Serving Fraser
Vacant & Second-Home Water Damage Fraser, CO
A leak in an occupied house is found in hours. In an empty one it runs until the next visit, and that time is the size of the loss. A loss in an empty building is treated as having run for the whole time since the last visit until the building shows otherwise. The time between visits, not the size of the failure, is usually what decides how far water reached.
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.
- Emergency Water Extraction
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.
- 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
Is there any safe month to leave a Fraser home unheated?
Only midsummer. Freezing nights come from September through May here, so a unit with water in its lines and no heat is at risk for most of the year. Owners should leave the heat on at a moderate setting or drain the lines whenever they leave outside June, July and August.
How does a Fraser townhome owner find out about a leak next door?
Usually from the neighbor or the association, which is why both need a way to reach you. Water from an empty unit moves through shared walls and floors, and with many owners away, the person who notices may not be the one who can shut it off.
What does a winter power outage mean for an electric-heated Fraser home?
That its heat stops completely. In a home nobody is in, the cold can reach the lines within hours at this elevation. A temperature alarm that sends a message, or a caretaker who checks after outages, gives time to act.
Where these answers come from: the Fraser page.