Condo or HOA common area flooding in Bremerton, WA

The likely causes here

Start with a slab leak in a lower level. A persistently wet hallway or utility room. Around Charleston and Manette the housing dates from the shipyard boom of the 1940s, which makes this the likeliest answer to condo or HOA common area flooding.

Then an irrigation main running the master meter. A chronically high master bill with no visible water is irrigation more often than people expect. We've seen it near Manette more than once, usually on 1940s galvanized steel at the threads.

Finally, a break on a private main. Older mains between buildings fail at couplings and splits. Worth five minutes before anyone digs cobbles packed in glacial till.

What to check first

Once we've traced it, the leak is usually at a threaded galvanized joint or at the foundation penetration.

First steps for condo or HOA common area flooding near Kitsap Lake: locate the master meter valve and any building shutoffs and keys. Tape off the wet area and keep residents clear. Read the master meter overnight when nothing should be running. Then call; the rest is a locate through cobbles packed in glacial till, not guesswork.

The fix in Bremerton

When it's the buried line, the fix in Bremerton is commercial leak detection: we secure the site, trace the private mains through wet clay seams on the Narrows side at the marked spot on sloped lots above the Narrows, and restore and document. Acoustic ground microphone and and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Jackson Park, Kitsap Lake, Illahee: near any of them, condo or HOA common area flooding gets the same crew and the same equipment. A few minutes from our base, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for longer runs toward Kitsap Lake and Rocky Point.