Hansville · Kitsap County

Hansville: Water Pools Against My Foundation Every Time It Rains

Standing water against the house after rain is a drainage failure: downspouts, grading, a dead footing drain or runoff from uphill. All fixable from outside.

Call (206) 354-9906 How we fix it

Lawn regraded and smoothed beside a driveway after trench backfill

"Water pooling next to house foundation" is a question we hear from Hansville every month, and the answer here usually involves a mix of materials from decades of additions and trenches that fill as they're dug. 360 Leak Finders is about forty minutes to the north tip, and we diagnose water at the foundation before anything gets dug on acreage off Hansville Road.

Why this happens in Hansville

Start with downspouts. The buried line is crushed, clogged or was never there, and roof water dumps at the wall. Around Driftwood Key and Buck Lake the housing dates from 1950s beach cabins expanded over decades, which makes this the likeliest answer to water at the foundation.

Then a dead footing drain. Silted corrugated pipe or a buried outlet. We've seen it near Buck Lake more than once, usually on shared beach-road mains.

Don't overlook grading. The ground slopes toward the house in the first few feet. On Hansville properties from 1950s beach cabins expanded over decades it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

On the uplands it's till that holds water and footing drains that have silted shut on 1970s to 90s homes.

First steps for water at the foundation near Foulweather Bluff: check the slope against the wall on every side. Note which wall gets wet and what's uphill of it. Watch the downspouts in a hard rain. Then call; the rest is a locate through beach sand right at the water table, not guesswork.

What happens next

When it's the buried line, the fix in Hansville is downspout drain line repair: we excavate, replace through gravel at Point No Point at the marked spot on Point No Point and Twin Spits cabin lots, and backfill and restore. Downspout adapters and cleanouts and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Point No Point, Foulweather Bluff, Hansville Road: near any of them, water at the foundation gets the same crew and the same equipment. About forty minutes to the north tip, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for wooded parcels along Twin Spits Road.

Ready when you are

One call, one crew, from the diagnosis to the restored yard. 360 Leak Finders, (206) 354-9906, for water at the foundation from Norwegian Point to the Greenway.

From the field

What we usually find

Gravel driveway restored below a hillside home

Fresh gravel leveled around a Bosch heat pump after trench backfill

Gravel restored around a deck post after trenching

Plywood ground protection and a cone beside a backfilled excavation

FAQ

Water at the foundation in Hansville: questions

Why does water at the foundation seem worse in Hansville than elsewhere?

Trenches that fill as they're dug under acreage off Hansville Road either hides water or carries it somewhere misleading, and a mix of materials from decades of additions from 1950s beach cabins expanded over decades fails quietly. Together they make water at the foundation slow to notice.

Can you come after hours for water at the foundation near the Greenway?

Yes. Lights, pumps and downspout adapters and cleanouts ride on the truck, and about forty minutes to the north tip.

Who's responsible if water at the foundation is on my side of the Kitsap PUD or a beach community system meter?

The owner. Kitsap PUD or a beach community system's responsibility ends at the meter; the private line under the Driftwood Key lagoon community is yours, and that's what we locate on and fix.

Do I need to dig before you arrive?

Please don't. On Point No Point and Twin Spits cabin lots the cause of water at the foundation is rarely under the visible water, and an open hole in gravel at Point No Point is a hazard. We excavate first.

Could water at the foundation be something inside the house?

Sometimes. The meter test with the house isolated settles it in minutes, and if it's indoors we point you to a plumber instead of digging the Driftwood Key lagoon community.

Water at the foundation in Hansville?

We answer 24 hours a day. We locate before we dig, and we handle the whole job with our own crew and equipment.

Call (206) 354-9906