Water Damage Restoration in Patty Jewett

Updated November 12, 2026

Patty Jewett takes its name from the city golf course at its center. The club traces back to 1897 or 1898, and William Jewett deeded the course to Colorado Springs in 1919 in memory of his late wife, Patty. Around it, roughly between Wahsatch Avenue and Union Boulevard north of Uintah Street, sit early 1900s cottages, Dutch Revival homes, Craftsman bungalows and later midcentury ranches. Much of the housing south of the course predates 1940. The neighborhood straddles the 80907 and 80909 ZIP codes.

The typical Patty Jewett house

Picture a one-and-a-half story bungalow with a front porch, a low attic, a basement that was dug out or enlarged long after the house was built, and a kitchen and bath that have each been redone two or three times. That history shapes how water gets in:

• Evaporative coolers on the roof or in a window feed water through a small copper or plastic line. A float that sticks or a pan that rusts through sends water into the ceiling below. The swamp cooler leak guide covers the warning signs.
• Low basements and crawlspaces under the original footprint, often with a rubble or brick foundation that lets snowmelt seep through.
• Clay or cast iron sewer laterals that root intrusion cracks, causing backups into a floor drain or basement toilet.
• Rear additions and enclosed porches with their own shallow foundations and roof tie-ins, which leak at the joint with the old house.
• Galvanized supply pipe still hiding in a wall or under the floor even after a partial repipe.
• Sprinkler backflow preventers mounted outside by the foundation, which split in a hard freeze if nobody blew out the system in fall and then leak straight down the basement wall when the water comes back on. The post on backflow preventer freezes shows what to check.

What to do right now

If water is spraying, close the main shutoff. In many bungalows it is in the basement on the street side, sometimes in a crawlspace you reach through a hatch. If you cannot find it, call Colorado Springs Utilities and ask about shutting water at the meter. Turn off any power near the water. For a backup, stop using sinks, tubs and the washer. Pull rugs and boxes off the floor, then call. A crew from a licensed restoration company can usually be at a central Colorado Springs address within a few hours.

How the work goes in an older, smaller home

Small rooms dry quickly once the source is stopped, but these houses hide water in places a newer home does not have: under original fir floors laid over plank subfloor, inside plaster walls and down in crawlspace dirt. Crews pull baseboards to check the bottom of the wall and use moisture meters to follow water under the floor. When a sewer backup is involved, anything porous that touched it comes out, and the sewage cleanup process includes disinfecting before drying. For a pipe that froze during a cold snap, burst pipe cleanup covers both the repair coordination and the drying.

What drives the cost

The total comes down to how many rooms were affected, what kind of water it was, how long it sat before anyone found it, and whether plaster, hardwood or built-ins need careful drying or replacement. A crawlspace that needs crew members on their backs in the dirt takes longer than an open basement. You get a written estimate from the restoration company after it inspects.

Insurance basics for older homes

Many policies cover a sudden pipe break or a cooler line that splits, but long-running leaks and wear are commonly excluded. Sewer backup is a separate endorsement on most homeowners policies, and in a neighborhood full of old laterals it is worth checking that you have it. The guide to what to do after a sewage backup also covers the claim. Permits for repair work go through PPRBD. Older homes in the Old North End to the west face many of the same problems.