Centennial did not exist as a city until February 7, 2001, when more than 100,000 people in unincorporated Arapahoe County voted themselves into the largest incorporation in American history at the time. About 108,000 people live there now, across nearly 30 square miles on both sides of Interstate 25 at about 5,720 feet. The houses came before the city: 1960s and 1970s ranches and split-levels in the older subdivisions west of I-25 near the Cherry Hills Village line, 1980s and 1990s two-stories east of the interstate, and newer builds out toward Centennial Airport. Basements are the norm, and most are finished.
Little Dry Creek rises in Centennial west of I-25 and flows northwest through Cherry Hills Village to the Platte, Big Dry Creek drains the east side, and the High Line Canal trail crosses the city. Water in a Centennial basement is usually one of three things: ground water along a creek in a wet spring, a 1970s supply line that split in a freeze, or a sprinkler system that runs all summer next to the foundation.
This site puts Centennial homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. Nothing gets decided until the provider has metered the basement.
A lower level that took ground water along the creek-side wall is a basement flooding cleanup, and every wall on the level gets metered. A second-floor bathroom supply in a 1994 two-story that let go over the living room is burst pipe water damage. A slow leak in a sprinkler main next to the foundation that showed up on the bill is a leak detection call.
Centennial does not run its own stormwater program; the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority maps the floodplains along Little Dry Creek and Big Dry Creek for the city and the unincorporated county around it, and its maps say whether a lot sits in the regulatory floodplain. Rebuild permits for plumbing, drywall, and wiring go through the city's Building Division at the civic center on East Arapahoe Road.
Call (720) 807-5901 and describe what is on the floor. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider working in Centennial.
Groundwater, a failed pit pump, or a broken line in a finished Cherry Hills basement pumped out, then carpet pad, drywall, and framing metered.
Standing water pulled off hardwood, tile, and basement concrete on any level of the house, with the first moisture readings taken the same visit.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run against daily readings until plaster, studs, subfloor, and slab reach their dry target in a mile-high house.
Cleanup after a supply line, hose bib, or sprinkler backflow froze in a January cold snap and split, then drying of everything the thaw soaked.
A failed supply line, boiler fitting, or radiant loop on an upper floor, and the ceilings, walls, and floors below it, dried from the top down.
A high Denver Water bill, a warm patch on a slab, or a musty wall traced to its source before anyone opens plaster or cuts tile.
A tank that let go in a basement mechanical room or a garage closet, and the flooring, drywall, and storage around it dried out.
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and walls dried after a summer hailstorm or a wind-lifted shingle let water into the house.