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Thermal Imaging in Scandia

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Scandia · Washington County

Thermal Imaging in Scandia

Thermal Imaging in Scandia, Washington County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Scandia is a St. Croix Valley township-turned-city with a Swedish settlement dating to 1850.

Infrared thermal imaging uses a calibrated thermal camera to surface hidden moisture, missing insulation and overheating electrical connections — available as an add-on or as a stand-alone thermal imaging inspection.

Scandia is served by our Saint Paul team →  ·  (612) 457-1634

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Local housing

Homes in Scandia.

Scandia housing runs to log and farmhouse survivors from the 1800s, early-1900s farm homes, and a mix of later acreage houses, across the old Hay Lake settlement and Gammelgården area, the farms and barn-quilt roads, and the acreages toward William O'Brien State Park and the St. Croix River, on St. Croix moraine uplands and glacial drift sloping toward the St. Croix River valley — and that mix shapes what a thermal imaging here needs to find.

Local conditions in Scandia

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

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Questions

Common questions.

Do you offer thermal imaging?
Yes. Infrared scanning is available as an add-on.
What does it actually find?
Moisture tracking behind finishes, gaps in insulation, and hot electrical connections that are invisible to the naked eye.
I'm buying an acreage near William O'Brien State Park. Anything specific to plan for?
Plan for a larger property and more to look at: outbuildings, long driveways, tree cover close to the house, and drainage that has to work by itself. Tell us in advance about garages, barns, or other structures so we can allow time. William O'Brien State Park is a 1,520-acre park of rolling glacial moraine, and we evaluate each lot's terrain house by house.
Does a very old Scandia farmhouse need a different kind of inspection?
It can. The first log cabin in Scandia went up on Hay Lake in 1850, and the town keeps a Swedish farm heritage: the 1868 Erickson Log House and the 1896 Hay Lake School are both preserved. Older farmhouses here can have stone or rubble foundations, added wings, and old framing. Sill condition, framing movement, roof and chimney age, wiring updates and insulation gaps are the things to watch. Many rural homes use private wells and septic, so those get checked too.
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