Commercial Plumbing in Lakewood, CO

Lakewood's utility patchwork

Lakewood has no single water company. Denver Water sells to nearly 20 providers inside the city, and the City of Lakewood Water Utility is only one of them. Others include Consolidated Mutual Water Company, Green Mountain, Bear Creek, Alameda and Bancroft-Clover water and sanitation districts. Sewer is split the same way, among the Lakewood Water and Sewer Utility and districts such as Northwest Lakewood, East Lakewood and Wheat Ridge Sanitation. The city's My Neighborhood tool tells you which providers serve a given address.

On the city's own water system, Lakewood maintains the main, the service line to the meter pit and the pit hardware, and the owner takes care of the line from the pit to the building. Districts can draw that line differently. Lakewood's building stock skews older, with a median build year of 1977 and about 56% built before 1980 (city-wide ACS figures), so strip centers and small office buildings from that era may still have original drain and supply piping. Plumbing permits go through the Building Department's permit counter or the eTRAKiT portal.

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Signs it is time to call

• A restroom toilet or urinal that runs constantly
• Slow drains in a salon, kitchen or break room
• Sewer odor near a floor drain or cleanout
• A water bill that jumps without a reason
• Stains on ceiling tiles below a restroom

Seasonal timing

Hard freezes and fast temperature swings are routine along the Front Range. Before winter, have irrigation and outdoor lines drained and check any piping that runs through unheated stockrooms, loading areas or exterior walls. Spring is a sensible time to restart irrigation and get any backflow work your water provider asks for done before summer.