Expert Plumbing Services in Severance, Colorado

The cottonwoods that shade the old blocks are thirsty trees with aggressive roots, and an aging clay or concrete sewer lateral reads as a water source. Fine roots slip through tiny joints and cracks, then thicken until every drain in the house runs slow. You will notice it first as a toilet that gurgles when the washer drains, or a basement floor drain that backs up under heavy use. A camera inspection pinpoints where the roots entered, and the fix is either a targeted repair or a trenchless liner that seals the joints.

Northern Colorado cold snaps arrive fast and stay below freezing for days, which is exactly when thin copper or PEX lines in outside walls give up. Hose bibbs left connected to a garden hose trap water in the stem, and that water expands as it freezes until the pipe splits inside the wall. Water heaters mounted in the garage face the same risk on a cold night when the door stays open. The fix starts with frost-free sillcocks and proper insulation, and for garage units it can mean relocating the most exposed runs or adding heat trace where the layout allows.

When a town pulls hundreds of permits in a year, the new homes go up fast, and some of the hardware inside them is chosen for price, not longevity. Angle stops that seize the first time you touch them, toilet fill valves that run constantly, and dishwasher supply lines with brittle plastic nuts are the usual suspects. These failures show up just as the builder's warranty conversation gets complicated. We replace the weak components with better ones, document everything we touch, and leave you with a written record you can hand to a warranty administrator.

Most new Severance homes come with a sprinkler system, and every one of those systems has a backflow preventer sitting above ground near the house. That brass assembly holds water in chambers and test cocks that cannot survive a hard freeze, and the first October cold snap splits them open. The repair means replacing the cracked body or bonnet, then blowing out the lines for the season. The prevention is simpler: schedule a blowout before the first freeze and insulate the assembly once the system is winterized.

Homes near the downtown grid that date to the early 1900s often still carry their original galvanized steel supply pipes. A century of mineral buildup and internal corrosion narrows those pipes from the inside, so pressure fades a little each year and water can run rusty after sitting overnight. Spot repairs buy time, but once the corrosion is system-wide, a full repipe in copper or PEX restores pressure for good. We map the whole system first so you are replacing pipe, not guessing.

The town has been replacing aging water mains under the older streets, and construction on a water system stirs things up. Shutoffs and tie-ins swing pressure across the neighborhood, and disturbed sediment rides the flow into faucet aerators, toilet fill valves, and water heater tanks. If your pressure jumps around or your hot water turns cloudy during a work week, the mains project is the likely cause. A pressure regulator at the meter and a heater flush after the work settles both protect the plumbing inside your walls.