Meter moving with everything off in Bainbridge Island, WA

The likely causes here

Irrigation: the indicator stops when the irrigation is isolated. In Bainbridge Island that usually means mid-century galvanized on waterfront cabins near Agate Pass, and the ground, clay that sticks to the bucket, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a hose bib or outbuilding line. A shop, barn or hydrant branch that tees off before the house shutoff. It's common enough on custom-home acreage off Highway 305 that we never skip it.

Finally, a fixture in the house. The indicator stops when the house shutoff is closed. Worth five minutes before anyone digs Kitsap Formation clay that swells and shrinks.

What to check first

A 500-foot driveway run through clay can have a leak anywhere along it with no surface sign, and the only sane way to find it is a correlator at each end followed by the ground microphone.

What you can check yourself on 300- to 600-foot private drives: confirm nothing is running: toilets, ice maker, softener, irrigation, hoses. Time the meter over an hour to get gallons per hour. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with electronic acoustic ground microphone and pressure gauges and isolation.

The fix in Bainbridge Island

In Bainbridge Island the work that follows the diagnosis is underground water leak detection, and it runs in order: confirm and mark, confirm there is a leak, repair, if you want us to. HDPE under paved parking pads in till on the island interior sets the pace on sloped waterfront lots at Port Blakely; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Bainbridge Island coverage for meter moving with everything off runs Manzanita, Winslow, Battle Point, Port Blakely and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, across the Agate Pass Bridge from the Kitsap side, with electronic acoustic ground microphone and pumps on the truck.