# Sloan's Lake Plumbing: Townhomes and Original Bungalows The blocks around the lake have been rebuilt hard. We work on the tall new townhomes and on the pre war houses still standing between them. - Three storey townhome pressure and recirculation work - Repipes for the original bungalows that remain - 24 hour emergency cover across northwest Denver ## What plumbing problems come with a Sloan's Lake townhome? Sloan's Lake now holds a large number of tall, narrow townhomes built on former single family lots. Their defining plumbing condition is height in a small footprint: fixtures three floors above the meter, a long hot water run from a ground floor mechanical closet, and a waste stack with very little horizontal offset. Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing handles both these buildings and the pre war houses still standing beside them. ## Key takeaways - A top floor fixture in a Sloan's Lake townhome sits at the far end of both the pressure and the hot water run, so it is where every complaint starts. - Long hot water runs in tall narrow homes mean a wait at the tap unless a recirculation loop is installed and set up correctly. - Tankless units in ground floor mechanical closets need descaling and a clear condensate path, and most faults we attend are maintenance related. - Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing services both the new construction and the surviving pre war stock on the same streets. ## Why does the top floor shower take so long to get hot? The heater is on the ground floor and the shower is two or three floors up. Every litre of cooled water sitting in that run has to be pushed out before hot water arrives, and in a narrow townhome the run is long relative to the size of the house. Owners often assume the heater is failing when the heater is fine. A properly configured recirculation loop solves it. We size and set that up as part of [water heater installation and replacement](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/water-heater-installation-replacement/denver-co), and where a tankless unit is involved, [tankless water heaters](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/electric-gas-tankless-water-heaters/denver-co) covers the service requirements that come with it. ## What still needs doing in the original Sloan's Lake houses? The pre war houses that survived the rebuild are the same bungalow stock as the rest of northwest Denver, and they have the same needs. Original galvanized supply that has closed up, cast iron waste that has scaled, and a water heater in a corner of the basement that has been replaced once and is due again. [Galvanized pipe replacement](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/galvanized-pipe-replacement) and [PEX repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe) are the two most requested jobs on those houses, and Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing quotes both against the same scope so you can compare fairly. ## Who is responsible for plumbing in an attached townhome? Everything inside your own unit is normally yours, which includes the supply distribution, the fixtures, the water heater, and the branch waste lines. The shared elements vary by how the building was platted, so we work from the drawings where they exist and from what we find where they do not. We tell you clearly which side of the line a repair falls on before we start. For urgent failures in an attached home, [emergency plumbing services](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/emergency-plumbing-services/denver-co) is the fastest route, because water in a shared wall assembly does not stay on one side of it for long. ## Sloan's Lake plumbing services - [Water Heater Installation](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/water-heater-installation-replacement/denver-co): Tank and recirculation setup for tall narrow homes with long hot water runs. - [Tankless Water Heaters](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/electric-gas-tankless-water-heaters/denver-co): Descaling, condensate faults, and replacement for units in ground floor closets. - [PEX Repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe): For the surviving pre war bungalows where wall openings need to stay minimal. - [Galvanized Pipe Replacement](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/galvanized-pipe-replacement): The standing job on any original Sloan's Lake house that has not been repiped. - [Emergency Plumbing](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/emergency-plumbing-services/denver-co): Attached homes leave no margin. We answer around the clock. - [Sinks, Faucets and Toilets](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/sink-faucet-toilet-replacement-repair/denver-co): Replacing the builder grade fixtures that fail earliest in new townhome construction. ## Sloan's Lake and the neighborhoods nearby Sloan's Lake is a short run from our Westminster shop. The [Denver metro service area list](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/locations) and the [neighborhood plumbing directory](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods) cover the rest of our patch. [West Highland](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/west-highland-denver) is immediately north with more of its original stock intact. [Sunnyside](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sunnyside-denver) has the same old and new mix at a smaller scale. The calls we take here are [no hot water](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/no-hot-water) from a faulted tankless unit, [low water pressure at one fixture](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/low-water-pressure-one-fixture) on a top floor, and [burst pipe emergency](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/burst-pipe-emergency) work in attached construction. ### Nearby neighborhoods we cover - [West Highland](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/west-highland-denver): More original stock intact - [Sunnyside](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sunnyside-denver): Same mix, smaller scale - [Baker](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/baker-denver): Comparable surviving pre war housing ### Related problem and pipe material pages - [No hot water](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/no-hot-water) - [Burst pipe emergency](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/burst-pipe-emergency) - [PEX repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe) - [All Denver metro service areas](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/locations) ## Frequently asked questions **My townhome takes forever to get hot water upstairs. Is the heater bad?** Usually not. It is the length of the run between the heater and the fixture. A recirculation loop is the fix, and it is far cheaper than replacing a working heater. **How often does a tankless unit need servicing?** Periodically, and the interval depends on use. Most tankless faults we attend in Sloan's Lake trace back to scale or a blocked condensate path rather than a failed unit. **Do you still work on the old houses here?** Yes. The pre war bungalows that are left need exactly the same repipe and drain work as the rest of northwest Denver, and we do that every week. **A pipe burst in a shared wall. What do I do first?** Shut the water at the main valve inside your unit, then call. In attached construction water crosses into the neighboring unit quickly, so the shutoff matters more than the diagnosis. **Are you licensed to work in the City and County of Denver?** Yes. Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing holds Colorado Master Plumber licence MP-18927 and Colorado plumbing contractor licence 2110. --- Source: https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sloans-lake-denver Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing, 10860 N Dover St STE 2300, Westminster, CO 80021. Phone +1-720-296-7972.