Water Damage Restoration in Security-Widefield

Updated November 12, 2026

If your house in Security-Widefield was built in the late 1950s, it is older than most of the restoration companies that will come look at it. Developer Edwin Hayes began planning Security Village on former ranchland east of Fort Carson in 1953, and the first houses opened in early 1955. Widefield Homes started next door in 1957. The community kept growing for decades after, so a single street can hold a 65-year-old ranch, a 1970s bi-level and a newer two-story with a finished basement.

That mix is the whole story when it comes to water damage here.

Three eras of houses, three sets of problems

The first wave (1950s and 1960s). These are mostly modest ranch homes. Plumbing is often original or partly replaced galvanized steel, which rusts from the inside until a joint weeps or a pipe splits. Cast iron drain lines crack with age, and clay or early plastic sewer laterals can be pushed out of line by tree roots. Many have had a basement or crawlspace finished long after the original build, sometimes without much thought to drainage.

The middle years (1970s and 1980s). Bi-levels and tri-levels are common. The lower level sits partly below grade, so a heavy rain or snowmelt that fills a window well can pour straight into a family room. Swamp coolers on roofs are still around on some of these homes, and a cooler left full in fall can freeze and crack its pan.

Newer construction. Subdivisions built more recently have PEX lines, sump pits and finished basements as standard. The plumbing is less likely to fail, but when it does, there is more drywall, carpet and furniture in harm's way. A sump pump that quits during a storm is the classic call from these neighborhoods.

Who supplies your water

Security-Widefield is unincorporated, and two separate special districts serve it. Security Water District covers Security and part of Fountain. Widefield Water and Sanitation District provides water and wastewater for Widefield and nearby areas. Your bill tells you which one is yours. Either way, the district owns the main and the meter connection, and you own the line from there into the house.

Know where your main shutoff valve is before you need it. In older ranch homes it is often in a crawlspace hatch, a utility closet or behind a panel near the water heater. In newer homes it is usually in the basement mechanical room.

The calls crews get most often in 80911

• Water heaters past their life. Older homes often have the tank in a closet off the hallway or kitchen. When the tank bottom rusts out, water runs under the wall plates into the next room. See water heater leak steps.
• Frozen and split pipes. Arctic air can drop the south end of the metro below zero overnight. Pipes on exterior walls, in crawlspaces and in attached garages are the usual victims. Our page on burst pipe cleanup in Security-Widefield covers what happens after the plumber leaves.
• Basement and lower-level flooding from sump failure, window wells and clay soils that push water against the foundation. More on that at basement flooding in Security-Widefield.
• Sewer backups from root-blocked laterals in the oldest blocks.
• Hail and roof leaks after summer storms.

Fountain Creek runs along the east side of the community. Most homes sit well above it, but heavy July and August storms still overwhelm street drainage and send water toward low entries and walkout doors.

Military families and rentals

With Fort Carson right next door, a good share of homes here are rentals or belong to families who move every few years. Houses sit empty between tenants or during a PCS move, and that is when a dripping supply line or frozen pipe goes unseen for days. If you are a landlord, ask your property manager to check on vacant units after every cold snap. The guide on landlord and tenant water damage in Colorado explains who usually pays for what.

Right now, before help arrives

Stop the water at the main. Kill power to any wet room if the panel is dry and safe to reach. Photograph everything. Get rugs, boxes and electronics off wet floors. Then call a restoration crew, because the longer water sits in old plaster, particleboard subfloor and carpet pad, the more of it has to come out.

What changes the price

The cost depends on the water category (clean supply line, gray appliance water or sewage), how many square feet are wet, whether the space is finished, how many hours the water sat, and whether walls and floors need to be rebuilt after drying. Older homes sometimes add work if a crew finds asbestos-era materials that need testing before demolition. The company that inspects writes up the real figure before work starts.

Insurance, briefly

Many homeowners policies cover sudden water damage such as a pipe that bursts, but not a slow leak or groundwater seeping through a wall. Sewer backup usually needs its own endorsement. Pull out the declarations page tonight, and ask your agent which of those three situations your coverage actually includes.

Permits and nearby areas

Because Security-Widefield is unincorporated El Paso County, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department handles permits and contractor licensing. You can check a contractor's license on its website. Crews here also work Fountain to the south and the rest of the south side of Colorado Springs. For the full process, see water damage restoration in Security-Widefield.