Lebanon owners ask about short-term radon test more than you would think for a town this size.
What people describe first
- A neighbour tested high and you have never tested at all
- A buyer or a lender has asked for a radon test before closing
- A previous test was done years ago and you have since changed the heating or the ventilation
Why this comes up in Lebanon
The built-up borough has a public supply. Addresses at the edges may not; a well there draws from the Newark Basin ground on the approach to Round Valley. That is part of the context any crew working in Lebanon has to design around.
Lebanon Borough — the state's own numbers
41% of the 2,640 test results NJDEP holds for Lebanon Borough were at or above the 4.0 pCi/L action level — 1,089 of them. That puts it in Tier 1 — high potential. NJDEP reports Lebanon Borough together with Lebanon Township as one row, so both carry these figures.
A modest village of mid-century and older single-family houses on small regular lots, with some newer infill.
Practicalities in Lebanon
Level, regular lots with usable side access on most properties.
Any permit for this runs through Lebanon Borough. 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 Lebanon Borough 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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Also common in Lebanon
Other work in Lebanon
Same ground, different question.
Short-term radon test nearby
Neighbouring towns on the same ground.