Neighborhoods first: southwest Denver and the Littleton edge
Denver is a consolidated city and county of 715,522 people at the 2020 census, so a water damage page for the whole of it would say nothing. We dispatch to the south and southwest side that touches Littleton: Harvey Park, Ruby Hill, Athmar Park, Bear Valley, Westwood, Marston, Southmoor Park and University Hills are all among the city's named statistical neighborhoods.
Water damage restoration in Denver, CO from our Littleton base is mostly about what those blocks are made of. Brick ranches, bungalows and mid-century homes have basements, older supply lines and finishes that tell us a lot about where water went.
Harvey Park was annexed in 1954, and about 4,000 homes were built there from 1954 into the late 1950s. Athmar Park is mostly brick ranches and bungalows from the 1940s and 1950s, with some earlier ones from the 1920s and 1930s. Ruby Hill sits between the South Platte River and Federal Boulevard.
When a home is that age, galvanized supply lines, old shut-off valves and original drain lines are common, and failures are often slow leaks that go undetected for weeks.
What to do if water is still spreading in southwest Denver
Close the main
Find the shut-off, usually where the water line enters the house, and turn it fully off.
Check the power
If water touches outlets or the panel, stay out and call your utility or 911 before calling us.
Protect the floor
Lift rugs, boxes and electronics off wet floors. Photograph the damage first.
Avoid sewage
If the water smells like sewage, stay out and keep children and pets away. If you smell gas, leave and call 911.
Call dispatch
We answer around the clock. Tell us the neighborhood, the cross streets and what is wet.
Floods in Denver's history and what they mean for a basement
The Mile High Flood District calls the 1965 South Platte flood Denver's worst flood of record, with about 300 million dollars in losses in the city, and the district itself was formed in 1969 in response. The USGS notes that the South Platte at Denver peaked at 3,930 cubic feet per second on September 12, 2013, compared with 40,300 in 1965.
Cherry Creek has its own record: a flood in 1864, and the failure of Castlewood Dam in 1933. The Cherry Creek Dam, built in the early 1950s, is credited with preventing about 130 million dollars in damage in 1965. A dam lowers the risk, and it does not stop a burst pipe or a clogged window well.
Practically, a Denver basement on a lower elevation can see water from a storm, a water heater, or a failed sump pump. If you are near the river or a gulch, check the FEMA flood map for your address and ask your insurer what is covered.
Utilities and permits in Denver
Our work follows ANSI/IICRC S500, the published standard for water damage restoration, which any homeowner can ask a company about.
Denver Water supplies the city, and its cold weather tips explain the shut-off location, the risk from a frozen meter, and why to use a hair dryer instead of a torch. Replacing a frozen meter that cracks is the homeowner's cost. For rebuild permits, ask the Denver building department which ones apply, because we do not state code rules we cannot verify.
| ZIP | What the lookup shows | How we confirm |
|---|---|---|
| 80219 | Denver, parts of southwest Denver including Ruby Hill Park and Harvey Park | By street address |
| 80236 | Denver, also lists Lakewood | By street address |
| 80235 | Denver, also lists Lakewood | By street address |
Cross-border ZIPs are common in this part of the metro, so addresses decide coverage. We also work in Englewood and Aurora, and the process there is the same.
Water damage in southwest Denver? Call dispatch and give us your cross streets.
Call (303) 952-8295Cleanup and rebuild: the usual Denver sequence
A typical call in this part of Denver starts with a supply line or a washing machine hose, ends with soaked carpet and wet drywall, and moves into water damage cleanup for removal and sanitizing. The rebuild follows under water damage repair once readings are dry. Contaminated flooding, including sewage, goes through flood damage restoration.
Scope and price are explained before work starts. Sudden and accidental water damage is often covered, gradual leaks often are not, and flood usually needs separate coverage. Check your policy and ask your insurer.
Common questions
Yes, for the southwest and south Denver neighborhoods we serve from Littleton. Dispatch answers around the clock. Call with your street address and tell us what is wet.
We serve 80219, 80236 and 80235 on the south and southwest side, and we confirm every other Denver address when you call. Several Denver ZIPs cross into neighboring cities, so the street address decides.
Our dispatch focus is southwest and south Denver, closest to our Littleton office. If you are elsewhere in the city, call and we will tell you honestly what we can do.
Call the city's sewer or wastewater line for the blockage, which we do not clear, and call us for cleanup inside the house once the main is working.