Footing Drain Repair in East Port Orchard, WA

How we handle drains here

A wet crawlspace in East Port Orchard usually traces to a footing drain that silted shut decades ago. Homes from the 1970s and 80s South Kitsap build-out have corrugated pipe at the footing laid in hardpan on the Mile Hill plateau without fabric. We excavate the affected walls on mid-size lots along Bethel Avenue, lay perforated pipe in fabric on rock, rebuild the outlet, and backfill with rock.

Homes near Bethel Avenue date from the 1970s and 80s South Kitsap build-out, which usually means 1970s copper at fittings. Add clay seams near Retsil and sloped lots above the inlet, and pressure dropping at the back of the house is how most people end up needing footing drain repair.

Homes from the 1970s and 80s South Kitsap build-out near Bethel Avenue got corrugated pipe or clay tile laid in till sloping toward Sinclair Inlet without fabric. On older lots down toward Retsil those are silted, crushed or parted now. For footing drain repair we outlet and replace them on a true grade to a working outlet.

The water service line shares the trench along the foundation, and in East Port Orchard it's often early poly on Jackson Avenue lots. With mid-size lots along Bethel Avenue open we'll say what it's made of and what shape it's in. Fixing both while hardpan on the Mile Hill plateau is already moved saves a second dig.

Ground and water in East Port Orchard

Interceptor drains on the uphill side and properly outleted footing drains are the standard fix. West Sound Utility District meters are at the road and the district's responsibility ends there.

Near Bethel Avenue the sequence is downspouts, grading, footing drain, interceptor drain. Checking in that order keeps a homeowner on sloped lots above the inlet from excavating a foundation to solve a downspout. For footing drain repair we restore before we dig clay seams near Retsil.

What to expect

Footing drain repair here is restore with perforated PVC or HDPE, outlet through subdivision backfill over hardpan on older lots down toward Retsil, and excavate the foundation near South Kitsap High before we load the trailer. Nothing is skipped because galvanized on Annapolis waterfront homes doesn't forgive shortcuts.

We carry perforated PVC or HDPE and cleanouts and outlet structures on every footing drain repair call so nothing becomes a second visit to Retsil. Scope in East Port Orchard is set by subdivision backfill over hardpan, 1980s subdivision lots off Mile Hill and the condition of copper pinholed under driveways.

We've seen pressure dropping at the back of the house on sloped lots above the inlet near Bethel Avenue and water surfacing downhill on a sloped lot by the Veterans Home. Both times the line was 1970s copper at fittings, the ground was clay seams near Retsil, and the fix was footing drain repair done once.

Where we work

We do footing drain repair across all of East Port Orchard, including around the Veterans Home, South Kitsap High and Retsil. About twenty minutes across the inlet, and emergencies on 1980s subdivision lots off Mile Hill dispatch immediately, any hour.