Emergency
Emergency Water Extraction Denver, CO
Standing water removed before it travels further into the building - the first step after any failure, and the one that shows how far the water went. Standing water is removed before it moves further into the structure. After a failure that ran unnoticed, how much there is and where it collected is also the first measure of how long it ran and how far it traveled.
Shut the water off first, then call
Often needed alongside
- Frozen & Burst Pipe Damage
Pipes split while frozen and leak when they thaw. The water arrives on the warm day, often days after the cold that caused it.
- Structural Drying
Water that ran unnoticed reaches further than it shows. Drying brings walls, floors and framing back, measured point by point.
Frequently asked questions
Who usually finds a leak in a Denver apartment building?
Often not the person whose unit it started in. In a building of twenty or more units, water from an empty apartment travels down through floors and wall cavities, and the first sign is a stain or a drip in a unit below. Telling the building manager where the water appeared, and when, narrows the search to the units above it.
Why do Denver pipes split in some winters and not others?
Because the freeze season is short and usually mild enough that lines in garages, crawl spaces and exterior walls get by. The damage comes in the occasional stretch when lows fall far below the normal January figure for several nights running. Those are the nights to keep heat up in rooms with exposed plumbing and to check any building that is empty.
What should a Denver landlord do with an apartment between tenants in winter?
Keep the heat at a normal setting rather than off, leave the cabinet doors open under sinks on outside walls, and have someone inside the unit every few days. An empty unit gives no warning of its own; the neighbors below will usually notice a leak first, and by then it has run through the floor between them.
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