Englewood runs its own sanitary sewer, with wastewater treated at South Platte Renew, so a replacement here usually covers the private pipe from your house to the city's main. With a median home age dating to 1964, many of those lines are original and worn along their length. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Englewood.
Englewood's sewer and its older housing
The City of Englewood operates sanitary sewer service, and South Platte Renew, the regional plant serving Littleton and Englewood plus connector districts, treats the wastewater. Some Englewood-area addresses fall in other districts, such as South Englewood Sanitation, and the city's Find Your Sanitation District page shows which applies. For a water or sewer emergency in the city's system, Englewood Utilities answers at 303-762-2635 during business hours and 303-762-2650 after hours.
Englewood's housing is among the older stock in the south metro. The median home was built in 1964 and about 68% went up before 1980, according to ACS 2019-2023 estimates, and the northwest part of the city has housing from the 1910s. Homes from those eras were generally connected with clay or cast iron pipe. Roots work into clay joints and cast iron rusts from within, so by now a camera often shows defects from the foundation to the street.
| What the camera finds | Common response |
|---|---|
| One cracked joint | Spot repair |
| Roots at many clay joints | Replace, often by bursting a new pipe through the old path |
| Scaled, thin cast iron that still holds shape | Lining can work; otherwise replace |
| Bellied or collapsed pipe | Open trench and a new line at the right slope |
| Old line plus worn pipe under the house | Replace both in one project |
Signs to watch for
- Root cutting every year or two
- Basement floor drains filling during laundry
- More than one fixture slowing at once
- Fragments of clay or rust on a camera inspection
Timing and the permit
The City of Englewood Building Division lists water or drain line alterations among the work that needs a permit. Applications go through the city's online permit system, contractors must hold a City of Englewood license, and homeowners doing their own work file an affidavit. The division is at 1000 Englewood Parkway, 303-762-2357, and the city has adopted the 2021 International Plumbing Code. With so many original laterals in town, it pays to have a camera inspection before a line fails completely, so a replacement can be scheduled in mild weather instead of during a winter backup.
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