Leak detection
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater tank leaks in Surra
Water tank leak detection in Surra requires safe roof access and careful inspection of the tank and pipework. Surra is a prestige area with older and newer luxury villas, and tanks sit high on house roofs, set back from neighbouring buildings.
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
Most Surra villas are older houses with recent extensions, and tanks sit on roofs set back from the street but sometimes near neighbouring rooftops. Your tank may be metal or plastic, and in older villas pipes often run from the tank inside drainpipes or private conduits, hidden from view. We inspect the full tank, check pipes that may be built into the structure, and verify the float valve and overflow before confirming a leak.
Surra sits in Kuwait governorate, a prestige residential area of luxury villas on the Fourth Ring Road.
Older Surra tanks are usually metal and may have rust inside from many years of use.
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 Surra
Most older villas have a staircase or ladder to the roof, or we can access via another route. We check access before starting and take safety precautions on the roof.
Not necessarily. We inspect the leak first and check if it is surface rust or an actual hole. Surface rust on a metal tank does not mean replacement, but a real hole requires a new tank.
Other services
Other services in Surra
Other work we do in the same area.