Poulsbo Footing Drain Repair

Drainage in Poulsbo

Find the outlet first. On acreage along Big Valley Road the original daylight pipe is buried or crushed, so the drain fills and overflows into the crawlspace. If it isn't flowing in a hard rain near Big Valley Road, a test pit at the uphill corner through hardpan on Finn Hill and Viking Way shows which.

We've seen a pressure drop at the far end of the house on shared easement lines in the old core near Highway 305 and a wet crawlspace near the bay by Finn Hill. Both times the line was cracked poly on Noll Road, the ground was till with roots out Big Valley Road, and the fix was footing drain repair done once.

Outlet first. With bay-side outwash that drains instantly under shared easement lines in the old core, 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.

Hardpan on Finn Hill and Viking Way pushes groundwater at the foundation all winter. On Poulsbo's sloped lots the uphill walls are the problem, and a curtain drain above the house often beats opening the whole perimeter. We diagnose first, excavate only what needs it.

Why Poulsbo drains fail

Interceptor drains across a slope and properly outleted footing drains solve most of it. Call (206) 354-9906, any time, and we'll get a technician headed up Highway 3.

We bring the mini excavator, pumps, filter fabric and clean and cleanouts and outlet structures on the first footing drain repair trip. Trenches in bay-side outwash that drains instantly are opened to grade, not scraped by eye, and subdivision lots off Viking Avenue goes back when the drain is in near Highway 305.

How the work goes

Diagnose comes first; outlet follows, and on subdivision lots off Viking Avenue with sand near Liberty Bay that sloughs it's usually the longest part; remove and replace finishes. That's footing drain repair from Finn Hill to Liberty Bay, with cleanouts and outlet structures on hand throughout.

Scope for footing drain repair here is three things: ground (sand near Liberty Bay that sloughs), lot (compact lots near Front Street), pipe (long HDPE pulls to Big Valley acreage). The gear is the same each trip, filter fabric and clean included, and we say which of the three is driving the day before we start near Noll Road.

A Poulsbo owner near Finn Hill usually describes a pressure drop at the far end of the house, and what we find after footing drain repair is cracked poly on Noll Road that met till with roots out Big Valley Road under shared easement lines in the old core.

Around Poulsbo

From Finn Hill to Liberty Bay and out around Noll Road and Viking Avenue, footing drain repair is regular Poulsbo work. Under twenty minutes up Highway 3; we schedule compact lots near Front Street so you aren't waiting a whole day.