Reports within 24 hours · Get your free instant quote
Certified Master Inspector sealCloser Look InspectorsStatewide Minnesota & IowaFree Instant Quote
Radon Testing · Palmer, IA

Radon Testing in Palmer

Radon Testing in Palmer, IA by Closer Look Inspectors. A photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours.

Get Your Free Instant QuoteSee What's Included
Palmer · Pocahontas County

Radon Testing in Palmer

Radon Testing in Palmer, Pocahontas County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Palmer is a 1899 Rock Island railroad town on the South Branch of Lizard Creek near the center of the buried Manson crater.

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.

Questions about a Palmer home?  ·  Call or text (563) 517-7815

Two-story home with gabled roof and attached two-car garage — Radon Testing in Palmer, IAPalmer
Local housing

Homes in Palmer.

Palmer housing runs to early-1900s homes from the Rock Island years and postwar houses on the edges, across the grid along county roads C56 and N57 and the acreages toward Lizard Lake, on South Branch Lizard Creek country on Des Moines Lobe till, near the center of the buried Manson crater — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in Palmer

Palmer 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. Palmer sits in Pocahontas 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 Palmer-area homes face.

Home inspection in Palmer →  ·  More about radon testing →

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 do inspectors look for in Palmer?
Creek-side drainage and age. Palmer sits on the South Branch of Lizard Creek, so low lots get the grading, sump and past-water read. The town dates to 1899 and most homes are early 1900s or postwar, so services and foundations get dated precisely and older streets get a sewer-scope recommendation. Pocahontas County is Radon Zone 1; a 48-hour test is standard.
Keep looking

More across Iowa.

Radon Testing nearby

Other inspections in Palmer

Questions about radon testing

In-depth guides

Free instant quote

Build your quote in 30 seconds.

No phone tag, no callback delay. Price and book your inspection right here — it takes about 30 seconds and there is no obligation.

Free Instant Quote & SchedulerPowered by InspectorData
Free Instant Quote