Meter moving with everything off in Poulsbo, WA

The likely causes here

Start with a buried service line leak. The indicator keeps moving with the house isolated and irrigation isolated. Around Fish Park and Big Valley Road the housing dates from a Scandinavian-era core ringed by 1970s-to-now construction, which makes this the likeliest answer to meter moving with everything off.

Then irrigation. The indicator stops when the irrigation is isolated. We've seen it near Big Valley Road more than once, usually on long HDPE pulls to Big Valley acreage.

Finally, a fixture in the house. The indicator stops when the house shutoff is closed. Worth five minutes before anyone digs sand near Liberty Bay that sloughs.

What to check first

Up Finn Hill and Viking Way the hardpan surfaces water downhill of the break.

First steps for meter moving with everything off near Finn Hill: close the house main shutoff and watch again. Time the meter over an hour to get gallons per hour. Confirm nothing is running: toilets, ice maker, softener, irrigation, hoses. Then call; the rest is a locate through sand near Liberty Bay that sloughs, not guesswork.

The fix in Poulsbo

When it's the buried line, the fix in Poulsbo is underground water leak detection: we confirm and mark, listen through bay-side outwash that drains instantly at the marked spot on compact lots near Front Street, and repair, if you want us to. Probe rods and marking and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Highway 305, Finn Hill, Viking Avenue: near any of them, meter moving with everything off gets the same crew and the same equipment. Under twenty minutes up Highway 3, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for shared easement lines in the old core.