General Contractor Denver: Repair and Rebuilding After Water or Fire Damage

Interior repairs after a pipe leak usually start with the walls. Drywall that has softened, swelled or stained is cut back to sound material, the wall cavity is dried, and new board is hung, taped, finished and painted to match the room. Our water-damaged drywall repair in Denver covers each of those steps.

House age changes the job. In Baker, the South Side-Baker Historic District has been locally designated since 2000. In Whittier, most homes were built before the 1940s, and the neighborhood dates to the 1890s. We match each repair to the walls and trim already in the house.

For single-family homes and duplexes, Denver lists drywall repair of less than one 4 by 8 foot sheet among the jobs that need no permit, and a leak that soaks a whole wall goes well past that size.

A roof leak or a leaking fixture upstairs shows up overhead as a brown ring, bubbling paint or a sagging ceiling. Interior repairs after roof leaks mean removing the wet section, checking that the framing above is dry, and finishing a new section to blend with the rest. Our ceiling water damage repair in Denver handles stained, sagging and fallen ceilings.

Capitol Hill turned from mansions to apartments after the Silver Crash of 1893 and today mixes both with condos. Cheesman Park, from Downing Street to York Street, is dense with apartment buildings, condos and converted older mansions. In buildings like these, a leak in one unit can reach the ceiling of the unit below, and we work with owners, residents and property managers on the repair.

Bathroom water damage often comes from a slow leak behind tile, a failed toilet seal or an overflowing tub, and it can reach the subfloor and the ceiling of the room below. Repair can include removing damaged tile, flooring and wallboard, drying the area, and rebuilding the floor, walls and finishes. Our bathroom water damage repair in Denver covers the full scope.

Whittier has early 20th century Craftsman homes, and most houses in Washington Park went up in brick between 1900 and 1940, so bathroom repairs in both have to fit older floor framing and walls. For a single-family home or duplex in Denver, replacing a plumbing fixture like for like needs no permit, but adding or relocating one does, and a separate plumbing permit may also be needed.

Water that reaches a hardwood floor soaks into the boards and the subfloor beneath them. Floor and subfloor restoration means drying both layers, sorting the boards that can be refinished from the ones that must come out, and matching replacement boards to the existing floor. Our hardwood floor water damage repair in Denver covers the whole process.

Matching takes the most care in older homes. Baker's historic district includes Late Victorian, Terrace and Bungalow or Craftsman styles, and around Sloan's Lake, 1920s brick bungalows stand alongside newer buildings. For a single-family home or duplex, replacing existing flooring like for like needs no Denver permit, so the work centers on drying, matching and finishing.

Demolition of fire-damaged structures comes first, taking out burned framing, drywall, insulation and finishes that cannot be saved. Structural repairs after the fire then restore the framing before walls, ceilings and floors go back in. Our property reconstruction after fire in Denver carries the job from cleanup to the finished rebuild.

Denver places structural repairs in its intermediate residential permit class, with a target of 10 business days for the first review. Trade work on a designated landmark or in a historic district does not qualify for the city's quick permits. That rule matters in Highland, home to historic districts such as Potter Highlands, and in LoDo, where the historic district also requires design review.

Balconies take Denver weather head on. Downtown Denver averages about 56.6 inches of snow a season over the long-term record, most of it falling from late fall through early spring. Snow that sits and melts on a balcony sends water into the walking surface, the railing posts and the framing below. Our balcony repair in Denver restores damaged decking, railings and supports on homes and multi-unit buildings.

In LoDo, near Union Station, historic warehouses have been converted into lofts and condos. At Sloan's Lake, the former St. Anthony's Hospital site now holds a 12-story condominium tower and a 369-unit apartment building. Denver's residential deck page does not cover balconies, so permit questions for a specific building go to Denver CPD.

The Denver Square, the local name for the American Foursquare, was popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s and typically has a large front porch with wide stairs. A porch that old can show loose steps, soft boards or sagging. In Park Hill, older homes sit back from the street, as the neighborhood's early developers required. Our porch repair in Denver rebuilds steps, decking, columns, railings and the framing under them.

Historic districts add a step. Congress Park's 7th Avenue Historic District, along East Seventh Avenue Parkway, is described as Denver's largest historic district. Denver requires a certificate of appropriateness for projects in a historic district or on a designated landmark and recommends getting it before applying for building and zoning permits. Denver CPD can confirm how its porch rules apply to a repair.

Choosing a restoration contractor in Denver starts with a track record. ARC Restoration has been in business since March 2020 and holds a 4.9-star rating on Google from more than 70 reviews. Reviewers point to courteous, professional crews, honesty about whether a repair is needed, and clear coordination with the insurance adjuster.

We answer 24 hours a day, every day, and we provide free inspections to assess the damage. We work directly with you and your insurance company to agree on costs.

ARC Restoration holds IICRC certification and EPA Lead-Safe certification. The lead-safe certification matters in Denver homes built before 1978. Call (720) 799-2434 to schedule your free inspection.

ARC Restoration repairs and rebuilds damaged properties across Denver from our base at 1100 S Kalamath St. West of I-25, we work in Highland, Sunnyside and Berkeley, where Federal Boulevard separates Berkeley from Highland and Sunnyside. Sloan's Lake reaches west to Sheridan Boulevard.

Along Colfax Avenue, we work in Capitol Hill, Cheesman Park and Congress Park, and Park Hill lies just east of Colorado Boulevard. We also cover Baker along Broadway, Washington Park, Cherry Creek between University Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard, and LoDo. Beyond the city, our service area includes Lakewood, Aurora, Englewood, Wheat Ridge and many other communities on our service areas page.