Water heaters
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater heaters in Salwa
Water heaters in Salwa break often because most flats have old heaters installed back in the 1980s. Salwa is a district of small, close-packed apartment blocks near the co-op, and one central heater serves an entire building from ground to roof. We repair, clean and replace heaters that need it.
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
Heaters in Salwa sit usually on the roof or at the top of the stairwell, with long pipes distributing hot water to all flats. Old lines need cleaning every year or two because deposits build fast, especially with hard water. Large electric heaters need bolts tightened on valves because vibration from the street and neighbouring buildings gradually loosens them.
Salwa sits in Hawalli governorate, a residential district of close-packed apartment blocks near Salwa Co-op.
Salwa heaters are older than those in other Hawalli areas, and distribution pipes run across building roofs.
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 Salwa
There may be scale or deposits in the valves or filters blocking water. We clean the valves and filters and rinse them with fresh water. If the problem persists, the heater itself might be slow to heat.
Yes, a central heater divides hot water among all flats, so if one pulls a lot of hot water the pressure and temperature drop for another. The fix is a balancing valve on each flat, but that needs building management approval.
Other services
Other services in Salwa
Other work we do in the same area.