Emergency
Frozen & Burst Pipe Damage Pueblo, 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
Who should be checking on a vacant house in Pueblo during winter?
Whoever holds the keys, whether that is an heir, an out-of-town owner or a relative. A house that is not for sale or rent has no agent or landlord walking through it, so a split line can run until someone happens by. A visit every week or two, inside and down to the lowest floor, is what catches one early.
Why is December the month to watch in Pueblo?
Because the coldest normal lows here fall in December rather than January. A house emptied in October or November meets its hardest freeze within weeks, often before anyone has settled into a routine of checking on it. Turning the water off at the main, or keeping the heat on, before the first cold week is the safer order.
What should be shut off in an older Pueblo house that will stand empty?
The water at the main, and the water heater's supply, with the lines drained if the heat will be off. Older houses often have shutoffs in cellars or crawl spaces that are hard to reach or have not been turned in years, so it is worth finding and testing them before the house is left, not after a pipe has split.
Where these answers come from: the Pueblo page.