House Radon
- Thread starter Stew
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I spent six years in Cornwall and I saw nothing.
However, I was not in a house.
(If I was buying a house in Cornwall, to be frank, I would be more worried about subsidence)
In granite areas the properties will have surveys, yes? The estate agent can help.
However, I was not in a house.
(If I was buying a house in Cornwall, to be frank, I would be more worried about subsidence)
In granite areas the properties will have surveys, yes? The estate agent can help.
Yes I have some radon monitors. They monitor for several months..... I'm waiting to find out what the readings are and what happens next. Sorry I cant be more help, but I'm still in the monitoring stage. My housing association are instigating this as part of their maintenance stuff, so I'm not paying for it myself.
They've just placed monitors around the house in various places like bedrooms and living room.
They've just placed monitors around the house in various places like bedrooms and living room.
Your area is considered low risk, but if you are concerned you can buy a monitoring kit for £50 from public health England.
Have you bought your house in the last few years? The risk potential should possibly be in the survey.
If renting, landlords are responsible, and for any remedial work if needed.
Have you bought your house in the last few years? The risk potential should possibly be in the survey.
If renting, landlords are responsible, and for any remedial work if needed.
Shortly after moving into our house 20+years ago we got sent a set of two monitors by b the radiological protection board. After putting one upstairs in a used bedroom and the other downstairs in a well used location for a full year I sent them off. Little plastic boxes. They tested them and we got an 1 page report basically saying we had no issues with radon, well below safe limits. It was free for a couple of years but costed a bit later on if I didn't take advantage of that survey.
Reason was that being a limestone area radon can leak through. Collects in basements I believe. Not having a basement is a plus round here.
We're moving to the other side of a high risk block of a few miles radius. However it's no more risk area than here where we're going to.
If you ever sell your house then the second level survey gives your risk level for radon. If the actual tests cost more than a survey then perhaps a survey might be a cheaper way to find your risk level. Or just go to that interactive map because that's what the surveyor probably uses. The UK has been fully surveyed now. I think my testing was part of that nationwide survey.
Reason was that being a limestone area radon can leak through. Collects in basements I believe. Not having a basement is a plus round here.
We're moving to the other side of a high risk block of a few miles radius. However it's no more risk area than here where we're going to.
If you ever sell your house then the second level survey gives your risk level for radon. If the actual tests cost more than a survey then perhaps a survey might be a cheaper way to find your risk level. Or just go to that interactive map because that's what the surveyor probably uses. The UK has been fully surveyed now. I think my testing was part of that nationwide survey.
We looked into this a few years ago; we are in a moderately high area. I still haven't done anything about it though 
The cost of a testing kit and analysis is just over £50; I really should get on with it.
UKradon - Order a Home Measurement Pack
The cost of a testing kit and analysis is just over £50; I really should get on with it.UKradon - Order a Home Measurement Pack
UKradon - UK maps of radon
www.ukradon.org
We use Radon UK for reports to inform our foundation designs. The free to browse mapping data is very generalised and you should really get the full report before relying on it. I built my house with a radon barrier and depressurisation sumps for full protection but they updated the data a few years afterwards to show we're basically in a risk free area. I sleep with the window open all year round though so I don't think our house would ever have been at risk with us living here.
