Colorado is a beautiful place to make your home — but even as you’re enjoying those gorgeous views, an invisible substance could easily create ugly scenarios for your family. A naturally occurring gas called radon causes some 500 deaths in Colorado every year, and your Fort Collins house might well be sitting on dangerous amounts of it. Let’s take a look at why radon represents such a threat, how testing can detect it, and how our mitigation techniques at Lion Home Service can help you get control over it.
What Is Radon, and Why Do We Test for It?
Radon is a radioactive gas created as a natural by-product of uranium. Over time, constant exposure to radon can lead to lung cancer; in fact, radon exposure the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Since radon cannot be seen or smelled, you can’t know whether your home has a radon problem without testing for the substance. That’s why it’s so critical to schedule radon testing so you can either assure yourself that your family is safe or find out whether you need to take immediate steps to reduce your radon exposure.
Advanced Radon Testing and Mitigation From Lion Home Service
While you can buy DIY radon testing devices, you have to send them away to a lab and then wait for results — and it’s all too easy to install the devices incorrectly, leading to false results. Leave this task to the professionals at Lion Home Service. We will most likely start with short-term tests (over a period of 2 to 7 days) and then check those results to see if longer-term testing is appropriate. If your home contains harmful amounts of radon, we will recommend mitigation.
What is Mitigation?
Radon mitigation is simpler and less invasive than you might think. Instead of tearing up your house, we can simply install a pipe underneath the concrete slab. This pipe catches radon and vents it safely away from your home and into the atmosphere, where it dissipates to harmless levels.
Contact Our Fort Collins Heating and Air Experts
Lion Home Service can do a lot more than just get your radon levels under control. We also provide ongoing routine radon checks to keep your family safe — while also providing the heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical services for which we’re famous. So don’t take risks with radon. Contact our Fort Collins heating and air experts today to schedule testing!
