Commercial Water Line Replacement for Port Townsend Properties

How it works on a Port Townsend site

Commercial water line replacement near Water Street typically produces three things: phased replacement plan with scope and, as-built drawing of the new system, and new continuous HDPE mains with working. To get them we design and phase at Fort Worden's facilities, restore through clay seams in the uplands, and pull or trench before the site is handed back.

For Fort Worden's facilities in Port Townsend the deliverable is phased replacement plan with scope and, and getting there means we design and phase with the system pressurized, restore where clay seams in the uplands allows, and pull or trench with the site secured near Water Street. Residents and tenants are told what's happening and when.

What's under Port Townsend's larger sites

Port Townsend's commercial stock runs from 1880s downtown buildings with century-old lines to the marina and boatyard facilities on fill at the water, all on the City's gravity system from the Quilcene. Around Point Hudson the commercial water line replacement work we do most often is on Fort Worden's facilities, and till toward Discovery Bay decides how the excavation goes.

Hand-dug transitions from 1920s to 50s galvanized to PEX next to brick and stone foundations in the historic districts, with the garden left as we found it.

Historic downtown commercial buildings and multi-family along the Sheridan corridor in Port Townsend share the same vulnerability: a private system in till toward Discovery Bay with no drawing and a master meter that only reports totals. Commercial water line replacement turns that into as-built drawing of the new system and a located problem near Sheridan Street.

One crew, start to finish

On multi-family along the Sheridan corridor near Fort Worden we've done commercial water line replacement after hours with the site taped and lit, pumps running, and residents told what to expect. A dedicated trip across the Hood Canal Bridge, and the report with photos goes to the board or owner the next morning, along with a candid note about the rest of the system under sandy bluffs above the Strait.