Why Richland leak calls look the way they do
Richland's very hard water leaves scale that hides hairline cracks at unions and jet backs. Columbia Point and Hanford-corridor spas with a slow drop in level get the patient treatment: dry, fill, watch each joint through a full cycle.
Richland's supply measures around 11.5 grains per gallon — among the hardest municipal water in Washington — so scale is the first suspect on almost every heater and jet call here. We work Central Richland, Columbia Point, Meadow Springs, the Hanford-corridor neighborhoods and the rest of Richland (99352, 99353, 99354).
The usual leak complaints from Richland
Drip at the heater
Union seals corroded by scale, or a heater housing cracked from an old freeze.
Pump shaft seal
A fine spray or drip where the wet end meets the motor — the shaft seal, best replaced before the motor is damaged.
Wet patch at one corner of the skirt
Water travels along the shell before dropping, so the wet corner is rarely the source — we trace it back to a union or jet.
How the visit runs
- We ring ahead so nobody waits by the gate
- Hardness and scale noted as part of the visit
- Common parts on the van — most jobs finish in one visit
- Ordered parts typically land next business day
- If the tub is not worth fixing, we say so
Scope, plainly: the spa and what lives inside its skirt. We do not run new circuits, plumb supply lines or set new tubs.
