The pipe running from your water meter to your house is leaking. Maybe you saw a soggy patch in the lawn. Maybe your bill doubled. Maybe water is pooling near the foundation. Call (720) 555-0187. Our Littleton crew locates underground leaks, digs only where we have to, and gets your supply line fixed fast.
Your supply line is the pipe that carries water from the city main at the street into your house. It runs under your yard, usually 4 to 6 feet deep in Littleton to stay below the frost line.
When this pipe leaks, you lose water, you lose pressure, and the water bill climbs every day until it gets fixed.
Spot these early and you save thousands of gallons of wasted water.
A patch of lawn that stays soggy even in dry weather usually means water is surfacing from a buried leak. Sometimes you see a small sinkhole forming.
A stripe of lawn that is noticeably greener and taller than the rest? That is your water line feeding it from below.
Underground leaks waste huge amounts of water fast. If your Littleton water bill jumped by $100 or more with no change in how you use water, check the supply line.
If pressure dropped at every faucet at once, water is escaping before it reaches the house.
A compromised supply line can suck air in through the break. Faucets sputter when you turn them on.
Shut everything off inside. Go check the meter. If the dial is still moving, water is leaving the line somewhere between the meter and the house.
If you spot any of these, shut your main off and call us. Our emergency water shut off service can walk you through the valve location over the phone.
Local soil, climate, and old pipe materials all play a role.
South Platte clay is the big one. It swells when wet and shrinks when dry. That constant shift puts stress on the supply line, especially at the connections to the meter and to the house. Over years, the pipe cracks or pulls apart at the joints.
Where the pipe comes up out of the ground into the house, it crosses the frost line. A cold winter with poor insulation on that transition can split the pipe right where it enters.
Many older Littleton homes still have original galvanized steel or early copper supply lines. Galvanized rusts from the inside and fails. Copper from the 50s and 60s is at the end of its service life.
Big trees in Downtown Littleton and the older parts of Sterne Park send roots deep looking for water. If your supply line is already seeping, roots find it and wrap around the pipe, cracking it open further.
Backfill around older supply lines sometimes includes rocks that press against the pipe over time. Soil settling makes it worse. Eventually the pressure point becomes a leak point.
Digging the entire yard is old school and expensive. We skip that. Here is what we actually do:
We use ground microphones that pick up the sound of water escaping underground. Walk the line, listen through headphones, and the loudest spot is right over the leak.
For stubborn leaks or long runs, we push a safe nitrogen-hydrogen gas mix through the line. A sensor above ground finds where the gas escapes. Pinpoint accurate.
We isolate the supply line and run a pressure test to confirm the leak is in the buried section and not inside the house. Saves wasted digging.
We use a locator to map exactly where the supply line runs under your yard. No guessing, no random holes.
Right fix for the actual damage, not the biggest invoice.
If the leak is in one small section and the rest of the pipe is healthy, we dig a small access hole right over the leak, cut out the bad piece, and splice in new pipe with proper fittings. Minimal yard damage. Done in a few hours.
For medium-sized failures or multiple leaks in a short stretch, we replace a longer section of line through a trench or a few access points.
When the pipe is old galvanized, badly corroded, or has had multiple failures, replacing the entire line is the honest fix. We talk through this openly if that is what your line needs.
For long runs where digging would destroy a mature lawn or landscaping, we use trenchless methods. We pull new PEX or HDPE pipe through the path of the old line with just two small pits at each end. Lawn stays mostly intact.
Type K Copper. Thick-wall copper rated for buried service. Lasts 50 to 70 years, handles pressure, and holds up to Littleton soil chemistry well.
PEX. Flexible, freeze resistant, and great for trenchless pulls. Standard for most modern residential supply line work.
HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene). Tough plastic pipe with heat-fused joints that have no leak points. Common for longer runs or where ground movement is a concern.
We recommend the material based on your yard, your soil, and the length of the run.
We handle the paperwork and check whose line it even is before you pay a dollar.
Supply line work from the meter to the house usually needs a permit from Littleton. We pull the permit and handle the inspection coordination. You do not have to chase paperwork.
If the leak is on the city side of the meter, that is Littleton's responsibility, not yours. We check that first before quoting anything. No point charging you for a job the city should do for free.
Depends on scope.
3 to 6 hours. Water is usually back on the same day.
1 day on site to complete the cut-in and backfill.
1 to 2 days depending on length and driveway or sidewalk crossings.
1 day for most residential runs with lawn largely intact.
Water is usually back on same day for spot repairs. Larger jobs may have your water off for a longer stretch while we work.
Quick list.
Shut the main water off at the meter or at the house valve.
Mark the wet spot in the yard with a flag or a brick so we can find it.
Clear the area of patio furniture, planters, or anything in the way.
If you have a sprinkler system, note where the lines run so we avoid them.
Take photos of the wet area and your water bill for your records.
Our leak detection service can also pinpoint the exact location before we arrive, which saves time and dig cost.
Local, honest, and respectful of your yard.
Yard leaks waste thousands of gallons fast. We answer the phone day and night so you are not watching your bill climb for days waiting for help.
We work in Littleton every day. We know the soil, the frost line, the common pipe materials in each neighborhood, and the permit process. The person who picks up is in Colorado.
You get the full quote before we break ground. No padded invoice at the end.
We dig only where we have to. Trenchless methods when they make sense. Clean refill after the job so your lawn bounces back fast.
Once the line is fixed and tested, our post repair system inspection confirms pressure and flow across the whole house.
Different parts of Littleton have different underground challenges.
Downtown and Sterne Park homes often have original galvanized supply lines from the 50s. Big mature trees in these neighborhoods make root damage common. Trenchless methods are popular here to save landscaping.
Ketring Park and Columbine Hills homes from the 70s often have copper lines reaching end of life. Clay soil shifts have cracked many joints over the decades.
Columbine Knolls and newer builds usually have PEX or HDPE already, so when they fail it is often a fitting issue or ground settling near the house.
Check our service areas page for the full neighborhood list.
Straight answers about underground supply line repair in Littleton.
Every day a buried leak sits is more water wasted, more soil washed out, more risk of foundation damage. The fix is not getting cheaper by waiting. Pick up the phone. Dial (720) 555-0187. Our Littleton crew is on call 24/7 with the gear to find your leak and fix it fast, without tearing up your yard. Honest quote. Clean work. Water back on, lawn mostly intact.