Residential Inspection in Des Moines
Residential Inspection in Des Moines, IA by Closer Look Inspectors — a photo-mapped report within 24 hours.
Residential Inspection in Des Moines
Residential inspection is the heart of Closer Look — close to 95 percent of what we do across Minnesota and Iowa. It is the umbrella over every home service we offer, with specialty services available as add-ons: the full home inspection, buyer's and pre-listing reviews, radon, sewer scope, thermal imaging, mold and moisture, foundation, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, new-construction and 11-month-warranty work, well-water testing and older-home evaluations — one trusted, buyer-side read on an Iowa house, photo-mapped and delivered within 24 hours.
A full residential inspection around Des Moines reads the house from roof to footing: roof covering and flashing, attic ventilation and insulation, the electrical panel and visible wiring, supply and drain plumbing, heating and cooling, the foundation, grading and drainage, and every window and door. On century-old city homes that means dating original services precisely; on river-valley lots it means a hard read of basement moisture and the sump.
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Local conditions in Des Moines
Des Moines sits on Des Moines Lobe till — heavy, poorly drained clay that holds water against foundations and moves with moisture, which is what drives basement seepage and foundation cracking across central Iowa. Des Moines sits in Polk County, and every Iowa county is EPA Radon Zone 1. Iowa HHS reports Iowa has the largest percentage of homes above the 4.0 pCi/L action level of any state — 71.6 percent in the Iowa Radon Survey — and the Iowa seller disclosure form asks for any known radon test results. Finished basements concentrate it, and only a 48-hour test gives you this home's number. Iowa leaves frost depth to the local building code rather than one statewide number, and the annual freeze-thaw cycle drives the settlement cracks and ice-dam wear we calibrate every Des Moines visit to find.
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