.
Radon Mitigation Testing & Systems
Fan Installation
Fan Installation
Fan Installation
A fan is installed on the exterior wall or in the garage attic area. One side of the fan is connected to a suction pipe installed in the sump pump cover or through the floor depending on the system which is being used. The exterior side of the fan is connected to an exhaust pipe which extends to above the roof line.
SDS
Fan Installation
Fan Installation
Sump depressurization system is sealing the sump pump cover and installing the suction pipe from the fan which reduces the radon gas under the basement floor by using the drain tile.
ASD
Fan Installation
Alarm systems
ASD is an Active Soil Depressurization System which is used when a sump Pump is not available or there is no drain tile. The radon mitigation system is installed by drilling a hole in the basement floor to draw the gases out from under the floor. Sometime two holes will be needed because the soil conditions under the basement floor are to
ASD is an Active Soil Depressurization System which is used when a sump Pump is not available or there is no drain tile. The radon mitigation system is installed by drilling a hole in the basement floor to draw the gases out from under the floor. Sometime two holes will be needed because the soil conditions under the basement floor are to compacted. Radon testing is completed following the radon mitigation installation to insure the levels are below EPA guide line of 4 pCi/l. In the West Fargo, Fargo,Moorhead area.
Alarm systems
Free Estimates
Alarm systems
Two different alarm systems are now required on all mitigation systems. The monometer which shows water column or how much vacuum the system is producing and an audible alarm when system loses air flow such as when it freezes up in the winter.
Free Estimates
Free Estimates
Free Estimates
New regulations require a site plan to be discuss with the client before any work my be completed. Free estimates will be given after a site visit.