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When Nobody Was Home

Water Damage Restoration Ward, CO

Frozen line, thawed leak, empty building. For Ward and the rest of Colorado, one call reaches an independent contractor who works the area.

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  • Calls taken day or night, holidays included
  • Local, independent, and working the same roads
  • For the building checked once a month
  • Say whether anyone was living there

  • Answered any hour

    A leak found at 6am on a return visit gets answered at 6am.

A referral line to independent water damage contractors across Colorado, from the plains to the high valleys, reached on one number.

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A return visit, a wet floor, and one question: how long has this been running?

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

Unwatched buildings in Ward

Found on a return visit or after a cold night, a leak anywhere in Ward reaches an independent contractor who works the area on one call. At about 9,500 feet, Ward's homes are heated almost entirely by propane and wood, and most were built before 1940.

What the homes date from

Just 6.6 percent of the homes in Ward 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. An old mountain house heated by a tank or a stove has no gas line to fall back on, so any absence longer than a day is a question of fuel.

The months to watch

Nights in Ward normally fall below freezing 8 months of the year, deepest in February at 11.5 degrees, the stretch when a line in unheated space can freeze with nobody there to notice; April is the wettest month at 4.67 of 31.17 inches a year, rain recorded at Niwot 2.6 miles away and temperatures 2.9 miles away. Three winter months have normal highs below freezing, near 28 degrees, and April, the wettest month, still has freezing nights, so a line split in winter may not show itself until spring.

The usual failures here

  • Propane heat in most homes, where a delivery delayed by snow leaves the house without heat
  • Wood heat in about two in five, which stops as soon as the fire goes out
  • Heavy April snow that can keep anyone from reaching an empty house for days

Water Damage Restoration services in Ward

Burst pipes, vacant-home losses, ice dams, meltwater and septic backups: Water Damage Restoration puts each call to independent contractors in Ward.

Areas covered around Ward

Property in another town? Find it on the list.

Frequently asked questions

What does a spring snowstorm mean for an empty house in Ward?

That it may be unreachable for days, in the season with the heaviest snow of the year. April storms here are common, and freezing nights continue into May. A house that loses heat during a storm can freeze before anyone can get to it.

How should a Ward house heated by wood be left for more than a day?

With a backup heater that keeps running on its own, or with the water shut off and the lines drained. A stove burns down within hours, and at this elevation an unheated old house can freeze overnight for most of the year.

If a delivery truck cannot reach Ward, how long does a propane-heated house stay warm?

Only as long as the fuel left in the tank. When snow delays a delivery and the tank empties, the furnace stops and the house cools until its lines freeze. Keeping the tank well above empty through the winter, with automatic delivery and a tank-level alert, is the main protection.

Ward, CO

Water in an empty Ward building?

Call once, at no cost, and reach an independent local contractor. Nothing to pay for asking.

Call (833) 243-4415

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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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