Radon Mitigation in Manor Woods, Rochester MN
Radon work in Manor Woods, done by people who know the basements.
Manor Woods and Manor Woods West went up fast, mostly from a small handful of builder packages, and the houses share enough DNA that we usually have a sense of the layout before we pull up to the curb.
A development with consistent housing stock
Manor Woods came together quickly, mostly between the early 2000s and the mid 2010s, and the builders working in the development reused a small set of floor plans. From house to house, the basements are arranged in a familiar way. The mechanical room is in roughly the same corner. The stub from the passive radon system comes up in a predictable spot.
That consistency is a real advantage when you're trying to get a sense of what a project looks like without unknowns. Most of what makes an older neighborhood unpredictable, the previous-owner decisions and the layered remodels, hasn't had time to accumulate here yet.
The few older homes on the western edge of Manor Woods are a different kind of visit. Those predate the post-2000 builds and don't fit the pattern of the rest of the development.
Manor Woods at a glance
Northwest Rochester, west of Highway 52.
- Era
- Mostly 2000s and 2010s, with a handful of older homes on the perimeter
- Foundations
- Poured concrete with consistent post-2000 layouts. The mechanical room tends to live in the back corner of the basement on most floor plans in the development.
- Era
- 2000s and 2010s
- Foundation
- Poured concrete
- Floor plans
- Repeat across the development
- Rochester median radon
- 3.2 pCi/L Citywide. Tracts range 2.2–5.3 pCi/L. By-tract view.
- Olmsted Co. ≥ 4 pCi/L
- 42.3% of tested homes MDH, 2014–2023
Three steps. On your timeline.
Measure your radon level.
We start with a measurement of what is actually in the air your family breathes. You see the result we see, and we walk through what it means in plain language.
You see the picture first.
Once you have the result, we talk through what your home is dealing with. No scripts, no pressure. You decide what to do next on your own timeline.
A conversation about your home.
If you want to take action, we look at the basement together and talk through what a plan for your foundation could look like. Every home is its own conversation.
Other Rochester neighborhoods we cover.
Bamber Valley
If your Bamber Valley home was built after June of 2009, the radon prep is already in your slab. Whether or not it's doing what it's supposed to be doing is a different question, and it's the one most owners around here are actually asking.
Century Hills
Most of the Century Hills and Cassidy Ridge calls we get are from buyers, not owners. The closing date is already on the calendar, the inspection came back with a number, and the question is what to do with the time between now and the walkthrough.
Hart Farms and Mayo Woodlands
Most of the homes in Hart Farms and Mayo Woodlands are custom builds, and a custom build doesn't look like the house next door. The walkout, the bonus room over the garage, the slab-on-grade addition. Each of those is its own thing.
Find out your radon levels with a free radon test.
About 42% of tested Olmsted County homes come back above the EPA action level. The surrounding counties are higher. The first step is knowing where yours sits, and that is the part we do for free.