Enetai: My Copper Pipes Keep Getting Pinhole Leaks
One pinhole is a repair. The second and third are a system telling you it's done. What causes pinholes in Kitsap copper, and when a repipe beats another patch.
"Copper pipe pinhole leaks keep happening" is a question we hear from Enetai every month, and the answer here usually involves mid-century copper at fittings and bluff clay above Port Orchard Bay. 360 Leak Finders is a few minutes away in East Bremerton, and we diagnose pinhole leaks in copper before anything gets dug on sloped lots on Trenton Avenue.
Why this happens in Enetai
Start with water chemistry. Slightly aggressive water dissolves copper from the inside over decades. Around Enetai Beach and Sheridan Park the housing dates from 1950s-to-1970s ranch and split-level homes, which makes this the likeliest answer to pinhole leaks in copper.
Then velocity erosion. Undersized hot lines or a recirculation pump wear the pipe at elbows and tees. We've seen it near Sheridan Park more than once, usually on copper under Pine Road driveways.
Don't overlook contact corrosion. Copper against concrete, fill, a steel hanger or a nail plate corrodes at the contact point. On Enetai properties from 1950s-to-1970s ranch and split-level homes it comes up more than you'd think.
Before you call
On the plateau it's usually one hand-dug pit and a PEX transition.
First steps for pinhole leaks in copper near Enetai Beach Road: look at exposed copper in the crawlspace for green-blue staining or earlier patches. Note whether the pinholes are all on the hot side. Count the pinhole repairs the house has had and where. Then call; the rest is a locate through steep till lots facing Bainbridge, not guesswork.
What happens next
When it's the buried line, the fix in Enetai is whole-house repipe: we abandon or remove old lines, plan the openings through hardpan on the Perry Avenue plateau at the marked spot on flat plateau lots on Perry Avenue, and survey. PEX-A tubing, hot and and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.
Trenton Avenue, Enetai Beach Road, Illahee State Park: near any of them, pinhole leaks in copper gets the same crew and the same equipment. A few minutes away in East Bremerton, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for waterfront on Enetai Beach Road.
Ready when you are
One call, one crew, from the diagnosis to the restored yard. 360 Leak Finders, (206) 354-9906, for pinhole leaks in copper from Port Orchard Bay to Perry Avenue.
What we usually find
Pinhole leaks in copper in Enetai: questions
Why does pinhole leaks in copper seem worse in Enetai than elsewhere?
Can you come after hours for pinhole leaks in copper near Perry Avenue?
Who's responsible if pinhole leaks in copper is on my side of the the City of Bremerton meter?
Do I need to dig before you arrive?
Could pinhole leaks in copper be something inside the house?
Pinhole leaks in copper in Enetai?
We answer 24 hours a day. We locate before we dig, and we handle the whole job with our own crew and equipment.