Sewer Line Repair in Englewood, CO

Englewood and Littleton share a history

Englewood sits directly north of Littleton along the South Platte, and the two cities were built out along the same corridor in overlapping periods. The practical consequence for us is that an Englewood sewer call and a downtown Littleton one tend to look much the same when the camera goes in.

Both are grid-platted with close-set lots, so laterals are short. Both have housing stock that predates the Second World War in places. And both run vitrified clay under a lot of their older streets.

What that means in practice

Clay laterals in Englewood fail the way clay fails everywhere — at the joints. A two-foot section means a joint every two feet, and after seventy or eighty years of Front Range freeze-and-thaw cycling most of them have moved far enough to leak a little. In a dry climate, a leaking sewer joint is the most attractive thing in the ground for a root system.

The cottonwoods along the Platte corridor are the main offenders here. They are shallow-rooted, aggressive, and they travel. The tree in the problem is rarely the tree in your own yard.

The advantage of short laterals

Englewood lots are close to the street. A typical lateral here runs 30 to 45 feet, against 60 to 100 on the deep-setback lots out in Ken Caryl. Since both open-cut replacement and trenchless lining are priced largely by the foot, a full renewal in Englewood is frequently the least expensive version of that job anywhere in our service area.

What offsets it

Narrow lots mean tight access. A machine that works comfortably on a Roxborough lot may not fit between two Englewood houses, and the work goes slower for it. Mature street trees and established landscaping make trenching more disruptive and more expensive to put back. Both are arguments for looking at trenchless methods first.

Permits

Englewood is Arapahoe County, which keeps the permitting straightforward — the same office as 80120 and 80121 and 80122. Excavation reaching the right-of-way needs a permit and an inspection before backfill. We pull and schedule both.

What we do in this area

• Camera inspection and line locating — the first step on every job
• Trenchless repair — CIPP lining and pipe bursting
• Full line replacement — when the pipe is past saving
• Hydro jetting — grease, scale and root debris
• Root cutting and treatment
• Emergency callouts — any hour, any day

Nearby areas

Downtown Littleton in 80120 is immediately south and shares the same construction era. Centennial and Greenwood Village in 80121 and 80122 lie east.

Every ZIP code and neighborhood we serve.

Questions we get asked

Do you cover Englewood as well as Littleton?

Yes. Englewood is immediately north of Littleton along the South Platte and we work throughout. The construction history is similar enough that the two areas produce much the same findings when the camera goes in.

Why do Englewood sewer lines have so many root problems?

Old clay laterals laid in two-foot sections, so a joint every two feet, combined with mature cottonwoods along the Platte corridor. Cottonwood roots are shallow, aggressive and travel a long way in dry ground, and a leaking clay joint is the wettest thing available.

Which county issues the permit?

Arapahoe County, the same office that covers downtown Littleton and the Centennial side. Excavation reaching the public right-of-way needs a permit and an inspection before backfill, and we handle both.

Can old clay be lined instead of dug up?

Usually, provided it is still round. A CIPP liner is jointless, so it closes every entry point the roots were using. Clay that has separated far enough for soil to wash into the pipe generally needs replacing instead.

Where Englewood and Littleton meet

The boundary runs through streets rather than around them, and the ZIP code on your mail does not always match the jurisdiction. We will confirm it before quoting.

Call (303) 555-0147

Platte Sewer Co. — sewer line repair in Littleton, CO. Open 24 hours.