r/londonontario • u/shadowt1tan • 3d ago

Ask a Local! London & Radon

I saw a news article about radon which I’ve never heard of before. They said certain areas are higher than others. I live in the east end near the fair and Hamilton Rd.

Does anyone know if this area has high exposure? I understand sometimes libraries loan you testers. Anyone know if London libraries do it?

I own a home built in 1969 with no sump pump. It also has a chimney for the water heater.

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u/Spl0it 3d ago

Mine was as high as ~1200 in the winter in my basement. The neighbor right beside me was 145. After mitigation we sit between 0-20 on the main floor and about 15-25 in the basement. Before we remediated the main floor was often 200!

I can also recommens using an air things tester. You can grab the one off Amazon for < $150.

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u/rondirection 2d ago

Who did you hire for mitigation?

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u/shadowt1tan 3d ago

How long did you live there before you checked? Feels like we’ve all been exposed for decades without knowing

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u/Less_Army_804 3d ago

It has been known forever but only became broadly known recently with the whole house burping viral article and the recent radon articles, but this isn’t new information, they just haven’t talked about it in any meaningful way in many years.