Clinton Township owners ask about short-term radon test more than you would think for a town this size.
How this normally comes up
- You finished a basement and want to know what you have been sitting in
- A previous test was done years ago and you have since changed the heating or the ventilation
- A buyer or a lender has asked for a radon test before closing
Why this comes up in Clinton Township
Supply varies sharply across this township. A well draws from whichever of Clinton Township's three bedrock settings the property sits over, which is also what decides its soil-gas behaviour.
Clinton Township — the state's own numbers
36% of the 5,885 test results NJDEP holds for Clinton Township were at or above the 4.0 pCi/L action level — 2,126 of them. That puts it in Tier 1 — high potential. NJDEP reports Clinton Township together with Clinton Town as one row, so both carry these figures.
Rural farmsteads and older houses on the original roads, with substantial subdivision development along and off Route 31.
Practicalities in Clinton Township
Generally open, with room around most houses.
Any permit for this runs through Clinton Township. NJDEP radon certification has to be current before a business receives anything from us.
How it's normally done
A short-term test means a sealed-house condition for at least 48 hours with a continuous monitor or a pair of charcoal detectors placed at the lowest lived-in level. The house has to stay closed the whole time, which is the part that most often invalidates a result. In New Jersey the placement and the reading both have to be done by a certified measurement business for the result to count in a real-estate transaction.
Typical cost in Hunterdon County, NJ
$150 – $325 — typical range, not a quote. What your building needs can only be settled by a certified business that measures it on site.
A crew that works Clinton Township regularly will have met this pattern before.
New Jersey requires certification for this
Measurement is certified separately from mitigation. Under N.J.A.C. 7:28-27, testing for radon for a fee in New Jersey requires NJDEP certification as a radon measurement business. A crew certified to install systems is not thereby certified to place and read the detectors. We only route this work to businesses we have checked on the measurement side.
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