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If I remember correctly,. my realtor told me its common to check for it in NC (maybe as part of home inspection) but is usually only a problem in more mountanious areas. Thats the only info on it I've ever gotten.
I would do it for piece of mind. We are in Winston-Salem and the home we purchased had to disclose at one time we had high levels of it, but a machine (I forget what it is called) was installed to eliminate it. Well, we still were nervous and had our inspector do the test. It came back negative, but we thought we would also buy a home kit from Home Depot which we now figure we should have just done without the inspector since he had to it while the previous owners were still in the house and who knows if windows were open, etc. The home test from Home Depot is super easy and inexpensive. After you drop all kinds of money on closing costs, moving, etc. what is another few bucks to prevent a health problem?
This map was created from the EPA's map of Radon Zones. It depicts the potential for radon in indoor air in a given area. The EPA calls this the "predicted indoor radon screening potential". Zone One areas have an average predicted indoor radon screening potential greater than 4 pCi/l. Zone Two areas are predicted to have an average indoor radon screening potential between 2 pCi/l and 4 pCi/l. Zone Three areas are predicted to have an average indoor radon screening potential less than 2 pCi/l. These predicted radon levels are based on physical characteristics like geology and soil types. It should be used as an aid for predicting the radon potential for a given area. Homes with elevated levels of radon have been found in all three zones. All homes should be tested for radon, regardless of zone designation.
We had a wonderful home inspector, selected by me, however, radon testing was never mentioned. Lots of talk about termites though.
Radon is new to me. Living in Jersey everyone talks about lead in the homes, quite an epidemic in some parts of the state. Overall, NJ has a LOT of older homes. I came across an article on radon, which led to my posting a question here.
You guys are wonderful and informative. I will call the number posted by mm34b.
Thank you all again.
SL
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