Short-term radon test in Kingwood Township

Whether short-term radon test is the right answer in Kingwood Township depends on what is actually under the floor.

What usually prompts the call

• A buyer or a lender has asked for a radon test before closing
• A neighbour tested high and you have never tested at all
• You finished a basement and want to know what you have been sitting in

Why this comes up in Kingwood Township

Kingwood is well country with very little public supply. A well draws from the Lockatong argillite, which is precisely the formation that makes the soil-gas side of this township difficult. That is part of the context any crew working in Kingwood Township has to design around.

Kingwood Township is a large rural township along the Delaware between Frenchtown and Stockton, almost entirely farmland and woodland, and that shapes what a system here has to be designed around.

Practicalities in Kingwood Township

Open rural properties with ample room, though long drives and outbuildings can affect staging.

Construction permits go through Kingwood Township, and installing radon mitigation for a fee anywhere in New Jersey requires NJDEP certification.

What a certified crew will do

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.

Two houses on the same road in Kingwood Township can need completely different systems.