Silverdale · Kitsap County

Low water pressure in Silverdale, WA

Pressure that falls at every fixture, or drops when a second tap opens, often means the buried service line is leaking or has narrowed from corrosion.

Call (206) 354-9906 How we fix it

Leaking clamp fitting in a muddy puddle at the bottom of a pit

Low water pressure on 60- to 120-foot subdivision runs in Silverdale is a specific problem with a specific set of causes, and the ground, dense hardpan up on Ridgetop, decides which is most likely. We're our home base and we bring leak noise correlator, pumps and the mini excavator on the first trip.

The likely causes here

Corroded galvanized pipe: rust builds up inside old steel pipe until the bore is a fraction of its original size. In Silverdale that usually means post-mall subdivision poly near Old Town, and the ground, loose outwash on the Clear Creek flats, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a pressure regulator or well pressure switch. On a regulated system or a well, the regulator or the switch can fail. It's common enough on Ridgetop and Island Lake cul-de-sacs that we never skip it.

Finally, a partially closed or failing valve. A main shutoff that was never fully reopened, or a gate valve whose gate has dropped. Worth five minutes before anyone digs trench walls that slough near Dyes Inlet.

What to check first

Silverdale is polybutylene country.

What you can check yourself on tight side yards full of irrigation: confirm the main shutoff and any valve at the meter are fully open. Do the meter test with the house isolated. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with leak noise correlator and pressure gauges and isolation.

The fix in Silverdale

In Silverdale the work that follows the diagnosis is underground water leak detection, and it runs in order: trace the line, correlate, listen. Insert fittings with failed clamps in a winter water table close to the surface sets the pace on acreage out Anderson Hill Road; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Silverdale coverage for low water pressure runs Island Lake, Ridgetop, Clear Creek, the Kitsap Mall and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, our home base, with leak noise correlator and pumps on the truck.

Ready when you are

Don't wait for dense hardpan up on Ridgetop to make it worse. (206) 354-9906, any hour, for low water pressure anywhere in Silverdale.

From the field

What we usually find

FAQ

Low water pressure in Silverdale: questions

How often do you see low water pressure around Clear Creek?

Often. Post-mall subdivision poly and dense hardpan up on Ridgetop are the combination behind most of it, and a wet spot that never appears is usually how it's first noticed near Clear Creek.

How fast can you get to Silverdale for low water pressure?

Our home base. An active emergency on Ridgetop and Island Lake cul-de-sacs dispatches immediately, any hour; a scheduled diagnosis of low water pressure gets a specific window.

Will Silverdale Water District come out for low water pressure?

They'll confirm meter movement and sometimes adjust a bill after a documented repair. Diagnosing and fixing the private line in trench walls that slough near Dyes Inlet under tight side yards full of irrigation is the owner's job, which is where we come in.

How much of acreage out Anderson Hill Road gets opened for low water pressure?

Usually one pit at the marked spot. We trace the line, then correlate through a winter water table close to the surface there and nowhere else, then put the surface back.

What if it isn't a buried line at all?

We tell you. Low water pressure in Silverdale is sometimes a fixture, irrigation or plain drainage, and we'd rather say so than dig a winter water table close to the surface for nothing.

Low water pressure in Silverdale?

We answer 24 hours a day. We locate before we dig, and we handle the whole job with our own crew and equipment.

Call (206) 354-9906