Rollingbay: My Copper Pipes Keep Getting Pinhole Leaks

Why this happens in Rollingbay

Contact corrosion: copper against concrete, fill, a steel hanger or a nail plate corrodes at the contact point. In Rollingbay that usually means long poly runs down private drives near Sunrise Drive, and the ground, till on the island interior, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is velocity erosion. Undersized hot lines or a recirculation pump wear the pipe at elbows and tees. It's common enough on sloped waterfront on Murden Cove that we never skip it.

Don't overlook age. Copper from the 1960s and 70s has been in service for half a century, and thin spots fail first. On Rollingbay properties from 1960s-to-1990s acreage homes and older beach cabins it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

Continuous HDPE replacements on long driveway runs, often pulled through the old route from a pit at each end so the drive stays intact.

What you can check yourself on interior acreage off Sunrise Drive: do the meter test to catch the current leak if there is one. Note whether the pinholes are all on the hot side. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with pEX-A tubing, hot and and new main shutoff and.

What happens next

In Rollingbay the work that follows the diagnosis is whole-house repipe, and it runs in order: survey, plan the openings, run new lines. Lines under shared drives in clay that shifts rigid pipe sets the pace on beach lots at Manitou Beach; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Rollingbay coverage for pinhole leaks in copper runs Valley Road, Skiff Point, Rolling Bay, Fay Bainbridge Park and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, about forty minutes via the Agate Pass Bridge, with pEX-A tubing, hot and and pumps on the truck.