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Radon Testing in North Oaks

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North Oaks · Ramsey County

Radon Testing in North Oaks

Radon Testing in North Oaks, Ramsey County, by Closer Look Inspectors. North Oaks is a private planned community on the former James J. Hill farm, with HOA-owned roads.

Radon testing places an EPA-protocol continuous monitor on a home's lowest livable level to measure radon gas — and it matters across Minnesota, where more than two in five homes test above the action level.

North Oaks is served by our Saint Paul team →  ·  (612) 457-1634

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Local housing

Homes in North Oaks.

North Oaks housing runs to large custom homes from the postwar planned-community years to the present, plus a few preserved Hill farm buildings, across the NOHOA neighborhoods, the wooded lots and wetland edges, and the preserved Hill farm buildings, on rolling glacial upland with lakes and wetlands north of St. Paul, on land once the James J. Hill farm — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in North Oaks

North Oaks does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. North Oaks sits in Ramsey County, in EPA Radon Zone 1, and MDH reports more than two in five Minnesota homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk. Finished basements concentrate radon, and only a 48-hour test tells you the number. Footings here must reach the 3-1/2-foot depth Minnesota Rules 1303.1600 set for the southern frost zone, and that annual freeze-thaw cycle is what drives the settlement cracks, frost heave and ice-dam wear that North Oaks-area homes face.

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Questions

Common questions.

Is radon really a concern in Minnesota?
Yes. The Minnesota Department of Health reports that more than two in five Minnesota homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk, and finished basements are where it concentrates.
How long does the test run?
A 48-hour minimum under closed-house conditions; the result is delivered with your inspection report.
What is different about inspecting a large custom home in North Oaks?
Scale and variety. A large custom home often has several heating and cooling zones, more than one water heater, long drain lines and complex roofs, so an inspection takes longer and covers more equipment. Each home was built to a different plan, so how systems were added over the years matters. We report the condition of each system and flag anything that a specialist, such as a chimney or structural professional, should look at.
Do the private roads and HOA in North Oaks matter to a buyer's inspection?
They do. North Oaks was developed after Louis Hill's death in 1948 as a planned community, and the North Oaks Home Owners Association maintains the roads and recreation. Each lot runs halfway into the street. The house is only part of the picture here, since how it drains onto private roads and common wetlands matters, as do driveway, septic-or-sewer status and outbuildings that may fall under association rules. Large lots with wooded grades often mean basement moisture and sump systems need close review. Ramsey County is EPA Radon Zone 1.
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