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Radon Mitigation in Manitou Springs, Colorado

Manitou Springs was founded in 1872 by General William Jackson Palmer and Dr. William Bell as a scenic health resort at the foot of Pikes Peak, and its Victorian core is now one of the country’s largest National Historic Districts. The irony is geological: the town built around healing mineral springs sits directly against the granite mountain whose decaying uranium drives the region’s radon.

No Manitou Springs-specific radon average is published, so the county figure below is the honest baseline. We connect Manitou homeowners with independent, Colorado-licensed contractors for free mitigation quotes.

40%+

of El Paso County homes tested from 2005 to 2023 came back above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L

Source: El Paso County Public Health

6.4 pCi/L

the average indoor radon level in Colorado, well above the 4.0 pCi/L EPA action level

Source: El Paso County Public Health

Why radon collects under Manitou Springs

The Colorado Geological Survey attributes radon to decaying natural uranium in rock and soil, and no town in the county lives closer to the source rock than Manitou Springs: the USGS identifies weathered Pikes Peak granite as a source of uranium and its decay products, and Manitou’s canyon walls and hillside lots are cut into exactly that terrain. Homes benched into the slope can have soil contact on several sides, multiplying potential entry routes.

Sources: Colorado Geological Survey , USGS

Local housing and what it means for mitigation

Manitou’s housing stock is the county’s oldest: Victorian frame houses, Queen Anne cottages, and stone buildings from the resort era, many with rubble-stone foundations, dirt-floor cellars, or shallow crawlspaces. Mitigating these homes is routine for experienced contractors but takes the right toolkit: crawlspace membranes sealed over exposed soil, careful sealing of old foundation openings, and vent routing that respects a historic streetscape. The diagnostic visit determines the approach before anything is quoted.

County radon help for Manitou Springs residents

El Paso County Public Health answers radon questions at (719) 578-3199, option 3, and sells test kits at the Public Health Laboratory, 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs. CDPHE offers free kits statewide, one per household per year.

Radon help near Manitou Springs

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Verify Your Contractor's Colorado Radon License

Since July 1, 2022, Colorado law has required anyone performing radon measurement or radon mitigation services for hire to hold a state license through the Department of Regulatory Agencies' Division of Professions and Occupations. The requirement was created by House Bill 21-1195. Before you sign anything, check the license and ask these three questions. A licensed contractor will welcome all of them.

  1. 1 May I see your current Colorado radon license number?
  2. 2 Is the person doing the work the licensed individual?
  3. 3 Will you retest after installation to confirm the reading dropped?
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Want the full walkthrough? Read our guide to verifying a Colorado radon license.

Manitou Springs Radon Questions

Can a Victorian home with a stone foundation be mitigated without wrecking its character?

Yes. Sub-membrane systems in cellars and crawlspaces do the work invisibly, and vent pipes can run through interior chases or discreet exterior locations. Contractors quote the routing in writing so you can weigh aesthetics before work begins.

Is radon in Manitou related to the mineral springs?

The famous springs are a separate hydrogeologic story. Indoor radon here comes from soil gas generated by uranium decay in the surrounding granite terrain, entering through foundations, which is the mechanism the Colorado Geological Survey describes statewide.

Does Manitou Springs have its own published radon average?

No primary source publishes one. The county figure applies: over 40 percent of El Paso County homes tested from 2005 to 2023 exceeded the EPA action level, per El Paso County Public Health.

Our Manitou home has a dirt cellar. What does mitigation look like?

Typically a heavy membrane sealed across the exposed soil with a suction pipe drawing beneath it, called sub-membrane depressurization. It treats the cellar like a sealed slab, and the post-installation retest verifies the living spaces above came down.

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