Anyone have radon testing done in their house??? If so what is involved??? Selling a house and one of the new requirements is to have a Radon Test. I am sure the pro will do a better test but Has anyone used those test kits from Home Depot or lowes??? How accurate are they and what is involved in that??? Thanks
Wife and I lived in Somerset, NJ from 1987-1990. We had a radon system installed in a "floating slab" basement in a brand new house, and had to have a certified radon test to sell the house 2 years later... Not one from Home Depot, etc...
From what I have read about you selling your Mom's house - I suspect it is an older home, and I suspect that if there was no radon system present, you may light up the test. Hopefully I'm wrong, but be prepared to have to install a radon system as a condition to sell... Older basements, crawl spaces, etc are particularly prone.
NOTE: Just read Chuck's response, and that is what we did also. It's not like you can do the test yourself - we had to send the canisters to a lab.