Nearly every home in the Town of Morrison was built before 1980, so supply pipe under concrete floors has often been in place for decades. Town of Morrison Public Works provides water and sewer within town, and the plumbing in and under your house is yours to repair. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Morrison.
Signs that point under the floor
- The meter shows use while every fixture is off
- A warm line across a floor in a kitchen, bath or lower level
- Damp carpet or baseboards with no fixture on the other side
- Rusty water at a tap, which can point to old galvanized pipe
- Bills rising without a change in habits
Check toilets and outdoor faucets first.
Morrison conditions
Morrison is a tiny historic foothills town about 20 miles southwest of Denver, known for its stone buildings, its dinosaur fossil history at Dinosaur Ridge and neighboring Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Census survey figures put the median home at 1954, with about 91.4% of its 151 housing units built before 1980. That is about as old as housing gets in the metro, and it makes worn copper or galvanized pipe the leading suspect in any slab leak.
Town of Morrison Public Works treats Bear Creek water at a membrane filtration plant, with two off-stream reservoirs holding raw water for droughts or poor creek conditions, and maintains the town's water and sewer service. The Town's water report could not be retrieved for our fact sheet, so we make no claims about water chemistry. The 80465 ZIP code extends well beyond town limits, and providers outside town were not verified.
Cost factors
- Locating. Old systems can take longer to isolate and pressure test.
- Repair choice. In homes this old, a reroute often beats patching one spot.
- Finishes. Stone, tile or historic flooring is costly to open and match.
- Damage. Drying wet walls, trim or carpet.
- Permit. The Town Building Department, with code enforcement contracted to Charles Abbott Associates, handles permits; plumbing permit details are not posted, so the plumber will confirm with the Town.
When you call
We connect you with an independent plumber who works in Morrison. Share your meter test result, where the warm or damp area is, and whether you are inside town limits. In a house this old, ask the plumber to compare a reroute with a spot repair before any floor is cut. With stone buildings and older floors common in town, leaving the slab alone and running new pipe through walls or ceilings is often the less disruptive path, and it retires the old buried run for good.
Slab Leak Repair questions in Morrison
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