Get Radon Mitigation Specialists Out To Your House To Help You
Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that is heavier than air. It tends to invade your basement or crawlspace. Because it is heavier than air, it tends to pool along those areas, and you don't know that you have it until you start to notice the effects of the radon on you or your family. Those signs can include hoarseness, a severe cough, and chest pain. If you notice that you have any of those symptoms, then you should definitely get a radon monitor installed in your house to test the air to see if you do have radon. If you do, then you need to start mitigating it so that your house will be safe for you.
Airflow
One of the easiest ways to mitigate radon is to increase the airflow through the affected area. Increasing the airflow will help to move the radon out of your house and then outside where it can't be a problem. What you need is to have fans and vents installed. The fans will suck in the clean, fresh air and the vents will let the air out of the house. If you don't have any vents installed in your house yet and you want to get the radon out, then you can open windows and use fans in the windows to pull in the fresh air and suck out the bad air. Getting a radon mitigation system installed will mean that can happen automatically when a monitor triggers the system.
Seal the Cracks
Another way that you can mitigate the radon in your house is to seal the cracks in your basement and foundation. Sealing those cracks will keep radon from having an easy access point to your house. Sealing them should be relatively easy. Small ones you should be able to handle on your own, using a patching material or sealant, but if the cracks are large or they are in an odd place, you might want to have a professional come to seal them for you. That will make sure that your foundation doesn't have other issues that could cause you problems sometime in the future, including letting in new radon.
If you think that you have radon in your house, you need to get it taken care of as soon as possible. You need to get radon mitigation specialists out to your house so that they can install a system that can keep you and your family safe.