Well pump running constantly in Bainbridge Island, WA

The likely causes here

Start with a leak on the buried line. Long poly well lines go brittle and split, often at a rock pressing on the pipe or a bend. Around Winslow and Lynwood Center the housing dates from mid-century cabins, 1970s acreage and 1990s-to-2010s custom homes, which makes this the likeliest answer to well pump running constantly.

Then a failed check valve. Lets water drain back down the well when the pump stops. We've seen it near Lynwood Center more than once, usually on mid-century galvanized on waterfront cabins.

Finally, a waterlogged pressure tank. Rapid short-cycling, on and off every few seconds, means the tank has lost its air charge. 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.

First steps for well pump running constantly near Eagle Harbor: close the house main shutoff and see if the cycling continues. Note the rhythm: slow steady cycling or rapid short-cycling. Walk the line's route for a green stripe or soft ground. Then call; the rest is a locate through Kitsap Formation clay that swells and shrinks, not guesswork.

The fix in Bainbridge Island

When it's the buried line, the fix in Bainbridge Island is well line leak detection: we restore, locate acoustically through bluff soils above Eagle Harbor at the marked spot on custom-home acreage off Highway 305, and excavate at the break. Pipe locator and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Port Blakely, Eagle Harbor, Battle Point: near any of them, well pump running constantly gets the same crew and the same equipment. Across the Agate Pass Bridge from the Kitsap side, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for shared easements through second growth.