For Home Buyers or Sellers

Any home can have a radon problem. This means new and old homes, well-sealed and drafty homes, and homes with or without basements. Also homes with crawl spaces, slab on grade, and even manufactured homes. In fact, you and your family are most likely to get your greatest radiation exposure at home. That is where you spend most of your time.

Nearly 1 out of every 15 homes in the United States is estimated to have an elevated radon level (4 pCi/L or more).  Elevated levels of radon gas have been found in homes in every state.

IEMA Radon Program and the Surgeon General Recommend That You Test Your Home

Testing is the only way to know if you and your family are at risk from radon IEMA Radon Program and the Surgeon General recommend testing all homes below the third floor for radon.

You cannot predict radon levels based on state, local, and neighborhood radon measurements.  Do not rely on radon test results taken in other homes in the neighborhood to estimate the radon level in your home.  Homes which are next to each other can have different radon levels.  Testing is the only way to find out what your home's radon level is.

I'm Selling a Home.  What Should I Do?

If Your Home Has Already Been Tested for Radon...

If you are thinking of selling your home and you have already tested your home for radon,  review the Radon Testing Checklist (found here) to make sure that the test was done correctly.  If so, provide your test results to the buyer.

No matter what kind of test you took, a potential buyer may ask for a new test especially if:

The Radon Testing Checklist items were not met;
The last test is not recent, e.g., within two years;
You have renovated or altered your home since you tested;
IEMA Radon Program rules require that the test be done in the lowest livable level such as a basement not currently lived in.

A buyer may also ask for a new test. Illinois law requires disclosure of radon information to buyers.

If Your Home Has Not Yet Been Tested for Radon...

Have a test taken as soon as possible. If you can, test your home before putting it on the market.  You should test in the lowest level of the home which is suitable for occupancy. This means testing in the lowest level that you currently live in or a lower level not currently used, but which a buyer could use for living space with or without renovations. 

The radon test result is important information about your home's radon level.  Illinois requires radon measurement testers to follow a specific testing protocol.  If you do the test yourself, you should carefully follow the testing protocol for Illinois.

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