With the Twin Cities metro area having a high concentration of radon, many homeowners worry that their home may develop increased levels of radon as it grows older. In truth, homes technically don’t become more susceptible to radon gas infiltration as they age. There are two main factors that cause high levels of radon in a home: soil conditions that are conducive to radon build-up; and poor ventilation that allows large amounts of radon gas to accumulate.
However, homes may become more vulnerable to radon as they age, and older homes often experience high levels of radon. There are a few reasons for this:
Although radon levels tend to increase as a home ages, newly built homes in the Twin Cities area may have vulnerabilities to radon that older homes lacked. Contemporary energy-efficient construction practices tend to make homes more airtight; the drawback to this is that radon gas has less routes to escape a home and may accumulate more quickly. Newer homes also tend to be larger, which means there is simply more space through which radon can seep inside.
Reach out to One Day Radon today if you’d like us to install a radon mitigation system for your home in the Twin Cities metro area.
Radon Mitigation in Minneapolis / St. Paul MN.
