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Freeze, Thaw, Then the Leak

Water Damage Restoration Sugar City, CO

The leak started before anyone noticed. Call once from Sugar City or elsewhere in Colorado, and an independent local contractor picks it up.

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  • Frozen lines, thaw leaks and failed heat
  • The first question is how long it ran

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    No closing time, because a thaw does not keep business hours.

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Before anything else: where the water came from, and how long ago.

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

Sugar City: what fails while nobody is home

From the middle of Sugar City to its edge, a building left unwatched through a freeze is one call from an independent restoration contractor. Sugar City was named for the beet sugar factory built here in 1899, and most of its houses date from before 1940.

The housing, by age

Of the 156 homes in Sugar City, about 125 are older than 1990 and the median dates to 1938; the age of a building sets how many of its pipes run through crawl spaces, garages and outside walls. Many of those houses went up in the factory years, and about one home in seven is still heated with wood.

Cold months and wet months

Nights in Sugar City normally fall below freezing 5 months of the year, deepest in January at 12.3 degrees, the stretch when a line in unheated space can freeze with nobody there to notice; July is the wettest month at 2.18 of 11.23 inches a year, both figures recorded 3.8 miles away. December's normal low of 13 degrees comes close to January's, so a wood-heated house faces two months at that depth, not one.

The weak points here

  • Houses from the sugar-factory era, most of the town, with plumbing fitted along cold walls
  • Wood heat in about one home in seven, which stops as soon as the stove burns out
  • Vacant houses off the market, which can sit through the winter without a visitor

Water Damage Restoration services in Sugar City

Choose by cause. Water Damage Restoration connects Sugar City callers with independent contractors for each failure below and the water it left.

Areas covered around Sugar City

Property in another town? Find it on the list.

Frequently asked questions

What does wood heat mean for a Sugar City house left overnight in January?

That the house will cool once the stove burns down, usually within hours. In a house from the factory years, the lines along outside walls freeze first. A backup heater that runs on its own, or draining the lines before leaving, prevents a split pipe.

Why do Sugar City's oldest houses have exposed plumbing?

Many were built in the early 1900s, and houses of that age often had lines fitted later wherever they would fit. Those tend to run along exterior walls, under floors and through porches, which are the coldest parts of the house.

What should happen to a vacant Sugar City house before winter?

Its water should be shut off and its lines drained, unless someone will keep it heated and check inside regularly. In a small town, an empty house can go a long time without anyone noticing a problem.

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Found water in Sugar City?

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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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