Frozen Pipe Repair in Arvada, CO

Call now. A frozen pipe is under mechanical stress — the expanding ice is pressing outward against the pipe wall. Every hour it stays frozen increases the risk of a crack forming. Safe professional thawing and a quick inspection is far less disruptive than a burst followed by water damage repair.

You can warm the area with a space heater, open cabinet doors to let house heat reach under-sink pipes, or apply warm towels to an exposed pipe section. What you should never do is use an open flame or a heat gun applied directly to the pipe for an extended time — this risks scorching flammable materials, cracking plastic fittings, and creating a steam explosion in a sealed section. If the pipe is inside a wall or in a crawl space, call us.

Keep cabinet doors under sinks on exterior walls open during extreme cold to let heated air circulate. Maintain indoor temperature at 55 degrees F or above even when you are away. Shut off and drain hose bibs before winter. For chronically at-risk pipe runs, electric self-regulating heat tape is the most reliable long-term solution — we install it during a freeze-prevention service call.

You may not be able to tell before the pipe thaws. That is why we pressure-test and inspect the thawed section before fully restoring supply. Small fractures in copper and CPVC are often invisible until pressurized water finds them. A professional thaw with a post-thaw inspection is the right way to find out, rather than restoring full pressure and then discovering the leak inside the wall.

Yes. We can do a winterization walkthrough of your home's most vulnerable pipe locations — crawl space, exterior walls, garage, hose bibs — and install insulation or heat tape where it is needed. It is a much better investment than a burst pipe repair and the water damage that follows. Call today for service availability and upfront estimate options.

A frost-free sillcock is designed to drain the water out of the pipe when you close it — but only if the hose is disconnected. If a hose is left attached, the drain port inside the valve cannot empty, and the water sitting in the supply line inside your exterior wall freezes during a deep cold snap. The fix for this season is to disconnect the hose and let the line drain. If the sillcock was damaged, we replace it with a properly functioning frost-free model and check the supply line inside the wall for any existing freeze damage.

PEX is significantly more freeze-resistant than copper or CPVC — it can expand and contract with freezing water to a degree, which reduces but does not eliminate the risk of a burst. A severe or prolonged freeze can still split PEX, particularly at fittings and connection points where the pipe cannot flex. PEX in an unheated crawl space during a Arvada cold snap still needs insulation. After a freeze event, we inspect PEX fittings closely — they are the most likely failure point even when the pipe itself survives.