Allow me to start off by saying welcome to my new blog. I am directing this blog to home buyers and sellers in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Waverly, New Hampton, Charles City and Decorah Iowa.


Today’s topic is Radon the silent killer.

As a home inspector servicing the towns of Waverly, Cedar Falls, New Hampton, Charles City and Waterloo, Iowa I would like to remind people about Radon (Rn) and how often we find elevated levels of Radon in all areas of North East Iowa.

In recent home inspections in Waverly, Iowa radon test results have been as high as 125 pCi/L and in the New Hampton and Charles City areas as high as 340 pCi/L. This information is posted at the Iowa Department of Health.

When you consider the average levels for these areas as a small number of 8 to 10 pCi/L, one might think well that’s not very high, but what if your house was that 340 or 125 and you had children with a play room in the basement or lower level? Or maybe your rec room is in the lower level where you and your pets spend a lot of your time.


The state of Iowa mandates that anyone working on the mitigation of homes with radon levels above 30 must wear respiratory protection.


What are you wearing?


Castle Home Inspection has promoted radon awareness in Waverly Iowa and New Hampton Iowa in the past month. Many people just don’t understand the long term effects of radon. Radon is the number two cause of lung cancer and the number four cause of cancer death in Iowa.



It just seems to me that if someone was opposed to smoking cigarettes then they should be equally opposed to radon in their home and when visiting someone’s home, have you ever asked what their radon level was?


Where do you stand?