Northglenn was farmland until the Perl-Mack Company laid out 280 acres of it in the spring of 1959, and by October 1962 there were 3,000 houses and 10,000 people. Life magazine and the home builders' association named it the most perfectly planned community in America in 1961, and the city incorporated in 1969. The houses that earned that title are 1960s brick-front ranches and tri-levels on quarter-acre lots between 104th and 120th Avenues, most with a basement or a garden level set into the same clay as Thornton next door.
Grange Hall Creek runs through the middle of the city past Webster Lake, and the neighborhoods that slope toward it have lived with wet basements since the first spring after they were built.
This site puts Northglenn homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider who meters the lower level before anything is decided.
A garden level that took water along the back wall after a thunderstorm is a basement flooding cleanup. A galvanized line that finally rusted through behind the kitchen wall of a 1962 ranch is burst pipe water damage. A water heater that let go in the utility corner is a water heater leak cleanup.
Rebuild permits go through the Northglenn Building Division, which runs on the 2021 codes with a 36-inch frost depth and a 30-pound snow load, numbers that tell you how deep the cold gets here. Fire and rescue in Northglenn comes from the North Metro Fire Rescue District, which also covers Broomfield.
Call (720) 735-3725 and say what the garden level of your tri-level looks like right now. An independent local water damage provider serving Northglenn takes the call.
Water pumped out of a finished or unfinished Thornton basement, then the bottom of every wall and the slab metered to see what stayed wet.
Standing water pulled off carpet, tile, wood, and concrete on any floor of the house, with the first moisture readings taken the same visit.
Air movers and dehumidifiers set from daily readings until subfloor, studs, and drywall reach their dry target in a dry-climate house.
Cleanup after a supply line froze in a garage wall, crawl space, or north-facing wall during an arctic night and split when it thawed.
A failed supply line, a cracked fitting, or an old galvanized run in a 1950s ranch let go, and the rooms it soaked get pumped out and dried.
The tank in the basement utility corner rusted through overnight, and the floor, framing, and stored boxes it soaked get dried out.
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and walls dried after a hailstorm, a wind-torn shingle, or an ice dam let meltwater into the house.
A high Thornton Water bill, a warm patch on a slab floor, or a damp spot with no visible source tracked to the pipe behind it before walls open.