Gainesville
Radon Mitigation System Installation & Testing
EnviroHome specializes in commercial, residential, and multifamily high-rise radon testing and mitigation throughout Alachua county creating individualized project plans tailored by our team of radon certified experts.
Call 888-810-2228 to learn more about the only Florida based company trusted by the Florida Department of Health to train radon professionals!
EnviroHome's Florida Radon Database
All certified radon testing businesses in the state of Florida are required to submit test results to the Florida Department of Health.
EnviroHome has obtained this data from the Florida Department of Health and is making it available to provide you radon measurement results going back to 1999. Access our Florida radon database search tool to search for radon data the DOH has for your property and the surrounding area.
Search for your address and the closest 15 properties that have been tested by a radon professional will be returned.
Click on each marker on the map to view the individual test results.
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Arm yourself with the information whether you're a property owner, renter, investor or developer.
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Gainesville Radon Levels by Zip Code
The Florida Health department has created a great database, linked here, of radon test results as reported by certified radon businesses and facilities per Florida Statute 404.056. This tool allows you to see the percentage of radon tests that returned greater than a 4 pCi/L result. The EPA recommends homes and properties be mitigated if the level of radon is above 4 pCi/L.
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Below are some of the zip codes in Alachua County over 10% that we were able to acquire. Last checked: July 17th 2022:
Zip | City | Buildings Measured | Percentage >= 4 pCi/l |
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32603 | GAINESVILLE | 51 | 13.7 |
32653 | GAINESVILLE | 379 | 14.5 |
32609 | GAINESVILLE | 95 | 17.9 |
32667 | MICANOPY | 32 | 21.9 |
32601 | GAINESVILLE | 255 | 24.7 |
32607 | GAINESVILLE | 894 | 30.2 |
32669 | NEWBERRY | 197 | 31.5 |
32608 | GAINESVILLE | 1,578 | 31.8 |
32643 | HIGH SPRINGS | 57 | 33.3 |
32606 | GAINESVILLE | 745 | 36.4 |
32605 | GAINESVILLE | 1,086 | 39.3 |
32618 | ARCHER | 27 | 40.7 |
32615 | ALACHUA | 313 | 55.9 |
32614 | GAINESVILLE | 3 | 66.7 |
Per the Florida Department of Health: This radon data does not represent a scientific or statistical survey; therefore, it should be interpreted with caution. The data provides an indication of the radon potential within a zip code if a large enough and properly distributed number of buildings have been tested and reported for the area. This data cannot be used to predict the radon level for existing or new construction. Structural features, construction details, and ventilation operations differ from building to building and greatly influence radon concentration. Structures within the same zip code may have dramatically different indoor radon levels due to these differences. Inferring indoor radon levels for untested buildings based on indoor radon data from tested buildings is not possible.
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EnviroHome Professional Services
EnviroHome provides radon testing in Florida for real estate transactions, pre and post mitigation system installation testing, and diagnostics. All testing is executed by NRPP certified radon experts.
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If the results of your test show elevated levels of radon, our team of professional engineers will work on a tailored radon mitigation system plan ensuring the post-mitigation indoor levels are below the EPA recommended activity level of 4 pCi/L.
​EnviroHome conducts pre-purchase Indoor Air Quality inspections in Florida with equipment and expertise not found with your standard Home Inspector. Ensure prior to your new home purchase that your home does not have an IAQ issue that may reduce your home's value or have negative health effects.
Radon in Gainesville
Dominated by the University of Florida, the country's fourth-largest public university campus by enrollment, Gainesville is characterized by humid summers, swampland, and a rapidly growing population. The combination of lack of housing inventory, quickly constructed solutions, and a population that fluctuates with the school year, makes Gainesville an area of potentially high indoor air quality issues. Unless regular testing is conducted, tenants in a home or property could be exposed increased levels of radon, mold, and other indoor air quality issues without being aware.
While most of the state of Florida is considered in Zone 3 in the EPA's Map of Radon Zones, Alachua county falls in Zone 2 denoting an increased presence of ground source radon. This means, Alachua County and the town of Gainesville have both the risk of elevated levels of radon due to the presence of radon in their building materials and radon present in their ground soil under the foundation of homes and other structures.
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Up until recently it was believed that there were only two sources of radon exposure – radon gas ground source seepage, and off-gassing of radon impacted groundwater. In the low ground source areas like most of Florida, it was generally assumed that radon was not a major concern and not one that would warrant mandatory testing associated real estate transactions, etc. Today we are finding highly elevated radon levels in many concrete building structures that do not have a ground source radon issue. Test results clearly show that the radon comes from the building materials and specifically from the poured concrete.
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Since Gainesville sees multiple radon source type issues, our team has extensive experience combining methods of mitigation to address all possible issues with the added benefit of increasing the quality of the building's indoor air overall.
Gainesville Public School Radon Results
The Florida Department of Health publishes radon test results for state licensed, regulated, owned, or operated facilities. You can find their information linked here and in the table below. If you do not see your school in the table below it's possible a new test has been submitted since we checked on July 31st 2022. Please check the database linked above for your school. If you still do not see your school the best course of action is to call the Radon and Indoor Air Program at 850-245-4288 or 800-543-8279 or email phtoxicology@flhealth.gov
Facility Name | Maximum Radon Level (pCi/L) | Average Radon Level (pCi/L) |
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Abraham Lincoln Middle School | 0.7 | 0.329211 |
Buchholz High School | 3.8 | 1.307407 |
C W Norton Elementary School | 6.2 | 2.52906 |
Caring and Sharing Learning School | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Developmental Research School | 77.7 | 12.361905 |
Duval Early Learning Academy | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Eastside High School | 1.5 | 0.815385 |
Fort Clarke Middle School | 7.4 | 3.97234 |
Gainesville High School | 2.3 | 1.013514 |
Glen Springs Elementary School | 1.5 | 1.108696 |
Hidden Oak Elementary School | 4.1 | 2.017949 |
Howard Bishop Middle School | 48 | 1.553448 |
Idylwild Elementary School | 0.7 | 0.416667 |
Idylwood Elementary School | 9.7 | 2.416327 |
J J Finlay Elementary School | 1.6 | 1.080952 |
Kanapaha Middle School | 3.2 | 1.768317 |
Kimball Wiles Elementary | 1.8 | 1.004762 |
Lawton Chiles Elementary School | 3 | 1.609756 |
Lawton M Chiles Elementary School | 1.9 | 1.058333 |
Littlewood Elementary | 8.9 | 7.763636 |
Littlewood Elementary School | 15.5 | 5.715152 |
Lofton High School | 1.2 | 0.595 |
Manning Administrative Annex | 1 | 0.33871 |
Martin Luther King Academy Inc | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Meadowbrook Elementary School | 3.4 | 2.85 |
Metcalfe Elementary School | 1.9 | 0.825938 |
Myra Terwilliger Elementary | 4 | 2.444444 |
North Central Florida Public Charter | 0.6 | 0.35 |
PK Yonge Laboratory School | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Rawlings Elementary School | 1.1 | 0.346429 |
Sidney Lanier Center | 1.2 | 0.5 |
Silva Center | 1.4 | 0.53125 |
Stephen Foster Elementary School | 2.6 | 0.945 |
Talbot Elementary | 1.2 | 0.676923 |
Terwilliger Elementary School | 8.1 | 1.997368 |
The One Room School House Project Inc | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Westwood Elementary School | 18.8 | 4.861765 |
Westwood Hills Christian School | 10.4 | 4.277778 |
Westwood Middle School | 20.5 | 5.330952 |
Williams Elementary School | 1.3 | 0.570833 |
Williams Talbot Elementary School | 48 | 2.896296 |
Per the Florida Department of Health: Radon Testing is required for State licensed, regulated, owned or operated Facilities. This requirement is the same for all buildings in facilities required to be tested for radon per Florida Statue 404.056. Currently all buildings in a facility that are used by the clients of the facility are required to be tested twice, five years apart. Once tested twice, testing is no longer required unless one of the triggering events occurs:
1) a building is subject to significant structural renovation or a change in facility operation equivalent to a building structural change, or
2) the facility legally becomes a new facility. Examples of a legally new facility would be the issuance of a new license, or there could be a change in ownership or operator. If a facility operator failed to complete the required testing in any building by the time it was due, the testing should be completed as soon as is practical.
