Seabeck: My Well Pump Won't Shut Off

Why this happens in Seabeck

A failed check valve: lets water drain back down the well when the pump stops. In Seabeck that usually means long poly well lines through forest near Guillemot Cove, and the ground, peat in the Big Beef Creek valley, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a leak inside the house. Cycling stops when the house shutoff is closed. It's common enough on waterfront on Hood Canal that we never skip it.

Don't overlook a waterlogged pressure tank. Rapid short-cycling, on and off every few seconds, means the tank has lost its air charge. On Seabeck properties from 1960s-to-2000s acreage homes and old waterfront cabins it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

We isolate at the pressure tank, trace the route, and correlate across the run before the machine touches the ground.

What you can check yourself on forest parcels along Seabeck Highway: close the valve after the pressure tank and watch the gauge. Walk the line's route for a green stripe or soft ground. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with pressure gauges and isolation and hDPE and PEX with.

What happens next

In Seabeck the work that follows the diagnosis is well line leak detection, and it runs in order: locate acoustically, isolate the problem, excavate at the break. Galvanized on old waterfront cabins in hardpan with heavy roots sets the pace on acreage off Holly Road; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Seabeck coverage for well pump running constantly runs Scenic Beach State Park, the conference center, Holly Road, Misery Point and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, about twenty-five minutes out Seabeck Highway, with pressure gauges and isolation and pumps on the truck.