Exterior Drain Line Repair in Olalla, WA

How we handle drains here

Exterior drains in Olalla fail the way they fail across the peninsula: crushed corrugated, clay tile parted at the joints, roots at the outlet, silt at the low point. We trace, check the outlet, probe hardpan on Banner Road, open a test pit on pasture parcels off Olalla Valley Road, and replace the run with PVC or HDPE on gravel at a grade that falls.

Our exterior drain repair notes on Olalla say the same thing: expect well lines with no drawings, expect outwash that drains and hides leaks on waterfront on Colvos Passage, expect a far hydrant with no pressure before anything visible near Olalla Valley Road.

Drainage problems in Olalla come straight out of the geology. Outwash that drains and hides leaks doesn't absorb much, so water on waterfront on Colvos Passage has to be carried away, and when the old drains fail it ends up at the foundation. Exterior drain repair is how we build drains that still flow in twenty years.

Exterior drain work in Washington is excavation, not plumbing, and it's core Olalla work for us. With pasture parcels off Olalla Valley Road open we look at the whole picture: downspouts, footing drain, the low spots in outwash that drains and hides leaks, and whether a French drain ends the problem for good.

Ground and water in Olalla

Pasture ponding, the wet Olalla Creek valley and bluff seeps along Colvos Passage. Olalla is the far south edge of what a lot of Kitsap companies will drive to.

Exterior drain work in Washington is excavation and drainage, not plumbing, and exterior drain repair is core Olalla work for us. It pairs with the water line, often well lines with no drawings, that shares the trench along a foundation on small farms near Burley.

What to expect

When we arrive in Olalla we find the line and the failure, we remove and replace, and we cleanouts and outlet. With 300-foot poly lines from well to farmhouse in bluff clay on Colvos Passage on wooded acreage on Banner Road, we plan for the slow version with drain rock and filter and are glad when it's the quick one.

We carry drain rock and filter and pop-up emitters and outlet on every exterior drain repair call so nothing becomes a second visit to Fragaria. Scope in Olalla is set by bluff clay on Colvos Passage, wooded acreage on Banner Road and the condition of galvanized on Colvos Passage cabins.

Homes near Olalla Valley Road date from 1970s-to-2000s farms and acreage homes, which usually means well lines with no drawings. Add outwash that drains and hides leaks and waterfront on Colvos Passage, and a far hydrant with no pressure is how most people end up needing exterior drain repair.

Where we work

We do exterior drain repair across all of Olalla, including around the Olalla Bridge, Al's Grocery and Fragaria. About forty minutes down Highway 16, and emergencies on wooded acreage on Banner Road dispatch immediately, any hour.