Seabeck: There's a Soggy, Green Patch in My Lawn That Won't Dry Out

Why this happens in Seabeck

A natural seep or perched water: common on bluff and hillside lots. In Seabeck that usually means long poly well lines through forest near Stavis Bay, and the ground, boulders in dense till, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a failed drain line. A crushed downspout or yard drain line discharging into the lawn instead of its outlet. It's common enough on acreage off Holly Road that we never skip it.

Don't overlook an irrigation leak. A cracked lateral or a weeping valve wets the ground on watering days. On Seabeck properties from 1960s-to-2000s acreage homes and old waterfront cabins it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

The Big Beef and Stavis valleys hold water and the Hood Canal bluff clay hides it.

What you can check yourself on waterfront on Hood Canal: do the meter test with everything closed, then with the house isolated. Note whether the spot is downhill of the meter-to-house line's route. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with probe rods and marking and pipe and cable locator.

What happens next

In Seabeck the work that follows the diagnosis is underground water leak detection, and it runs in order: confirm there is a leak, repair, if you want us to, confirm and mark. Galvanized on old waterfront cabins in peat in the Big Beef Creek valley sets the pace on the historic village by the conference center; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Seabeck coverage for soggy lawn spot runs Seabeck Highway, Big Beef Creek, Holly Road, Scenic Beach State Park and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, about twenty-five minutes out Seabeck Highway, with probe rods and marking and pumps on the truck.