When Should You Schedule a Radon Inspection?

The best time to test for radon is to test when you have “plenty of time” and “good weather”. Most radon testing historically performed on homes is for 48 hours This the absolute minimum time the EPA allows for a test. But short-term tests are just a “snapshot” of the time period tested. Radon levels fluctuate hour by hour, day by day, week by week and month by month. Tests that are done at different time periods could vary slightly. The longer a test lasts the more accurate it is. We offer “72 hour tests” for real estate transactions (These tests include the EPA requirement of having “12 hours of closed house conditions” PRIOR to test deployment). We also offer test devices that can be deployed from a week up to several months. You live in your house year round, so you ideally want to get as close as possible to knowing what your “annual levels might be! Short term levels go up and down, whereas longer tests give you a higher degree of test integrity.