Finding the right precautions to make sure that your home is as safe is possible seems to be more challenging now than ever before. From the threat of the Coronavirus during the last six months to the age old problem of dangerous radon levels, it is more and more difficult to make sure that you are doing everything within your power to keep a home safe and sound.
Fortunately, if you live in one of the many parts of the country where radon levels are a problem there are many kinds of resources available. From sump pump installation to various other kinds of mitigation services, finding a way to deal with radon levels is necessary if you want to make sure that you limit your family’s exposure to this odorless, tasteless, invisible, but dangerous, gas.
Sump Pump Installation Contractors Offer Important Services
Radon testing is an important preventative measure when it comes to owning a home. In fact, the latest research indicates that for a family whose home has radon levels of 4 pCi/l is exposed to approximately 35 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would allow if that family was standing next to the fence of a radioactive waste site. And while no one would think that standing next to a radioactive waste site day after day would be advisable, there are far too many people who do not make the effort to check the radon levels in their own homes on a regular basis. Understanding the radon levels of your own home is especially important the longer you have been in your house. In the areas of the country where radon is known to be a threat, radon levels are often part of the home selling process. If the levels are initially low and there is no need for a sump pump installation contractor, however, this does not mean that five or ten years later the levels will remain the same. Without regular testing, however, there is the danger that radon levels have increased and are putting the current home owners at risk.
Fortunately, if you take the time to test and find out the levels in your home, a sump pump contractor can provide the solution. Gathering in statistics from across the country, it is important to note that as many as one in 15 U.S. homes is estimated to have radon levels at or above the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level. With the services provided by a sump pump installation contractor and radon abatement services you can get the results that you need to have a safer home for you and your loved ones.
The Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. today. With the use of Short-term detectors, however, that measure radon levels for 2 days to 90 days, depending on the device, a home owner can know what the levels are in a home. Likewise, a long-term test can determine the average concentration for more than 90 days. Using one of these tests every two to three years allows a home owner to know if they need to work with a sump pump installation contractor to mitigate this dangerous situation.
Today, with the continued threat of the Coronavirus in the news around the clock it might be easy to hyper focus on this one issue. It is important, of course, to also be aware of the other dangers that threaten the health and safety of our families. Living day after day in a home that has dangerous radon levels is especially concerning for families with children. For these reasons, today is the day that you should schedule a radon check for your home and know that you are doing everything in your power to not only keep your family safe while they are out in the community and avoiding Covid 19, but also when they are in your own home. A radon test followed by the necessary mitigation services can help you achieve that level of safety. Radon mitigation companies and the most experienced sump pump installation contractors provide the safe environments that every family needs and deserves.