Silverdale: A Water Line Burst and Water Is Everywhere

Why this happens in Silverdale

The most common cause we find in Silverdale is old pipe that finally gave out. Galvanized at a thread, polybutylene split along its length, brittle poly at a rock. On acreage out Anderson Hill Road with loose outwash on the Clear Creek flats underneath, that's where we look first.

We also check ground movement, because in Silverdale it explains a real share of water line burst calls. Clay on Bainbridge and the bluffs shifts rigid pipe until a joint lets go.

Don't overlook damage from digging. A fence post, a tree stake, a landscaper's shovel, an excavator that didn't have the private line marked. On Silverdale properties from the subdivision boom after the Kitsap Mall opened it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

When we expose polybutylene in Silverdale we recommend replacing the whole run, because the material fails from the inside and a repair in one spot leaves the same pipe everywhere else.

Before we arrive in Silverdale, three things you can do: shut off the water: house main, meter valve, or well breaker. Keep everyone off the wet ground. Call (206) 354-9906. None of it requires tools, and all of it helps us repair and restore water faster on Ridgetop and Island Lake cul-de-sacs.

What happens next

Fixing water line burst here usually ends with emergency water line repair near Bucklin Hill: repair and restore water with tripod work lights for, stop the water on tight side yards full of irrigation, secure and pump. One crew, one visit, dense hardpan up on Ridgetop put back the way it was.

We've handled water line burst near Ridgetop where the cause was gray polybutylene from the 1980s, and near the Kitsap Mall where a winter water table close to the surface was hiding a drain failure. Our home base; we schedule Silverdale so you aren't waiting a whole day.