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Radon Testing · Lehigh, IA

Radon Testing in Lehigh

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Lehigh · Webster County

Radon Testing in Lehigh

Radon Testing in Lehigh, Webster County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Lehigh is a former coal-and-clay town down in the Des Moines River valley.

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 Lehigh.

Lehigh housing runs to former coal-and-clay-town homes down in the valley, across the core in the Des Moines River valley, on Des Moines River valley walls with a coal and clay-products legacy — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in Lehigh

Lehigh 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. Lehigh sits in Webster 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 Lehigh-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.
What is specific to Lehigh?
The valley. Lehigh sits down in the Des Moines River gorge where coal and clay were once dug, so hillside lots concentrate runoff against foundations, retaining structures carry real load, and river-adjacent ground gets its flood history established. The older stock adds the full systems-by-age read.
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