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Radon Testing · Colo, IA

Radon Testing in Colo

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Colo · Story County

Radon Testing in Colo

Radon Testing in Colo, Story County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Colo is a Lincoln Highway crossroads town of older farm-town homes east of Nevada.

Radon testing places an EPA-protocol continuous monitor on a home's lowest livable level to measure radon gas — and it matters across Iowa, where Iowa HHS reports 71.6 percent of homes above the action level — the largest percentage of any state.

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Local housing

Homes in Colo.

Colo housing runs to older farm-town homes at the Lincoln Highway crossroads, across the town core, on flat Story County lobe till — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in Colo

Colo sits on Des Moines Lobe till — heavy, poorly drained clay that holds water against foundations and moves with moisture, which is what drives basement seepage and foundation cracking across central Iowa. Colo sits in Story County, and every Iowa county is EPA Radon Zone 1. Iowa HHS reports Iowa has the largest percentage of homes above the 4.0 pCi/L action level of any state — 71.6 percent in the Iowa Radon Survey — and the Iowa seller disclosure form asks for any known radon test results. Finished basements concentrate it, and only a 48-hour test gives you this home's number. Iowa leaves frost depth to the local building code rather than one statewide number, and the annual freeze-thaw cycle drives the settlement cracks and ice-dam wear that Colo-area homes face.

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Questions

Common questions.

Is radon really a concern in Iowa?
Yes. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports that more than two in five Iowa homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk, and finished basements are where it concentrates.
How long does the test run?
A 48-hour minimum under closed-house conditions; the result is delivered with your inspection report.
Do you cover Colo?
Yes — it sits just east of Nevada on our corridor. The Lincoln Highway-era stock is at or past the century mark, so original panels, layered plumbing and settled foundations lead the findings, with flat-till grading and Iowa's Zone 1 radon standing close behind.
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