Serving Lyons
Structural Drying Lyons, CO
Water that ran unnoticed reaches further than it shows. Drying brings walls, floors and framing back, measured point by point. Moisture is read at marked points each day and compared with unaffected material in the same building. In a building that froze, heat comes back first, because drying equipment cannot work below freezing.
Say when the building was last checked
Often needed alongside
- 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.
- 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.
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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