Plumbing and sanitary
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater tank cleaning in Khalidiya
Water tank cleaning in Khalidiya is one of the most important tasks for the relatively new flats and villas in this area. A tank without regular cleaning collects sediment and grease that discolour the water, change its taste and affect your health every day.
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
Khalidiya is known for modern flats and new villas built from the two-thousands onward, most with tanks on the roof or beside the villa. Modern construction means better-insulated tanks and cleaner design, but water stored without flow oxidizes and settles as grey sludge on the bottom. If there was an old tank before replacement, we may find rust in the new pipes. We inspect the tank and pipes in one visit, and cleaning includes scrubbing, flushing with clean water and checking the outlet lines.
Khalidiya sits in Kuwait governorate, a modern residential area with flats and villas built from the two-thousands onward.
Tanks in Khalidiya villas and flats are better insulated than those in older areas, but standing water in them still needs cleaning at least once a year.
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 Khalidiya
We shut off water from the tank during cleaning, but the main line from the street has its own shutoff valve. We work without cutting your supply if the tank empties, and after cleaning we refill the tank slowly to let air out of the pipes.
If rust is surface-level we remove it with scrubbing and water. If rust is deep and there are cracks in the walls, the tank needs replacement because the lining is compromised and your water could pick up iron and a metallic taste.
Other services
Other services in Khalidiya
Other work we do in the same area.