Water in driveway in East Port Orchard, WA

The likely causes here

Start with the service line runs under the drive. Common on Bainbridge, Kingston and acreage lots where the drive is the straight shot from road to house. Around Annapolis and South Kitsap High the housing dates from the 1970s and 80s South Kitsap build-out, which makes this the likeliest answer to water in driveway.

Then a crushed drain line under the drive. Downspout and yard drain lines crushed by vehicles discharge into the base. We've seen it near South Kitsap High more than once, usually on copper pinholed under driveways.

Finally, water following the driveway base. Compacted gravel base carries water from a break elsewhere on the lot to a crack or an edge. Worth five minutes before anyone digs hardpan on the Mile Hill plateau.

What to check first

Near Retsil and Annapolis the clay seams delay the signs.

First steps for water in driveway near the Veterans Home: do the meter test with the house isolated. Keep vehicles off a sinking or soft area. Note whether the water appears in dry weather or only after rain. Then call; the rest is a locate through hardpan on the Mile Hill plateau, not guesswork.

The fix in East Port Orchard

When it's the buried line, the fix in East Port Orchard is underground water leak detection: we correlate, confirm there is a leak through till sloping toward Sinclair Inlet at the marked spot on 1980s subdivision lots off Mile Hill, and confirm and mark. Pipe and cable locator and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Village Greens, the Veterans Home, Jackson Avenue: near any of them, water in driveway gets the same crew and the same equipment. About twenty minutes across the inlet, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for sloped lots above the inlet.