Water heaters
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater heaters in Mubarakiya Camps
Water heater repair in Mubarakiya Camps deals with older homes and cylinders that have been in use for years, near the market and commercial area. The camps are a relatively old residential zone with diverse building types ranging from small villas to flats in older blocks.
Heater or plumbing
When the fault isthe heater.
Before you call, these signs tell you whether the fault sits in the heater itself or out in the pipework.
01
Cold at every tap
If the hot water goes at all the bathrooms and the kitchen together, one thing feeds them all and that is the central heater. One cold bathroom with the rest still hot is a mixer or a branch, not the cylinder.
02
The breaker keeps tripping
A breaker that drops every time the heater switches on is not a house wiring fault. The element sheath has failed and is letting current into the water, so the answer is a new element, not pushing the switch back up.
03
It runs out early
The cylinder gives less hot water than it used to before it turns cold. Scale settles out of Kuwaiti water and builds on the tank floor, taking up volume inside it, so the usable draw is smaller than the tank was built for.
04
Water under the heater
Water on the floor under a heater is either a pipe joint or the body of the cylinder itself. A joint is remade. A weep from the tank body means the steel has gone through and the heater is replaced, not repaired.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Villas and flats in the camps were built over twenty years ago, and old cylinders inside them corrode and rust both inside and out. Copper pipes may be cracked or pinholes in several places, and old valves may not operate properly. We inspect every connection carefully and determine if your cylinder can be repaired or must be replaced. If the leak is small from a valve, we try to fix it before we tell you to replace it.
Mubarakiya Camps is in Kuwait governorate near Mubarakiya market, an older mixed-use residential area.
Hot water cylinders in the camps are older than in other areas, and most need either heavy cleaning or complete replacement.
At a glance
Heaters, in short.
Field
Central water heater repair, servicing and installation
Heater type
Central cylinders in houses, flats and chalets
What it covers
Elements, thermostats, flushing and descaling, and new installs
Coverage
All six governorates and every area inside them
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
The method
From the call tohot water.
The same order on any heater, whether the job turns out to be a repair, a flush or a new fit.
You describe it on the call
Tell us whether the heater is stone cold or just weak, when it changed, and whether the breaker drops. Those three answers decide between an element, a thermostat and a flush.
We isolate power and water
The heater breaker goes off and the cold feed valve is closed before anything is opened. No cover comes off a live element and no thermostat is touched while the cylinder is under pressure.
We test before we swap
We read the element and thermostat terminals and look at the state of the tank inside, then tell you exactly what has failed before any part is changed.
We refill, vent and test
The cylinder is filled and the air bled off at the highest hot tap before the power goes back on, then we run a hot tap in front of you and watch it hold its temperature.
Common questions
Questions about Water heaters in Mubarakiya Camps
We first identify whether the drip is from the valve or the cylinder body itself. If it is the valve, we try replacing it with a new one. If it is the body, usually repair is not worthwhile and full replacement is best.
Replacing a valve means removing the old one and fitting a new one, which takes a few minutes. Internal flushing means opening the cylinder and removing silt and deposits inside, which takes an hour or more, and we usually fit a new valve then too.
Other services
Other services in Mubarakiya Camps
Other work we do in the same area.