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Frozen Pipes, Empty Buildings

Water Damage Restoration Boulder, CO

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The first thing asked at the door: when was anyone last inside?

How long water runs before anyone knows: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

How long a Boulder leak can run

A pipe that splits while nobody is home in Boulder or out in Washington Village and The Hill is one call from an independent restoration contractor. More than half of Boulder's households rent, and about two in five of its homes are in apartment buildings rather than houses.

The buildings themselves

The median home in Boulder was built in 1977, and 70.5 percent of them were already standing in 1990; that age is a fair guide to how much of a building's water system runs where nobody looks between visits. The city also has more than three thousand houses from before 1940, and in those the oldest plumbing sits along walls and under floors that were never planned around it.

Weather that sets the risk

A pipe in Boulder faces freezing nights 5 months of the year, down to a normal 21.1-degree low in December, and a split usually leaks on the thaw rather than the cold night itself; May carries 3.02 of the 19.68 inches in a normal year, rain recorded at BOULDER 1.3 NW 0.9 miles away and temperatures at BOULDER 2.4 miles away. March nights still sit at a normal 29 degrees before April climbs to 34.5, so a rental emptied in March is still in freezing weather.

What to watch in Boulder

  • Apartment buildings, about two in five homes, where a leak in an empty unit spreads through floors to others
  • Houses built before 1940, more than three thousand of them, with plumbing added along cold outside walls
  • Rentals emptied over the December holidays, heated low by tenants who have left town

Water Damage Restoration services in Boulder

Every service below starts from one question: how long did the water run before anyone knew? Independent Boulder contractors handle each.

Areas covered around Boulder

Other Colorado towns: the full list of places covered.

Frequently asked questions

What should Boulder landlords of older houses do before the holidays?

Remind tenants to leave the heat on at a moderate setting, open cabinet doors under sinks on outside walls, and arrange a look inside while the house is empty. Older houses have plumbing in cold places, and December brings the coldest nights here.

Why do Boulder apartment leaks often show up in a different unit?

Because water follows gravity and framing, down through floors and along shared walls, so it appears in the unit below or beside the one where it started. That unit may be empty. Reporting water right away, and saying exactly where it appeared, helps management find the source.

Are Boulder houses built before 1940 harder to keep from freezing?

Usually, yes. Their plumbing was added after they were built, often along exterior walls, in crawl spaces or through additions. Those lines lose heat first in a cold snap. Keeping those rooms warm and knowing where the main shutoff is prevents most damage.

Boulder, CO

Pipes gave out in Boulder?

Shut the water off if you can, then call. It is free and there is no form.

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If water is still running, find the main shutoff or, on a well, switch off the pump at its breaker before calling.

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