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Leaks Found Late

Water Damage Restoration Olney Springs, CO

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At the door: when it was last checked, and where the shutoff is.

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

Where water hides in Olney Springs

Found on a return visit or after a cold night, a leak anywhere in Olney Springs reaches an independent contractor who works the area on one call. About half the houses in Olney Springs were built before 1940, and fewer than one in ten went up after 1989.

Age of the homes

Just 8.1 percent of the homes in Olney Springs are newer than 1989, with the median dating to 1938, the era that decided where these buildings' pipes run, including any that pass through unheated space. Houses that old were plumbed after they were built, and the lines often run through cellars, porches and the coldest corners rather than the middle of the house.

Freeze and thaw

The freeze season in Olney Springs runs 5 months of the year, with January lows at a normal 12.3 degrees, long enough for a building left heated low to lose its heat before the next visit; of 11.58 inches in a normal year, 1.88 fall in July, the wettest month, rain recorded at FOWLER 1 SE 4.6 miles away and temperatures 12.1 miles away. January's normal high is 44.8 degrees, so the pipes nearest an old outside wall can freeze overnight and thaw by afternoon, over and over through the month.

Failures that go unseen here

  • Houses built before 1940, about half the town, with plumbing added later along outside walls and through cellars
  • Manufactured homes, around one in six, with supply lines under the floor behind skirting
  • Vacant houses outside the rental and sale markets, which can go a winter without anyone looking inside

Water Damage Restoration services in Olney Springs

What failed decides where this starts. Water Damage Restoration routes each of these to independent contractors working in Olney Springs.

Areas covered around Olney Springs

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Frequently asked questions

Why do the old houses in Olney Springs freeze so easily?

Because their plumbing came after the walls. Water lines in houses of that age were added where they could fit, often along an exterior wall, through an unheated porch or down in a cellar. Those are the places the cold reaches first, so keeping those rooms warm and the cellar closed off does most of the work.

What should be done with an empty house in Olney Springs before winter?

Shut off the water at the main and drain the lines, unless someone will be keeping it heated and checking inside every few days. In a very old house, an unnoticed freeze can split several lines at once, and without anyone living there the water can run until the next visit.

How are mobile homes in Olney Springs protected from freezing?

With skirting that closes in the space under the home and heat tape on the supply line where it enters. Both need a look each fall. A missing skirting panel on the windward side or a heat tape that has stopped working is how most mobile home lines freeze.

Olney Springs, CO

Olney Springs: a leak nobody saw start?

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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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