Plumbers in Lone Tree, CO

A newer Douglas County city at I-25 and C-470

Lone Tree voted to incorporate in 1995 and became a home rule city in 1998. It had 14,253 residents in 2020 and sits about 15 miles from downtown Denver in a straight line. It is a planned city built to high design standards around Park Meadows and the RidgeGate mixed-use community, with Sky Ridge Medical Center, the Lone Tree Arts Center and Bluffs Regional Park inside its limits and grassland bluffs to the south.

Your side of I-25 decides your utility

The City lists combined water and sanitation districts rather than a city utility. West of I-25, Southgate Water and Sanitation Districts provide water and sewer. Southgate is a Denver Water read-and-bill distributor, so the water it delivers is treated and tested by Denver Water and comes from mountain snowmelt in the South Platte, Blue, Williams Fork and Fraser watersheds. Southgate's number is 303-779-0261. East of I-25, Parker Water and Sanitation District provides both services. Some homes in Terra Ridge along Indian Wells Drive are served by Northern Douglas County Water and Sanitation District instead. If you are not sure, your water bill will tell you.

Southgate reminds property owners in its area that they own the buried water service line and the sewer lateral serving their home. A leak in the yard or a root-clogged lateral is therefore a private repair, and it is a common reason people call a plumber.

Permits through the Accela portal

The City of Lone Tree Building Division requires permits for work on plumbing, gas, mechanical and electrical systems, including replacements. Its list names new water heaters and sewer line repairs within the home as permit work. Clearing a stoppage or fixing a drain or supply leak typically does not need a permit. Applications and inspection requests are electronic only, through the City's Accela portal, and staff answer at 720-390-5211. A plumber will usually pull the permit as part of the job.

Newer homes, ordinary wear

Because most of Lone Tree was built as a planned community, the calls here lean toward water heaters reaching the end of their life, worn fill valves and cartridges, sprinkler system leaks and drain clogs, plus winter damage to hose bibs and exterior lines when a hard freeze arrives. Dry Front Range air and big temperature swings still affect newer houses.

Gas leaks

The City lists Xcel Energy as its gas provider. If you smell gas, leave the house immediately, then call 911 and Xcel at 1-800-895-2999 from outside.

Lone Tree compared with Denver

Denver homes are on Denver Water and the city sewer. Lone Tree homes deal with a water and sanitation district instead, and permits go through the City's own Building Division. When you call the number on this page, describe the problem, mention which side of I-25 you are on and whether the water is shut off, and you will be connected with an independent plumber who works in Lone Tree. Price and timing are between you and that plumber.