Emergency Plumber in Englewood, CO
Around the clock, Englewood Apex Plumbing answers the phone and dispatches a plumber to houses, rentals and businesses across Englewood, from the post-war bungalows off South Broadway to the apartments around CityCenter. You hear the likely cause and a price range before any work starts.
A 24/7 plumber built around how Englewood homes are plumbed
An emergency plumber is the person you call when water, sewage or gas is going somewhere it shouldn't and waiting until Monday would cost more than the repair. In Englewood that call is usually about one of three things: a sewer line full of roots, a water heater that quit or started leaking, or an old supply pipe that finally split.
Englewood is a 6.6-square-mile city in Arapahoe County that sits directly south of Denver, and a big share of it went up quickly after World War II. City-data puts the median build year for houses here at 1955. That single number predicts a lot about what is behind the drywall before a plumber ever opens it.
Houses from that era commonly have galvanized steel supply pipe, cast iron drain stacks and clay or cast iron sewer pipe running out under the front yard. Each of those materials fails in a recognizable way, and each points to a different fix. Knowing which one you are dealing with is how a 2 a.m. call turns into a single visit instead of three.
We take calls from both of Englewood's main ZIP codes, 80110 and 80113, around the clock. For a slow sink or tub that is not overflowing yet, our drain cleaning in Englewood is usually the right starting point, and it can often be booked for the same day.
What Englewood's housing age means for your pipes
The lead service line program, and the part it leaves to you
The City of Englewood runs a Lead Reduction Program that replaces lead service lines with copper. Replacements began in 2024, and the city says any home built before 1960 may have a lead line. Where one is confirmed, the program replaces the pipe from the water main in the street to just inside the house.
What the program does not touch is the plumbing inside your walls. If a 1950s ranch keeps its galvanized supply pipe after the new copper line goes in, that interior pipe keeps corroding at the same pace. Rusty water on the first draw, weak pressure upstairs and pinhole leaks at threaded joints are the signs that pricing out whole-home repiping makes sense.
Outside the program, the city owns the line from the main to the curb stop and the property owner owns everything from the curb stop into the house. A soggy patch of lawn between the meter and the foundation is therefore a private water service line repair, not a city work order.
Your sewer lateral is yours to maintain
Englewood homes are served by several sanitation districts, and South Platte Renew keeps an online map showing which one covers an address. South Englewood Sanitation District No. 1 spells out the rule most of them follow: the sewer line from the building up to and including the tap into the district main belongs to the owner.
In practice that means a backup that keeps returning after the line is snaked is almost always a private repair. A camera run down the line shows whether roots are getting in at a joint, whether a section has sagged, or whether the pipe has cracked. That footage decides between cleaning, a spot fix and full sewer line repair in Englewood.
Hot water on Englewood's own water supply
Englewood treats its own drinking water at the Allen Water Treatment Plant, first built in 1958, using water from City Ditch and the South Platte River. The city has an active program aimed at improving the water's taste, odor and hardness, which tells you minerals are a known issue here.
Those minerals settle as scale in the bottom of tank heaters and inside the heat exchanger of a tankless unit. A tankless heater that has never been descaled is a frequent cause of no-hot-water calls in remodeled homes. Annual flushing through a tankless water heater service visit costs far less than replacing a scaled heat exchanger.
Older heating systems still on boilers
Census estimates compiled by Point2 put about 11 percent of Englewood's homes before 1940 and another 9 percent in the 1940s. A number of those older houses still heat with a hot-water boiler and cast iron radiators rather than a furnace.
A boiler that loses pressure or starts short-cycling in January is a genuine emergency when overnight lows drop well below freezing, because unheated rooms put nearby pipes at risk too. Our boiler repair service covers pressure loss, leaking relief valves and circulator pump failures.
Common Englewood plumbing problems by house age
Use this as a rough guide when you call. It is based on the pipe materials typical of each building period in the Denver metro, not on an inspection of your specific house.
| Built | Typical pipe materials | Most likely emergency | Usual first fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1950 | Galvanized supply, cast iron stack, clay sewer | Root blockage in the sewer lateral | Cable or jet the line, then camera it. |
| Post-war, 1950 to 1965 | Galvanized or early copper, cast iron drains | Split supply pipe or rusted-out water heater | Section repair now, repipe quote after. |
| Later, 1966 to 1990 | Copper supply, ABS or cast iron drains | Water heater tank failure | Same-day heater replacement. |
| Recent, 1990 to today | PEX or copper, PVC drains, tankless heaters | Scaled or faulted tankless unit | Descale and error-code diagnosis. |
Plumbing services in Englewood
Every service below has its own page with Englewood-specific causes, warning signs and cost factors.
Tankless Water Heater Service
Scale removal, fault codes, venting and ignition faults on on-demand heaters.
Repiping
Replacing galvanized supply pipe with PEX or copper, room by room or whole house.
Drain Cleaning
Kitchen, bath and main line clogs cleared with cable machines and cameras.
Water Heater Repair
Pilot, thermocouple, element and leaking valve repairs on tank heaters.
Sewer Line Repair
Root intrusion, offset joints and cracked laterals found by camera first.
Leak Detection
Acoustic and thermal tools to find hidden leaks behind walls and floors.
Boiler Repair
Pressure loss, relief valve and circulator problems on hot-water heat.
Burst Pipe Repair
Emergency shutoff help and pipe repair after a split or frozen line.
Water Line Repair
Leaks on the private line between the curb stop and your house.
The full list, including toilet repair, gas line work, backflow testing, water softeners and commercial plumbing, is on our Englewood plumbing services page.
Is it an emergency, or can it wait until morning?
Not every plumbing problem needs a 24-hour plumber. These are the situations where calling now saves money, and the ones where booking a daytime visit is fine.
Call right away if
- Water running from a pipe, fitting or tank that you cannot stop at a fixture valve.
- Sewage coming up a basement floor drain, tub or toilet.
- A water heater leaking from the tank body itself rather than from a fitting.
- No heat from a boiler during freezing weather.
- Water coming through a ceiling below a bathroom or kitchen.
Gas smell: If you smell gas, leave the house first. Call Xcel Energy's gas emergency line or 911 from outside, and only call a plumber once the utility says it is safe to go back in.
Usually fine to schedule
A drip at the faucet, a toilet that runs between flushes or one sluggish bathroom sink is fine to book for a daytime visit. They still waste water, so book them within a few days rather than a few months.
From your call to a finished repair
You call
Tell us what you see, where the water is and if you managed to find the shutoff. Photos help if you can text them afterward.
We dispatch
You get an estimated arrival window. If traffic on Hampden or Santa Fe changes it, you hear about it.
Find the cause
Cameras, pressure tests or thermal imaging come first. You get the diagnosis and price before any repair.
Fix and tidy up
The repair is made to the Colorado Plumbing Code, permits are pulled when the city requires them, and the work area is cleaned.
What affects the price of plumbing work in Englewood
We do not post flat prices, because the same symptom can turn out to be a quick valve swap or a full line replacement. These are the factors that actually move the number.
Time of the call
Nights, weekends and holidays cost more than a scheduled weekday visit. If the water is off and the leak is stable, waiting until morning can be worth it.
Access to the pipe
An exposed basement pipe is quick to reach. A line behind a finished wall, under a slab or below a driveway adds opening and patching time.
Pipe material and age
Galvanized and cast iron often crumble when disturbed, so a small repair can grow. We tell you before cutting if that is likely.
Permits and inspections
Water heater replacements, gas line work and sewer replacements generally need a City of Englewood permit, which adds a fee and an inspection visit.
Equipment choice
A tankless heater or a trenchless sewer liner costs more up front than a tank heater or an open trench, but each has its own long-run trade-offs.
On insurance: most homeowners policies pay for sudden damage when a pipe bursts, but not for fixing the failed pipe itself, and not slow leaks. Sewer backup damage is commonly excluded unless a backup rider was added, so check your policy before a problem, not after.
Estimates are free for non-emergency work, and emergency jobs get a price before the repair begins. Want your real number? Call (303) 552-3896.
Englewood plumbing questions
Yes. The line at (303) 552-3896 is answered 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays, and calls are dispatched across Englewood and nearby Arapahoe County suburbs. Tell us whether water is still running when you call so the plumber arrives ready for it.
Yes, for non-emergency work such as a water heater replacement, a repipe or a planned sewer repair. For emergency calls you get a clear price for the repair before any work begins, and the invoice matches what you approved.
The city owns the water line from the main in the street to the curb stop. Everything from the curb stop into your home is the owner's responsibility, so a leak in that stretch is a private repair.
The one exception is a confirmed lead service line. Englewood's Lead Reduction Program replaces those with copper from the main to just inside the house, and the city's online inventory map shows your line's material.
Repeat backups in older Englewood homes are usually caused by tree roots growing into joints of clay or cast iron pipe. Snaking clears the roots, but they grow back through the same gap.
A camera inspection shows where the entry point is and whether the pipe has cracked or sagged. From there the choice is regular maintenance cleaning, a spot repair or a full sewer line replacement.
Yes. We cover both of Englewood's main ZIP codes, 80110 and 80113, and dispatch to Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Centennial and Denver's University Park as well. That puts nearby ZIP codes such as 80111, 80121, 80122, 80210 and 80236 inside the service area too. Call with your street address if you are not sure we reach you.
Many policies pay for sudden, accidental damage when a pipe bursts. The repair of the pipe itself, slow leaks and damage from lack of maintenance usually are not. Photograph the damage before cleanup and call your insurer early.
Yes. Colorado licenses plumbers at the state level through the State Plumbing Board, and plumbing work in the state follows the Colorado Plumbing Code, which is built on the 2021 IPC (International Plumbing Code). You can ask for the plumber's state license number at the door and look it up on the Colorado DORA website.
Plumbing repair stops the source. Drying out soaked drywall, carpet and subfloor is a separate job, covered on our water damage restoration page, which has its own dedicated phone line for restoration calls.
Water where it shouldn't be?
Call (303) 552-3896 any hour. An Englewood emergency plumber can be on the way while you are still on the phone.