Englewood began as Orchard Place in 1860 and incorporated in 1903, and it is the working town on Cherry Hills Village's west and north edges. About 33,700 people live in 6.7 square miles in the South Platte valley at about 5,350 feet. The housing boom came after 1948, when the city bought 2,500 acres and built McLellan Reservoir for its own water system, and most of the town was built out by 1960: brick bungalows and ranches on 6,000-square-foot lots, with full basements under nearly all of them, many finished decades ago with paneling and drop ceilings.
Two water stories meet in Englewood. Little Dry Creek runs through the middle of town to the Platte just south of Dartmouth Avenue, and the river itself put much of the low west side under water on June 16, 1965. The other story is age: 1950s copper, 1950s water heaters replaced three times, and clay sewer laterals that back up into a basement floor drain in a heavy rain.
This site puts Englewood homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. The basement gets metered before the provider commits to a scope.
A basement that took water up through the floor drain during a July storm is a basement flooding cleanup, and the crew treats drain water as contaminated. A galvanized or copper supply line that split behind the kitchen wall is burst pipe water damage. A hail-torn roof over a bungalow's back bedroom is roof leak water damage, and the wet insulation comes out.
Rebuild work on drywall, plumbing, and wiring goes through the city's Building Division at the civic center on Englewood Parkway, and Englewood runs its own water utility, so a leak on the street side of the meter is a city call rather than a Denver Water call. The northeast corner of town is a hospital district, and Craig Hospital, the spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital on South Clarkson Street, is one of the city's largest employers.
Call (720) 807-5901 and describe what you see. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider working in Englewood.
Groundwater, a failed pit pump, or a broken line in a finished Cherry Hills basement pumped out, then carpet pad, drywall, and framing metered.
Standing water pulled off hardwood, tile, and basement concrete on any level of the house, with the first moisture readings taken the same visit.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run against daily readings until plaster, studs, subfloor, and slab reach their dry target in a mile-high house.
Cleanup after a supply line, hose bib, or sprinkler backflow froze in a January cold snap and split, then drying of everything the thaw soaked.
A failed supply line, boiler fitting, or radiant loop on an upper floor, and the ceilings, walls, and floors below it, dried from the top down.
A high Denver Water bill, a warm patch on a slab, or a musty wall traced to its source before anyone opens plaster or cuts tile.
A tank that let go in a basement mechanical room or a garage closet, and the flooring, drywall, and storage around it dried out.
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and walls dried after a summer hailstorm or a wind-lifted shingle let water into the house.