Water heaters
Ramadan Drain CleaningWater heaters in Waha
Water heaters in Waha need regular servicing because the water here is hard and deposits block the narrow passages inside the cylinder. Waha is a residential neighbourhood in Jahra with solid apartment blocks and villas clustered near the mosque and the shopping centre.
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
Waha has a mix of flats and villas, and most buildings have heaters mounted on exposed rooftops facing the sun and wind. The hard water leaves white scale inside the pipes and cylinder, so we often replace the element yearly or need to pull the cylinder and descale it from deposits. If you have lived in Waha for years, your isolation taps are usually weak and the water does not flow strongly from the taps.
Waha is a residential district in Jahra governorate, and homes are close to shops, schools and mosques.
Heaters in Waha sit exposed to sun and humidity on the roof, so rust on the outer casing begins after two years, a sign internal leaking will start soon.
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 Waha
Because the pipes themselves hold hot water from the last use. This is normal and not a problem. If the water stays cold all the time, then the tap or the element is broken.
The hard water in Waha needs descaling every one to eighteen months. We open the cylinder and rinse the internal passages with clean water, and replace the taps if deposits have narrowed them.
Other services
Other services in Waha
Other work we do in the same area.