Where to start
Where the levelis going.
Four signs that separate a leaking tank from the rest.
01
It drops with nobody using it
Mark the level at night and look at it in the morning before anyone uses water. A clear drop with no use means water is leaving the tank or a pipe off it, not being consumed.
02
Damp on the wall below
A line of damp or white salt running down the roof wall under the tank says water is leaving the tank or a fitting on it. A ground tank shows the same trace on the paving around it.
03
The overflow runs all day
If the overflow pipe is running while you are not filling, the float valve is not closing and the tank keeps filling and throwing it away. That is a real loss on the bill, but it is not a hole in the tank.
04
The pump fills more than usual
A pump that runs more often than it used to on the same usage says water is going missing between filling and using it, either in the tank or on the line after it.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Shuwaikh is a mixed area with older villa neighbourhoods next to commercial warehouses and workshops, and residential tanks are relatively small, mounted on house roofs, while shops and warehouses have larger tanks on the building roof or on the ground. Old Shuwaikh villas usually have metal pipes with rust in places, and new warehouses have plastic pipes that have hardened from sun and wind. We open the joint below the tank and trace every pipe along its run.
Shuwaikh is in Kuwait governorate, a mixed area with residential villas and warehouses with different tank types.
Old villa tanks in Shuwaikh are usually metal, while modern warehouse tanks are plastic at high elevations exposed to wind.
The service
On the tank,in detail.
Service
Leak detection on water tanks and their outlets
Tank types
Plastic roof tanks and concrete ground tanks
We also check
The float valve, the overflow, outlet fittings and the pump valve
Method
A level test with the outlets isolated, then fittings and body
Coverage
Houses, chalets, blocks and complexes, across Kuwait
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
How we check
From the mark tothe cause.
Four steps, each one taking a possible cause off the list.
We mark the level and close the outlets
We mark the water level on the tank body and close the inlet and outlet valves, so the tank is shut and nothing can enter or leave it.
We read the level again
If the level drops while the tank is closed on both sides, the loss is in the tank body itself or in a fitting below the water line.
We open the outlets one at a time
If the level held while it was closed and dropped once the outlet was opened, the tank is sound and the loss is on the line after it, which is a pipework job.
We check the body and fittings
We go over the seams, the corners, the area round the outlet boss and the base, then the float valve and the overflow, and tell you the cause and what it needs.
Common questions
Questions about Water tank leaks in Shuwaikh
A leak in old villa metal tanks starts at rust spots and you see a brown mark on the surface. Water drips from below the tank onto the ground or pools under the supports.
Modern warehouses in Shuwaikh have tanks at five to seven metres high, and plastic pipes under daily sun and wind harden fast and become brittle.
Nearby areas
More areas for Water tank leaks
Same service, in nearby areas.
Other services
Other services in Shuwaikh
Other work we do in the same area.