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Roof Inspection in Grant

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Grant · Washington County

Roof Inspection in Grant

Roof Inspection in Grant, Washington County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Grant is a rural Washington County city of acreages and lakes, incorporated in 1996.

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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Local housing

Homes in Grant.

Grant housing runs to acreage houses and custom homes of varied ages, with some older farmsteads, across the wooded lots and acreages along Highways 36 and 96, the Gateway Trail corridor and the lake-side areas of the city, on rolling glacial moraine with many kettle lakes and wetlands in northern Washington County — and that mix shapes what a roof inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Grant

Grant does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Grant sits in Washington 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 Grant-area homes face.

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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.
Grant is in radon Zone 1. Should I test an acreage house with a private well?
Yes. Washington County is EPA Radon Zone 1, and MDH recommends every Minnesota home be tested. An air test for radon is separate from a water test of a private well, and it makes sense to do both on an acreage. Radon testing during the inspection gives a result before closing, when any mitigation can be included in the negotiations.
Most Grant homes are on wells and septic — how does the inspection handle that?
Grant covers about 25 square miles of land and became a city in November 1996 after long being Grant Township. Many homes depend on a private well and an on-site septic system, so those systems deserve a close look. Visible septic components and access lids, wet or lush spots over the drainfield, well casing, cap and pressure tank condition are worth attention, and water testing and a septic evaluation by a licensed pumper are recommended.
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