Storm and Hail Water Damage in Lakewood
The 8 May 2017 storm hit Lakewood, and the interior water usually arrives with the rain afterwards.
Lakewood, CO · 80214 · 80215 · 80226 · 80232
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Lakewood, CO
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Turn off the main valve, stay off soaked carpet and keep away from wet outlets, then call (833) 490-5225. The line is answered 24/7 and a local technician is sent as soon as one is available. Lakewood work leans heavily on hail-related interior leaks and basement losses, so the roof path and the drying readings are both documented.
Lakewood is a Jefferson County city south-west of Thornton, on Bear Creek, and worth naming carefully because it shares its name with a city in Ohio - this page is about the Colorado one. Its ZIP codes are all labelled Denver in postal data, so it is identified here by coordinates rather than by ZIP, with centroids sitting roughly sixteen to twenty-two kilometres from the Thornton base. The housing is a wide mix from the post-war era onward, which means the age and construction of the house are established on site rather than assumed from the street.
Hail is the reason Lakewood appears in water-damage work more than its distance would suggest. The 8 May 2017 storm hit the city, and that storm was Colorado's first billion-dollar disaster: insured losses of about $2.3 billion, of which homeowner losses were about $1.4 billion, with damage recorded across Denver and the western suburbs. Those figures come from storm records and a regional newspaper report, not from an estimate for your roof, but they say something useful about scale. What hail actually does is open a path: the covering and the details take the impact, and the next sustained rain runs down the deck to the lowest penetration. That delay is the thing most people miss, and it is why a Lakewood call in June is often about a storm in May.
- City
- Lakewood, CO
- County
- Jefferson County
- ZIP codes
- 80214, 80215, 80226, 80232
- Hours
- Phones answered 24/7
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Roof Leak Water Damage in Lakewood
Bruised coverings and split vent details send the next rain straight into ceilings and wall heads.
Water Damage Restoration in Lakewood
A housing mix from the post-war era onward means the full sequence is sized to the building found on site.
Sump Pump Failure Cleanup in Lakewood
Storm-time pump failures flood lower levels that have no plumbing fault at all.
Mold Remediation After Water Damage in Lakewood
Hail-path leaks often run unnoticed for weeks, which is exactly how long wet material needs.
Emergency Water Removal in Lakewood
Standing water comes out first, before any decision about what can be dried in place.
Today in Lakewood
A freeze window from early October to early May, spring and summer hail, and heavy rain over Big Dry Creek and the South Platte decide which water problems are most likely in Thornton from week to week.
Why does a May hailstorm become a June water call?
Because ice damages the roof and rain delivers the water. A hailstone bruises a shingle, lifts an edge, splits a vent boot or deforms a flashing joint, and none of that necessarily leaks on the day. What it leaves is a route. The next long rain finds it, runs across the deck, soaks the insulation above a ceiling and eventually shows on a finished surface as a ring, a sag or a damp wall head.
The practical response is to look deliberately rather than wait for a stain. Ceilings under the roof, the tops of exterior walls, the back of upstairs cupboards and - if you can see into it safely - the insulation in the attic are where the evidence is. Storm and hail water damage covers the interior work, and after a hailstorm sets out the order of inspection, documentation and claim.
What did the 8 May 2017 storm tell the trade?
That one afternoon can produce more interior water damage than a whole winter. Storm records and a regional newspaper report put insured losses from that event at about $2.3 billion, roughly $1.4 billion of it on homeowner policies, with damage across Denver and the western suburbs including Lakewood. An earlier storm, on 29 September 2014, ran to more than $213 million insured. Those are the documented data points; no figures specific to a Lakewood street are claimed here.
The lesson for a homeowner is less about the dollars than about the queue. After a major hail event, demand for roofing and interior work rises sharply at once, which makes early documentation of your own damage more valuable, not less. Photograph what you can see safely, write down when you first noticed it, keep the record, and check the declarations page for a separate wind or hail deductible, which the Division of Insurance notes is often shown there.
How do basement and lower-level losses run in a post-war Lakewood house?
Much as they do elsewhere on the Front Range, with one local wrinkle: the mix of eras means the lower level could be an unfinished utility space, a 1960s finished basement, or a modern remodel over the same slab. The amount of material standing between the water and the framing is different in each case, and that decides how much has to come out to dry what is behind it.
The order of work does not change. Standing water is extracted, materials that hold water against framing are removed, the space is contained, and drying runs against readings taken at fixed points rather than against a number of days. Where a pump failed during a storm, that is its own scope: sump pump failure cleanup. Where the lower level has been wet for a while before anyone found it, mold remediation after water damage is scoped alongside the drying rather than after it.
Who handles permits and licences for a Jefferson County address?
The City of Lakewood and Jefferson County, not Thornton and not Adams County. Each jurisdiction on the Front Range runs its own contractor licensing and permit rules, so the only office whose answer counts is the one with authority over your address. That is worth establishing before repair work is scheduled, because the permit sequence often sets the pace of the whole job.
The trade licences are statewide. Colorado licenses plumbers and electricians through DORA and publishes a licence search anyone can use, so ask for the credential and verify it yourself rather than accepting an assurance. No claim is made here about a statewide licence for restoration firms, in either direction, because no official source was found that settles it: the honest instruction is to ask what licences and permits the job calls for and then check them.
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Coverage
Where we work in Lakewood
Neighborhoods we cover
- Post-war single-family streets
- Blocks along the Bear Creek corridor
- Later subdivisions on the western side
- Older sections near the Denver boundary
- Mixed residential blocks on the main east-west corridors
- Multi-unit and townhome pockets
Landmarks and main roads
- Bear Creek
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Lakewood ZIP codes we cover: 80214, 80215, 80226, 80232. Type yours to confirm, or just call.
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All services available in Lakewood
- Water Damage Restoration
- Emergency Water Removal
- Basement Flooding Cleanup
- Burst Pipe Water Damage
- Frozen Pipe Damage Repair
- Sewage Backup Cleanup
- Sump Pump Failure Cleanup
- Storm and Hail Water Damage
- Roof Leak Water Damage
- Ceiling Water Damage Repair
- Water Heater Leak Damage
- Appliance Leak Water Damage
- Supply Line Leak Water Damage
- Water Extraction and Drying
- Mold Remediation After Water Damage
- Flood Damage Restoration
- Crawl Space Water Damage
- Commercial Water Damage Restoration
FAQ
Lakewood FAQs
Is this the Colorado Lakewood?
Yes - Lakewood in Jefferson County, on Bear Creek, south-west of Thornton, not the city of the same name in Ohio. It is covered as regular working ground, including 80214, 80215, 80226 and 80232, and the phone is answered at any hour.
Your ZIP lookup says my address is Denver. Am I in the area?
Almost certainly yes. Lakewood's ZIP codes are labelled Denver in postal data, which is a quirk of that data rather than a coverage boundary, so the city was identified here by coordinates. Give the dispatcher your cross streets and coverage is confirmed from the address itself.
How soon after a hailstorm should I have the inside checked?
As soon as you can look, and again after the next long rain, because the interior leak usually shows up then rather than on the day of the storm. Nothing about the timing is urgent in the way a burst pipe is urgent, but material that sits wet for weeks changes from a drying job into a removal job.
Will my insurer pay for the roof and the inside?
That is for your policy and your insurer. The general pattern from the Colorado Division of Insurance is that wind and hail damage is usually covered, often with a separate wind or hail deductible on the declarations page, and that rain entering through storm damage may be covered depending on the policy. The Division does not decide coverage but does review how claims are handled, and a denial has to be explained in writing.
Do you promise an arrival time?
No. Lakewood is one of the further addresses on the list, roughly nineteen kilometres out, and the only honest answer is that dispatch runs 24/7 and a technician is sent as fast as one becomes free. Shutting off the water, if the source is inside the house, is worth more than waiting for a time.