Angular 2/4 Will ElementRef break angular universal?

I have a question:

Will using ElementRef.nativeElement to read a property value (e.g. 'scrollHeight') count as a DOM interaction and therefore break Angular Universal?

ElementRef seems to be the only way to read a property from an element: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38037240/5565132

Example:

HTML:

<div #test1></div>

TS:

@ViewChild('test1') test1: ElementRef;

ngOnInit() {
  console.log(this.test1.nativeElement.scrollHeight);
}