The Lawn at Our Condo Complex Is Flooding and the Master Bill Is Huge (Silverdale, WA)

What usually causes condo or HOA common area flooding in Silverdale

A slab leak in a lower level: a persistently wet hallway or utility room. In Silverdale that usually means gray polybutylene from the 1980s near Island Lake, and the ground, trench walls that slough near Dyes Inlet, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a failed drain system. Flooding only during rain means drainage, not a pressurized leak. It's common enough on acreage out Anderson Hill Road that we never skip it.

And an irrigation main running the master meter: a chronically high master bill with no visible water is irrigation more often than people expect. Less common on Ridgetop and Island Lake cul-de-sacs, but we've found it near Old Town.

First steps on a Silverdale property

In the outwash near Old Town and Clear Creek the sound carries well but the water never surfaces, so the correlator is what finds it.

What you can check yourself on Ridgetop and Island Lake cul-de-sacs: find whatever site plan exists. Tape off the wet area and keep residents clear. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with hDPE and PEX with and mini excavator.

How we fix it

In Silverdale the work that follows the diagnosis is commercial leak detection, and it runs in order: restore and document, secure the site, excavate and repair. First-generation polyethylene that has gone brittle in a winter water table close to the surface sets the pace on tight side yards full of irrigation; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Silverdale coverage for condo or HOA common area flooding runs Old Town, Silverdale Way, Ridgetop, Anderson Hill Road and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, our home base, with hDPE and PEX with and pumps on the truck.