Home Winterization in Denver, CO

By mid-October, honestly — the front range routinely throws a teens-cold night before Halloween, and the damage happens on the first one, not the coldest one. Hose bibs and swamp coolers are the urgent items; drafts and insulation pay for themselves all season whenever they're done. If a hard freeze is already forecast and you're not ready, pull the hoses off tonight; that alone prevents the worst of it.

Water expanding as it freezes, in pipes that hold still water in cold spots: spigots with hoses attached, runs through crawlspaces and garages, lines along uninsulated exterior walls. The burst often happens silently and shows up as a wet wall when things thaw. The defense is unglamorous — drain what can drain, insulate what can't move, and let cold-corner faucets drip on the truly brutal nights.

Ask when you book — sprinkler winterization takes a high-volume air setup and I'll be straight about whether I'm running one this season rather than improvising with the wrong equipment, which is how zone valves crack. The rest of the freeze list — bibs, pipes, cooler, drafts — is all standard scope, and if you need a blowout referral I'll point you at someone legitimate.

Exterior spigots drained and insulated, sprinkler system blown out, vulnerable pipe runs checked and wrapped, and any gaps letting cold into crawlspaces or rim joists sealed. I'll also look at your water heater and furnace filter while I'm there. It's a batching job by nature — the whole list in one visit costs far less than any one of them as an emergency in January.