You may also experience a rise in radon activity if you overuse appliances in your commercial spaces. One of the main reasons that you need radon gas testing for commercial use during inclement weather is to ensure that your appliances are not overworking. If your appliances are pulling and resources from the outside world, then they are likely bring in higher concentrations of radon. You need to understand if this is happening in your commercial space so that you can stop it.

There are a few things that you can do in order to limit radon exposure if you determine that you have a higher concentration than is acceptable. First of all, you want to refill water that your you traps have helped to evaporate. You also need to fill all of the voids and repair any cracks in your crawl spaces. If you have pipe protrusions, then you want to seal these gaps and ensure there are no conduit penetrations. The same is true of your support columns – use polyurethane caulk to seal any hollow areas that may cause radon to move into the workspace.

Cracks in your floor also especially important to repair as soon as you see them. This is especially true in bathroom areas, especially those that have any gravel areas around them. Holes in slabs usually occur around toilets, under bathtubs and adjacent to showers. If you have any wooded stair stringers, you want to seal these as well.

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