Living in northeast Iowa is a great place where you find country homes and a small town feeling. Good people with fantastic community spirit. Northeastern Iowa is a wonderful area to raise your children with awesome schools and recreational activities. With all of these things going for this area there is also something one must be careful of when looking for a home in areas such as Cedar Falls, Waterloo and most northeast Iowa everyone should consider having the home tested for radon. Radon in Iowa is a great concern; according to the EPA the entire state of Iowa is in Zone 1 for radon concentration. As a home Inspector and north east Iowa state licensed radon measurement specialist I think all realtors should recommend a radon test.
For homeowners in the Cedar Falls Iowa area test kits should be available at your local hardware store. These units should be from state approved testing facilities and the instructions should be followed precisely. If you are not handy and would like a professional to do the testing in your home you can contact the Iowa Department of Health for a company that tests in your area. Here at Castle Home Inspection we use equipment that is state approved for use in northeast Iowa and Cedar Falls.
You may ask how radon enters you home, well this illustration shows you how:
| 1. Cavities inside walls | 2. Cracks in solid floors | 3. Construction joints |
| 4. Cracks in walls | 5. The water supply | 6. Gaps in suspended floors |
| 7. Gaps around service pipes |
What are the Risk Factors?
The EPA, Surgeon General and The Center for Disease Control, have all agreed that continued exposure to Radon gas can cause lung cancer.
In fact, their position on the matter is that all homes should be tested for radon gas exposure, and all homes testing over 4 pCi/L should be fixed.
So if you live, work or play in northeast Iowa, Cedar Falls or Waterloo check for radon today
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