Plumbing Inspection in Cherry Hills Village, CO

Good reasons to book one

• Buying a large home with several baths and more than one water heater
• A long sewer lateral running under mature trees and landscaping
• Extensive irrigation with a backflow assembly of unknown status
• Planning a major remodel or addition
• An older home where the supply piping has never been replaced

How Cherry Hills Village is served

This is one of the most fragmented utility maps in the metro. Denver Water lists the City of Cherry Hills Village as a Total Service distributor, but the city's provider list also names Southgate, Cherrymoor, Charlou Park, Holly Mutual, South University Place and several other small water districts, plus Englewood Utilities. Sewer is split too: Cherry Hills Village Sanitation District is separate from the city and publishes its own service line standards, and other sanitation districts serve some streets.

In Denver Water areas, the owner owns and pays for the service line, including the pipe and fittings up to and including the stop and waste valve, plus the meter pit and meter. On a big lot that can be a long run of pipe. Denver Water's lead reduction program map also labels the Cherry Hills Village distributor area, so on an older home it is worth confirming what the service line is made of.

Irrigation is common here. In Denver Water areas, backflow assemblies must be tested at installation and every year after by a certified tester, and single-family requirements depend on site hazard. Whether that applies on every small district's system was not confirmed, so check with the provider on the bill.

What changes the price

• Square footage, number of bathrooms and number of water heaters
• Length of the sewer lateral if a camera run is added
• Pool, guest house or outbuilding plumbing
• Irrigation and backflow assemblies to review
• A written report for the purchase

After you call

You will be connected with an independent plumber who works in Cherry Hills Village. Have the address and the water and sewer bills ready so the plumber knows which provider's rules apply. If repairs follow, plumbing work outside the scope of a main building permit needs its own permit from the city's Building Division. Gas comes from Xcel Energy; if you smell gas, leave first, then call 911 and Xcel at 1-800-895-2999 from outside.