radon testing

jobless

Hi,

Has anyone had radon testing done on there house?.
Looking for a good company to do it... apparently wicklow has the highest levels in Ireland

jpd

As far as I know -

Radon gas is more prevalent in areas with granite rocks.

Wicklow Mts are granite based

Cerco

Contact the epa.
LINK

Review the Radon Map and decide if you feel it is necessary.

If the tests prove positive then you can seek a company to remediate.

You could also try: LINK

Gumby

Any Radon testing that is done using less than 3 months sampling i would be suspicious of.
The EPA will test your home with 2 monitors over 3 months for 56 euro

I plan to do the same in the very near future.

The Radon Map is a risk map which represents the number of properties in the original sampling program (1992-1999) which returned radon values above reference levels.

jobless

thanks for the info guys

Maudi

jobless wrote: »

thanks for the info guys

I know radon gas exists and wicklow being granite seems to have higher readings..but if you are found to be sitting over high levels of it what can you do?
And if its so dangerous..why isint the advice /service free..like the flouride in the water..instead of charging 50/

dathi

Maudi wrote: »

I know radon gas exists and wicklow being granite seems to have higher readings..but if you are found to be sitting over high levels of it what can you do?
And if its so dangerous..why isint the advice /service free..like the flouride in the water..instead of charging 50/

if your house is a modern build it will have a radon barrier built into the floor as well as a sump and pipe work to vent any radon to outside . if you are in old house that has no radon barrier and results come back high you are looking at digging up floors and installing sump and pipe work.

beepbeeprichie

We got the test done when we bought an older house with no sump installed. Came back all clear. 50 quid is a small price to pay if you don't fancy developing lung cancer.

recedite

BTW Greystones and most of the east cost is not a granite area. Its more quartzite, like the Sugarloaf. So not a high risk area for radon.
Further inland the main area of bigger mountains are granite, and going north along the coast you will hit a granite outcrop at Killiney/Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire before it changes to Dublin limestone.

gustus

recedite wrote: »

BTW Greystones and most of the east cost is not a granite area. Its more quartzite, like the Sugarloaf. So not a high risk area for radon.
Further inland the main area of bigger mountains are granite, and going north along the coast you will hit a granite outcrop at Killiney/Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire before it changes to Dublin limestone.

Exactly. If you look at the radon map the coast is in the lower risk area. Its inland wicklow that is higer risk (Higher % of houses there return levels above the safety of 200 Becquerels/M2). As mentioned above just order the testers from the EPA for €56. Really easy. Great service.
I had tenants who recently said they tested for radon and it was off the scales high. They subsequently went crazy with threats and not paying rent etc and disappeared one night. I did my own EPA test to find levels 5 times below the safety. Definitely go for the EPA.

TheTruthIsMine

Maudi wrote: »

And if its so dangerous..why isint the advice /service free..like the flouride in the water..instead of charging 50/

I don't follow!?

TheTruthIsMine

recedite wrote: »

BTW Greystones and most of the east cost is not a granite area. Its more quartzite, like the Sugarloaf. So not a high risk area for radon.
Further inland the main area of bigger mountains are granite, and going north along the coast you will hit a granite outcrop at Killiney/Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire before it changes to Dublin limestone.

So granite is worse than quartzite?

recedite

TheTruthIsMine wrote: »

So granite is worse than quartzite?

Radon seems to be associated with granite bedrock areas.