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Roof Inspection in Falcon Heights

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Falcon Heights · Ramsey County

Roof Inspection in Falcon Heights

Roof Inspection in Falcon Heights, Ramsey County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Falcon Heights is a St. Paul suburb where two-thirds of the land is the State Fairgrounds and University campus, and we calibrate every visit to that.

A roof inspection evaluates the covering, flashing, penetrations and drainage and gives an honest read on remaining service life — including the ice-dam wear and hail bruising Minnesota weather leaves behind.

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Calibrated

Tuned to Falcon Heights.

Falcon Heights housing runs to 1930s to 1960s houses, including the University Grove modernist neighborhood, with later apartments and infill, across University Grove, the blocks around the State Fairgrounds and the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus, on gently rolling glacial upland north of the Mississippi River gorge — and that mix shapes what a roof inspection here needs to find. Instrument-grade tools, a local eye, every visit.

Local conditions in Falcon Heights

Falcon Heights does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Falcon Heights 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 we calibrate every Falcon Heights visit to find.

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Questions

Common questions.

Do you walk the roof?
When the pitch, height and covering allow it safely; otherwise we assess from the eaves and a ladder and note the method used.
What roof problems show up here?
Aging shingles, failed flashing, hail damage and ice-dam wear at the eaves are the recurring findings.
Do older Falcon Heights houses usually have knob-and-tube wiring?
Rarely, and only in the oldest ones. Knob-and-tube is a pre-1950 method, and most 1930s to 1960s houses here have been updated at least in part. We open the panel, sample outlets, and check the attic and basement for old wiring that was left in place or spliced. Any found is reported, and an electrician can then evaluate the scope of repair.
What is unusual about the University Grove houses in Falcon Heights?
University Grove is a neighborhood of 103 architect-designed houses, planned in 1928 on land the University of Minnesota set aside for faculty. Owners hold the houses while the university owns the land and charges annual ground rent. The houses run from traditional styles to midcentury modern. Flat and low-slope roofs, large window walls, and original wiring and heating equipment need close attention. Two-thirds of the city is public land, mostly the university and State Fair, so the homes are concentrated. Ramsey County is EPA Radon Zone 1.
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