The Silent Killer: Get A Radon Inspection Today

Most people realize that radon gas exposure is not good for their bodies, and that such exposure could increase your chances for getting lung cancer. What most people do not realize is that it is your home where you stand the greatest risk of exposure to dangerous levels of radon. Continue reading and discover why you need a Long Island home inspector to visit your home and conduct a radon inspection as soon as possible.

Radon gas is created as uranium breaks down in soil and water. Usually radon gas would then dissipate in the earth's atmosphere and be of no threat to anyone. If it rises up through the soil and enters the house through cracks in the foundation it can become trapped. The more radon that becomes trapped the more your family will be at risk.

How can you determine what amount of radon gas is present in your home, if any is present at all? You need a radon inspection. Radon is colorless and odorless, so there is no way you can detect it with your own senses. Expert Long Island home inspectors are the only ones qualified to perform this job.

Radon is not limited to just certain areas. The EPA has spent the past ten years recording thousands of incidents involving elevated levels of radon in homes all across the country. Radon can be found in any location. EPA estimates state that roughly 1 out of 15 homes in the U.S. either has or had unnaturally high levels of the gas.

If homeowners in your area have had radon inspections carried out, do not assume their test results would be your home's test results. Radon levels fluctuate greatly between homes even in the same neighborhood. Your neighrbors could all have safe radon levels in their home, while you could be sleeping in a radon gas trap.

Also keep in mind that your home's age may or may not have an impact on your radon levels. Homes of all types have had very high levels of radon gas inside of them. The house may be new, or it may be old. It may be sealed up like Fort Knox or it could be as empty and drafty as Al Capone's vault; the relative age and status of the home may have no impact on the levels of radon gas.

Does radon gas have you worried? Quite frankly, it should concern you. Hire a NY home inspector to come to your home today and conduct a radon inspection.