Water heaters
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater heaters in Shaab
Water heaters in Shaab lose hot water quickly because flats sit close to the sea and humidity causes rust and corrosion in pipes and valves. Shaab is a residential district near the beach and park, with both old and new flats. We repair heaters damaged by moisture and salt.
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
Shaab flats face very high humidity from the sea, and heaters and copper and brass pipes rust fast even when new. Pressure valves, seals and gaskets corrode faster here than in inland Hawalli areas. Flats in cheaper buildings need heater cleaning every six months instead of once a year because deposits and corrosion build faster from the salt in the air.
Shaab sits in Hawalli governorate, a coastal residential district near Shaab Park and the beach.
Sea humidity in Shaab causes faster corrosion in heaters and copper and steel pipes.
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 Shaab
Copper and steel pipes rust from humidity and salt, and water picks up rust colour. We flush pipes from inside and replace seals damaged by corrosion so water runs clean.
Every six months if the heater is old or the flat does not get regular maintenance. If you clean yearly, you might extend the heater's life, but humidity here means it needs more care than elsewhere in Hawalli.
Other services
Other services in Shaab
Other work we do in the same area.