A finished basement is usually the best value in a Northern Colorado house. It's also, by a wide margin, the most expensive room to dry out. Two identical Loveland homes take on the same two inches of water. The one with an unfinished basement is a three-day drying...
Living Near the Big Thompson: Flood, Snowmelt and Basement Water in Loveland
Loveland has a relationship with the Big Thompson that most cities don't have with their river. In 1976, a wall of water came down the canyon in one of the deadliest floods in Colorado history. In September 2013 it happened again — less catastrophic, still enormous....
Sewer Backup in a Greeley Basement: Why It Happens Here and What to Do First
Of all the ways water gets into a Northern Colorado home, this is the one homeowners are least prepared for. There's no storm, no burst pipe, no warning. Someone runs the washing machine and the basement floor drain starts producing water that should be leaving the...
Why Windsor Basements Flood: Groundwater, the Water Table, and What Actually Stops It
Windsor was built around water. Lakes, ponds, irrigation ditches, reservoirs and the Poudre River corridor are the reason the town looks the way it does — and they're also the reason we get basement flooding calls here that have nothing to do with a broken pipe....
Gutter & Downspout Neglect: The #1 Fall Cause of Basement and Foundation Water Damage
Nobody thinks about their gutters until something goes wrong. They're twenty feet up, out of sight, and cleaning them ranks somewhere below "organize the garage" on most weekend lists. But here in Northern Colorado, a clogged gutter in October is one of the most...
Sprinkler & Irrigation Leaks: The Late-Summer Cause of Basement Flooding Nobody Talks About
Every August we get the same call from somewhere in Northern Colorado: a homeowner has a damp basement wall, a musty smell in the corner of a finished room, or a wet patch on the carpet — and there hasn't been rain in two weeks. They're baffled. We're not. Nine times...







