Why Edmonds leak repair calls look the way they do
Water loss in Edmonds has two innocent explanations — evaporation and splash-out — and a long list of real ones. The tape test separates them: mark the level, cover on, 24 hours. If it dropped more than a quarter inch, call us.
Tubs below Sunset Avenue and along the Seaview bluff get salt-laden wind off the Sound, which shortens the life of exposed terminals, pump housings and cover hinges. A persistently wet cabinet in Edmonds hides slow leaks for months; we pull the panels on all four sides and dry the bay before we trust what we see.
Edmonds runs from the ferry dock and the Bowl up the hill to Five Corners and Perrinville, and the salt air near the waterfront is part of the picture for anything metal in a spa cabinet. We work the Bowl, Seaview, Westgate, Five Corners, Perrinville and the rest of Edmonds (98020, 98026).
What Edmonds owners describe on the phone
Wet pad under the equipment door
Nearly always a pump shaft seal, a union o-ring or the heater manifold gasket. All three are same-day repairs with parts off the van.
Damp foam, no obvious source
A jet body or a glued joint inside the foam. We find it with the moisture meter and dye, cut only what is needed, and re-foam.
Leak only when jets run
Pressure-side plumbing — a jet gasket, a diverter or a cracked manifold. The tub holds water when idle and loses it under pressure.
Level drops an inch or more a week
Beyond evaporation. We tape the level, confirm the loss, then isolate: pump off versus pump on tells us whether it is pressure side or suction side.
Edmonds note. Within a few blocks of the water we look for green corrosion on the heater terminals first; it mimics a failed element on the meter.
How the visit runs
- A call half an hour before we arrive — about 12 minutes southwest via Highway 99 and 196th St SW
- Diagnosis with a meter, then one written price you approve
- Calcium and alkalinity checked for City of Edmonds water (Everett supply through Alderwood) and Olympic View Water & Sewer District water
- Special-order parts arrive the next business day in most cases
- If the tub is not worth fixing, we say so
Scope, plainly: the spa and what lives inside its skirt. New circuits, supply plumbing and setting new tubs go to an electrician or a dealer.