# Sunnyside Plumbing for Old Bungalows and New Infill One Sunnyside block can hold a small pre war frame house and a two year old duplex. We carry the parts for both. - Galvanized and cast iron work in the original houses - PEX manifold and tankless service in new infill - Family owned, licensed, and available 24 hours ## Why does Sunnyside need two different plumbing playbooks? Sunnyside has been rebuilt in pieces rather than all at once, so an original pre war bungalow often sits directly beside a recently built duplex. The bungalow needs galvanized supply replaced and cast iron drains cleared. The duplex needs manifold, tankless and shared wall drainage work. Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing runs both kinds of call in the same neighborhood on the same day. ## Key takeaways - Original Sunnyside houses are small, which means the supply run is short and the pressure loss from corroded galvanized shows up later than it does in a larger home. - New Sunnyside duplexes share a wall, so a drain noise complaint from one side is usually a venting or strapping issue rather than a blockage. - Laundry relocated to a Sunnyside basement is a common source of slow drains, because the standpipe was tied into a branch never sized for a washing machine. - Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing is a short drive from Sunnyside and holds Colorado Master Plumber licence MP-18927. ## What does an original Sunnyside bungalow need? These are modest houses, often one storey with a partial basement or a crawlspace under part of the footprint. Homes of this era commonly used galvanized supply, and because the runs are short the flow holds up longer than it does in a bigger house. What gives out first is usually the hot side, where scale forms faster, so the shower goes weak while the cold tap still runs strong. A [whole house repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/piping-replacement-and-repiping-services/denver-co) on a house this size is a contained job. [PEX repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe) is the usual choice because it threads through a low crawlspace with minimal cutting, and [whole house repipe cost](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/whole-house-repipe-cost) explains what moves the number. ## What goes wrong in the new Sunnyside duplexes? New construction here is built tight and fast. The plumbing is fine on paper, but shared wall assemblies transmit noise, and a waste arm that is not isolated from framing turns every flush next door into an event. Tankless units installed in mechanical closets also need annual attention that owners often do not know about until the unit throws a fault. [Tankless water heaters](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/electric-gas-tankless-water-heaters/denver-co) covers the service side, and [sinks, faucets and toilets](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/sink-faucet-toilet-replacement-repair/denver-co) covers the fixture failures that show up early in builder grade installs. ## Why do so many Sunnyside basements have drain trouble? Laundry was moved downstairs in a lot of these houses long after they were built, and the standpipe was tied into whatever branch was closest. A washing machine discharges a large volume very quickly. A branch drain sized for a utility sink cannot take it, so the floor gets wet every wash day and everyone blames the machine. We scope the branch, clear it if it is simply fouled, and repipe the standpipe properly if it is undersized. Start with [residential drain cleaning](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/drain-cleaning/residential-drain-cleaning/denver-co), and see [shower not draining](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/shower-not-draining) if the same branch also serves a bathroom. ## Sunnyside plumbing services - [PEX Repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe): The practical choice for a small Sunnyside bungalow with a low crawlspace and finished plaster above. - [Whole House Repipe Cost](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/whole-house-repipe-cost): What actually moves the number on a house this size, written out before you call. - [Residential Drain Cleaning](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/drain-cleaning/residential-drain-cleaning/denver-co): For the basement laundry branch that floods every wash day. - [Tankless Water Heaters](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/water-heaters/electric-gas-tankless-water-heaters/denver-co): Service and replacement for the units going into new Sunnyside infill. - [Sinks, Faucets and Toilets](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/sink-faucet-toilet-replacement-repair/denver-co): Replacing builder grade fixtures that failed early in a new duplex. - [Emergency Plumbing](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/plumbing/emergency-plumbing-services/denver-co): Old house or new build, we answer the phone 24 hours a day. ## Sunnyside and the neighborhoods next to it Sunnyside is one of the closest Denver neighborhoods to our Westminster shop. The [Denver metro service area list](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/locations) has every city we cover and the [neighborhood plumbing directory](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods) has every page like this. [West Highland](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/west-highland-denver) is the same era with heavier remodel history. [Sloan's Lake](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sloans-lake-denver) has the same old and new split, further along. Common Sunnyside calls are [low water pressure through the whole house](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/low-water-pressure-whole-house) in the original stock, [no hot water](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/no-hot-water) when a tankless unit faults, and [shower not draining](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/shower-not-draining) on a shared branch. ### Nearby neighborhoods we cover - [West Highland](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/west-highland-denver): Same era, more remodels - [Sloan's Lake](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sloans-lake-denver): Same old and new split - [Whittier](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/whittier-denver): Similar sized original stock ### Related problem and pipe material pages - [PEX repipe](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/pex-repipe) - [Whole house repipe cost](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/whole-house-repipe-cost) - [No hot water](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/no-hot-water) - [All Denver metro service areas](https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/locations) ## Frequently asked questions **My Sunnyside house is small. Is a repipe still a big job?** Less than you would expect. Short runs, a single storey and crawlspace access all work in your favour, and PEX keeps the number of wall openings down. **Why does the shower go weak but the kitchen tap is fine?** Scale builds faster on the hot side, so the hot supply closes up before the cold does. A shower mixes both, so it feels the loss first. **Do you service tankless units in the new duplexes?** Yes. Tankless heaters need periodic descaling and a working condensate path, and most faults we see are maintenance related rather than a failed unit. **The basement floods on laundry day. Is that a clog?** Sometimes, but in Sunnyside it is more often an undersized standpipe branch that was never meant to take a washing machine discharge. Clearing it will not stop it happening again. **How quickly can you get to Sunnyside?** It is one of the shortest runs from our Westminster shop. We answer emergency calls 24 hours a day under Colorado Master Plumber licence MP-18927. --- Source: https://www.affordarooterplumbing.com/neighborhoods/sunnyside-denver Afford-A-Rooter Plumbing, 10860 N Dover St STE 2300, Westminster, CO 80021. Phone +1-720-296-7972.