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Radon Testing · Austin, MN

Radon Testing in Austin

Radon Testing in Austin, MN by Closer Look Inspectors. A photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours.

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Austin · Mower County

Radon Testing in Austin

Radon Testing in Austin, Mower County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Austin is a southern-Minnesota city of early-1900s and postwar homes on flat prairie ground.

Radon testing places an EPA-protocol continuous monitor on a home's lowest livable level to measure radon gas — and it matters across Minnesota, where more than two in five homes test above the action level.

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Local housing

Homes in Austin.

Austin housing runs to early-1900s and postwar homes on flat prairie, across the older neighborhoods and postwar additions, on flat prairie clay — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in Austin

Out in Austin, many properties sit beyond city sewer and water on private septic systems and wells, so we flag those for the specialized testing they deserve. Austin sits in Mower County, in EPA Radon Zone 1, and MDH reports more than two in five Minnesota homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk. Finished basements concentrate radon, and only a 48-hour test tells you the number. Footings here must reach the 3-1/2-foot depth Minnesota Rules 1303.1600 set for the southern frost zone, and that annual freeze-thaw cycle is what drives the settlement cracks, frost heave and ice-dam wear that Austin-area homes face.

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Questions

Common questions.

Is radon really a concern in Minnesota?
Yes. The Minnesota Department of Health reports that more than two in five Minnesota homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk, and finished basements are where it concentrates.
How long does the test run?
A 48-hour minimum under closed-house conditions; the result is delivered with your inspection report.
What is common in Austin homes?
Older housing with original services and clay sewer laterals, plus the basement moisture that flat, slow-draining prairie clay tends to produce.
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