Footing Drain Repair for Olalla Homes and Properties

Footing Drain Repair in Olalla

Hardpan on Banner Road pushes groundwater at the foundation all winter. In Olalla the uphill side of the house is usually where water enters, and that's where we start on wooded acreage on Banner Road. We diagnose first, excavate only what needs it.

From Colvos Passage to Fragaria the pattern holds for footing drain repair: well lines with no drawings, bluff clay on Colvos Passage, wooded acreage on Banner Road, and an owner who noticed a far hydrant with no pressure first.

Outlet first. With outwash that drains and hides leaks under wooded acreage on Banner Road, a drain can't rely on infiltration; it needs daylight downhill, a storm connection, or a sump. Footing drain repair starts by finding that outlet, because without one there is no drain.

A soft green stripe across a pasture every winter on waterfront on Colvos Passage is a footing drain complaint nine times out of ten. We open hardpan on Banner Road to the footing, replace the drain in fabric and rock, and give it an outlet that works near Al's Grocery.

Ground and water in Olalla

French drains and swales with gravity outlets, and footing drain replacements on the 1970s to 2000s homes, are the common work. On the Colvos Passage waterfront the lots are older and tighter and the repairs are usually hand-dug.

We bring the mini excavator, pumps, cleanouts and outlet structures and filter fabric and clean on the first footing drain repair trip. Trenches in outwash that drains and hides leaks are opened to grade, not scraped by eye, and pasture parcels off Olalla Valley Road goes back when the drain is in near Colvos Passage.

What to expect

A footing drain repair visit to Olalla runs: outlet, then restore, then excavate the foundation. The middle step is where peat in the Olalla Creek valley and pasture parcels off Olalla Valley Road set the pace, and cleanouts and outlet structures is what gets it done near Fragaria.

Small farms near Burley over peat in the Olalla Creek valley is a different footing drain repair day than a flat lot in sand. We bring cleanouts and outlet structures, filter fabric and clean and the machine, and tell you up front whether 300-foot poly lines from well to farmhouse is going to make it a long one near Burley.

We've seen a far hydrant with no pressure on wooded acreage on Banner Road near Colvos Passage and a well pump that runs all night by Fragaria. Both times the line was well lines with no drawings, the ground was bluff clay on Colvos Passage, and the fix was footing drain repair done once.

Where we work

Our footing drain repair calls in Olalla cover Fragaria, Banner Road, Burley and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, about forty minutes down Highway 16, and we answer 24 hours a day with cleanouts and outlet structures on board.