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Radon Testing in St. Stephen

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St. Stephen · Stearns County

Radon Testing in St. Stephen

Radon Testing in St. Stephen, Stearns County, by Closer Look Inspectors. St. Stephen is a Slovene-settled Stearns County farm town anchored by its 1903 church.

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 St. Stephen.

St. Stephen housing runs to older farmhouses and church-town homes, later houses and newer acreage builds around a population of about 800, across the old church-centered townsite, the county road grid and the surrounding farm ground and acreages, on glacial-till uplands of Stearns County, at about 1,207 feet — and that mix shapes what a radon testing here needs to find.

Local conditions in St. Stephen

St. Stephen does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. St. Stephen sits in Stearns 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 St. Stephen-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 buying a house in a Slovene farm town like St. Stephen?
St. Stephen was settled by Slovene immigrants and incorporated in 1914, and the 1903 Church of St. Stephen and its 1890 rectory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Around that core are farmhouses and acreage homes, many likely on private wells and septic systems. Wells and septic are worth checking where they exist, and the age of the wiring, plumbing and roof matters on older farmhouses, which have often been added onto for larger families. Stearns County is EPA Radon Zone 1, and the city covers 3.72 sq. mi., so lots can be large.
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