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Roof Inspection in Mounds View

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Mounds View · Ramsey County

Roof Inspection in Mounds View

Roof Inspection in Mounds View, Ramsey County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Mounds View is a postwar suburb of ramblers and splits between the freeways.

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 Mounds View.

Mounds View housing runs to 1960s-70s ramblers and split-levels, across the postwar neighborhoods between the freeways, on flat glacial till — and that mix shapes what a roof inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Mounds View

Mounds View does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Mounds View 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 Mounds View-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.
What should I look at outside a flat-lot Mounds View house before I make an offer?
Start with grading and drainage, because level glacial till lots let water sit near the foundation. Whether soil slopes away from the walls, where downspouts discharge, whether window wells are clear, and whether the sump pit and discharge line are working all matter. Then the roof surfaces, flashing and attic ventilation. Those items explain most of the moisture and ice-dam problems we see in ramblers and split-levels from this era.
Are split-levels a particular concern in Mounds View?
They are. The lower level sits partly below grade, so grading, window wells and any finished space that could be hiding past water deserve close attention. Split-level additions and converted lower levels also tend to reveal permit and headroom issues.
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