Emergency
Frozen & Burst Pipe Damage Lyons, CO
Pipes split while frozen and leak when they thaw. The water arrives on the warm day, often days after the cold that caused it. A frozen line usually splits during the freeze and leaks during the thaw, so the water arrives on a warmer day than the cold that caused it. Every line in the building is treated as possibly split until it has held pressure after thawing.
First question on the call: how long was it empty?
Often needed alongside
- Vacant & Second-Home Water Damage
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.
- 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
What makes the oldest Lyons houses harder to keep from freezing?
Their plumbing came long after their walls. Lines added to houses built before 1940 often follow outside walls or pass through spaces the furnace barely reaches. Keeping those rooms warm in January, and knowing where the shutoff is, does most of the work.
Should a Lyons house be drained for a two-week winter trip?
Not necessarily, if someone will check inside every few days and the heat stays at a moderate setting. For an older house with exposed lines, or if nobody can check on it, shutting the water off at the main is the safer choice for any absence that long.
How can a Lyons duplex owner protect the unit next door?
By keeping their own unit heated while away and letting the neighbor know how to reach them. Water from a split line moves through the shared wall, so the neighbor is usually the first to know, and a quick call can stop it early.
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