Tank symptoms
When a tank needscleaning.
A tank does not complain out loud. It complains through the water leaving it.
01
The taste or smell changed
If the taste or the smell changes at every tap at once, the source is shared, and the first place to look is the tank rather than a tap or the filter fitted to it.
02
Grit in the tap aerator
Unscrew a tap aerator and find fine grit in it, and sediment is moving off the tank floor. It lifts whenever the level drops and the draw on the tank gets stronger.
03
The lid is broken or missing
An open or broken lid lets Kuwaiti dust straight into the tank, and daylight in with it. Between them they spoil the water inside a tank that is otherwise perfectly sound.
04
Green on the inside wall
Green growth needs light. Seeing it inside a tank means light is getting in through a translucent lid, a crack or an open vent, and cleaning alone will not stop it returning.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Firdous is a modern residential area near the Sixth Ring Road with a mix of flats and villas, most built in the past decade. Tank access is usually roof-mounted or in plant rooms, and villas tend to have larger tanks than apartments. When we get up there we check for rust staining on the walls and white or black deposits on the floor, all of which affect water colour and taste even when a filter is in place.
Firdous sits in Farwaniya governorate, a modern residential area near the capital's outer ring roads.
Most Firdous tanks are fibreglass, not metal, so rust is less common but sediment builds up just as fast.
In short
The tank work.
Service
Water tank cleaning and washing
Tank types
Roof and ground tanks, polyethylene, fibreglass and concrete
The work includes
Draining, lifting sediment, wiping walls, rinsing, checking the lid
Where it applies
Houses, blocks, complexes and chalets
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
How it is done
From empty backto full.
A tank is cleaned empty. It cannot be cleaned with water in it.
We close the inlet and drain
The filling line is closed and the tank is drained through its drain valve or with a small pump, until only the layer on the floor is left.
We lift the sediment out
The layer on the floor is lifted out whole rather than stirred, because stirring it with water spreads it back across the walls and into the outlet.
We wipe walls and roof
The inner walls and the underside of the roof are wiped, because the film that clings above the water line is what comes back down with the first refill.
We rinse and check the lid
A final rinse leaves through the drain valve, then the lid, the openings and the float are checked, and we tell you if anything needs changing before it fills.
Common questions
Questions about Water tank cleaning in Firdous
The filter screens drinking water as it flows out, but the tank gets cleaned because the water inside it has already settled and grown deposits. You need both, but at different intervals. Cleaning is a deeper job.
Deposits get thick and the water picks up an off-taste or smell. Then bacteria start to colonise if the tank is warm and dark, and some strains are a health risk. Regular cleaning stops all that from happening.
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