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Low Water Pressure in Franktown, Colorado 80116
The typical home here dates from 1989, which predicts the supply pipe. Whole house or one tap, and who to call.
Free to homeowners in Franktown — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
The short answer
Franktown has a median build year of 1989 across its housing. That is late enough for copper and early enough for polybutylene in places, which is why the pattern of the symptom is worth establishing before anybody is called out.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035.
Franktown has 1,869 occupied homes across 1 ZIP code. Across all its housing, vacant units included, the median build year is 1989 — the most useful single fact for working out why the water pressure is weak, because it predicts what the supply pipe is made of.
What this site is
PressureTrace is a referral service, not a plumbing contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We do not perform plumbing work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.Franktown sits 1 year older than the CO median of 1990. Of the 93 CO towns we route calls in, its housing is older than 55% of them, and by number of homes it ranks 62nd.
What 1989 tells you about the pipe in Franktown
Housing of this vintage generally means copper throughout in most cases, with polybutylene fitted in some homes built from the late seventies onward. Polybutylene was discontinued in the mid-nineties and is worth identifying, because its failures are sudden rather than gradual. More on 1980s supply pipe.
97% of occupied homes in Franktown are owner-occupied, 32 points above the CO figure of 65%. It matters here because the run between the meter and the house belongs to the property owner, not the utility.
Median household income across Franktown ZIP codes is $151,250, 46% above the CO median of $103,819.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023 release — tables B25003 (occupied units), B25035 (all units) and B19013 (households). How these are aggregated.
The first thing to establish in Franktown is whether the problem is the house or one fixture, and it takes two minutes of walking around. Housing of this era can be copper throughout or copper with polybutylene in part, and the two fail differently enough that the pattern matters. Normal is 45–80 psi, under 40 psi is low — test it. Whole house is a call; one tap usually is not.
Franktown against the nearest CO towns we cover
| Town | Typical build year | Occupied homes |
|---|---|---|
| Franktown | 1989 | 1,869 |
| Bennett | 1990 | 2,023 |
| Byers | 1991 | 1,018 |
| Castle Rock | 2005 | 35,113 |
| Elbert | 1994 | 1,825 |
Nearby towns we cover
- Elizabeth typical build 1996 · 7 years newer
- Englewood typical build 1977 · 12 years older
- Kiowa typical build 1994 · 5 years newer
- Larkspur typical build 1997 · 8 years newer
- Littleton typical build 1989 · same era
- Lone Tree typical build 2001 · 12 years newer
Worth reading for a 1989-era home
- pressure-reducing valves
- whole-house pressure loss
- polybutylene supply pipe
- how to test your pressure
- pressure drops when two taps run
ZIP codes we route in Franktown
- 80116
Low water pressure help near me in Franktown
Tell us the Franktown ZIP code and whether it is the whole house or one fixture. We match it against partner coverage and put you through to an independent contractor who covers it. We carry out no work, and there is never a charge to you. Any plumbing trouble in the house can go the same route.
Low Water Pressure coverage in Franktown, CO
Franktown is in Douglas County, Colorado. Its ZIP code is 80116. We route low water pressure calls from 80116.
What happens when you call
No form, no quote tool, no waiting for an email.
- You tell us what the water is doingOne short conversation. If it turns out to be something you can fix in five minutes, we will say so.
- We route the call in FranktownWe match 80116 to an independent contractor who already covers Franktown — not a call center three states away.
- They quote, you decideWe do not set prices and we never charge you. The contractor pays us for the introduction.