Long driveways and large lots are lovely to live on and hard on water lines, because there is a great deal more pipe between the road and your house.
Why the runs are so long here
A house set well back from Maybank Highway or River Road can have a service line running hundreds of feet. That is more pipe to develop a problem, and more ground to search if it starts leaking. It also means a small leak can go unnoticed for a long time.
How you would know
- A water bill that climbs with no change in how you use it
- A patch of ground that stays soft or unusually green
- Pressure that has slowly dropped throughout the house
- The meter still moving when everything is turned off
Replaced without digging up the drive
We can bore a new line through underground, with a small hole at each end, rather than trenching the whole length. On a property with a long gravel or paved drive and established planting, that difference is significant — and worth asking about before accepting a quote that assumes digging.
If you are on a well
The equivalent run is between the wellhead and the house, and a leak there shows up as a pump that keeps cycling on and off when nobody is using water. That is worth investigating rather than living with.