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Radon Testing in Spring Park

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Spring Park · Hennepin County

Radon Testing in Spring Park

Radon Testing in Spring Park, Hennepin County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Spring Park is a compact Lake Minnetonka city that grew from the Hotel Del Otero resort grounds and the Tonka Toys years.

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.

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Local housing

Homes in Spring Park.

Spring Park housing runs to former resort cottages and lake homes, mid-century houses from the Tonka Toys years, and newer condos and rebuilds along the shore, across the small lakeside city between County Roads 15 and 51, near the site of the Hotel Del Otero resort grounds, on the Des Moines-lobe moraine terrain surrounding Lake Minnetonka, where more than two fifths of the city area is water — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in Spring Park

Spring Park does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Spring Park sits in Hennepin 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 Spring Park-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.
Can a former summer cottage in Spring Park be a good year-round house?
It can, if the conversion was done well. Insulation, heating, plumbing protection, the foundation and the roof matter, as do any additions. Cottages built for summer use can have thin walls, older wiring and shallow foundations, so the report focuses on what has been upgraded and what has not.
Do old resort cottages in Spring Park need special attention?
Often, yes. Spring Park grew from the grounds of the Hotel Del Otero, a summer lake resort, and incorporated in 1951 with about 200 residents. Summer places converted for year-round living can have thin walls, added insulation of mixed quality, older electrical service, additions on shallow supports, and moisture near lake-level foundations. Common concerns here include wall and attic insulation, roof and ventilation, service size and panel condition, plumbing, and crawl space or basement moisture. With a median age of 58 in 2020, many houses have also seen decades of piecemeal updates.
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