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Freeze, Thaw, Then the Leak

Water Damage Restoration Colorado Springs, CO

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Before anything else: where the water came from, and how long ago.

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

Colorado Springs: what fails while nobody is home

From Knob Hill, Roswell, and Lowell Neighborhood to the edge of Colorado Springs, a building left unwatched through a freeze is one call from an independent restoration contractor. More than a thousand Colorado Springs homes sit empty and listed for sale at any time, often heated low and visited only for showings.

The housing, by age

With a median build year of 1986 and close to three fifths of its homes (56.5 percent) older than 1990, most of the plumbing in Colorado Springs was laid out in the mid 1980s, by that era's idea of where a pipe was safe from the cold. Three in five homes here are detached houses, and a house between owners has nobody running its taps or noticing a new sound from the water heater in the garage or basement.

Cold months and wet months

Nights in Colorado Springs normally fall below freezing 5 months of the year, deepest in January at 18.5 degrees, the stretch when a line in unheated space can freeze with nobody there to notice; July is the wettest month at 3.21 of 19.02 inches a year, rain recorded at COLORADO SPRINGS 3.7 ENE 0.4 miles away and temperatures at COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI AP 5.6 miles away. March nights still hold at a normal 27.3 degrees and April's reach only 34, so an empty house needs its heat well into spring.

The weak points here

  • Detached houses listed for sale and left empty between owners, visited only for showings, so a failed supply line or water heater runs until the next appointment
  • Townhomes and other attached houses, about one home in twelve, where a line that splits in an empty unit reaches the neighbor through a shared wall
  • An elevation above 6,300 feet, where nights cool quickly once the sun is down and a garage door left open through a winter evening puts its plumbing below freezing

Water Damage Restoration services in Colorado Springs

Choose by cause. Water Damage Restoration connects Colorado Springs callers with independent contractors for each failure below and the water it left.

Areas covered around Colorado Springs

For a building outside this town, use the Colorado index.

Frequently asked questions

What should be checked in a Colorado Springs house that is empty while it is for sale?

The inside, not just the front step. A house between owners is often heated low and nobody runs its taps, so a failed water heater or a line under the kitchen can run until the next showing. Whoever holds the key should know where the main shutoff is, keep it reachable, and walk the lower floor on every visit.

When in the year is an empty Colorado Springs house most exposed?

From November through March, when normal lows sit below freezing. Summer storms bring the most rain, but they fall on occupied houses as much as empty ones. A furnace that quits in January in a house nobody is living in is different: every line in the building starts cooling at once, and nobody is there to hear the first one go.

What happens when a pipe splits in the townhome next door?

Water follows the shared wall and the floor framing, so it can show up on your side before anyone knows the other unit has a problem. If the neighbor is away, the building's shutoff or the association's contact is the fastest way to stop it. Note when the water appeared; it tells the contractor how long it has been running.

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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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