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Why wouldn’t you look at a home with a radon mitigation system installed? Naperville, Illinois home inspection explains why radon mitigation system doesn’t mean the house is “bad”.

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Many times while inspecting homes in the Chicagoland area, I find radon mitigation systems that were not known about by the buyer.  Sometimes my clients want to stop the inspection and pack up and go?  I then have to put on my teachers cap and educate my clients.  Its not that I’m afraid I’ll lose a sale.  They called me once and they will call me again.  I don’t want my clients to lose  out on a home that they seemed to like but found out that a system that they have little or no knowledge of is determining what they do.  If they still feel the same after I explain the pros and cons of the system then its their decision.  After class they never go.

Last week I was hired to inspect a beautiful home in Naperville, Illinois.   The home was recently built and had everything buyers are looking for.  While doing my pre-inspection walk-thru I noticed that there was a radon mitigation system.  When my clients showed up we went over the exterior of the home and the radon mitigation system was brought up.  The wife from the Naperville home inspection became very uneasy with the thought of the radon mitigation system being in a home with her children.  They definitely wanted to leave, but I was able to give the pros and cons and that was all they needed.

The pros of having a radon mitigation system definitely out-ways the cons in my opinion.  All homes have some radon gas inside.  You can see what the levels are in your area at ~ http://www.pinnaclepropertyinspection.com/our-services/69-radonmeasurement.html.  Because all homes have some level of radon gas you will be able to rest assured that your home is having the levels reduced or controlled on a regular basis.  That means that the radon gas is being removed all the time by a fan out of the home to keep the levels at a safe place.  This is why the pros out weigh the cons, period.

The cons to having a radon mitigation system is that the fan runs all the time and will use energy (electric).  This electric costs money to run.  The amount of electric is comparable to that of a box fan.  It costs about $25.00 – $35.00 to run this fan for a year.  That’s about the cost of a visit to Burger King with the kids.  This is what I explained to my clients at the Naperville home inspection.   The other con is the fact that radon measurement will be required on a bi-yearly basis to ensure that the radon mitigation system is working properly.  The cost for a radon measurement is between $150.00- $225.00.

As you can see the radon mitigation system that was installed in the Naperville home was in my opinion a plus.  So if your looking for homes and you find a piece of pvc pipe on the outside of the home don’t be afraid.  That system was installed to protect your family.

If you have further questions about radon or radon mitigation systems please contact me at ~ http://www.pinnaclepropertyinspection.com/about-jim-kolke.html.

Thanks for stopping by.  Jim Kolke


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