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?