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Several drains in the apartment gurgle and empty slowly, and sometimes a sink glugs when the washing machine or toilet drains. It's not just one fixture, which makes me think it i…
Our electric water heater has started making rumbling, popping and crackling noises when it heats up. I've read this can be sediment/scale building up in the tank. - Is that what…
Our bathroom health faucet (shattaf/bidet spray) drips constantly from the head and the hose connection leaks at the wall. - Why do these leak — the head, the hose, the diverter/v…
Our toilet flushes weakly — the water swirls but doesn't fully clear the bowl, so it often needs a second flush. - It's not running constantly (different problem) — it's the flush…
Fitting a washing machine (and a dishwasher) and I want the water connection and drainage done properly — no leaks, floods or smells. - What's involved — inlet/isolation valve, th…
Our water bill has climbed and there's a damp patch on a wall/floor, but nothing visibly dripping — so the leak is concealed in a wall or under the slab. - How do plumbers actuall…
A mixer tap keeps dripping even fully closed, and turning it feels a bit gritty. I gather modern mixers use a cartridge rather than washers. - Can a dripping mixer usually be fixe…
There's a sewer/drain smell coming up through floor drains and sometimes sinks in my flat — not from one spot but a few, and it's worse when a bathroom's been unused for a while.…
My electric water heater takes longer to heat and runs out faster than it used to. I've read about the heating element scaling up and an anode rod that protects the tank. - What d…
Dubai's water leaves limescale on everything — taps, glass, kettle — and seems to shorten the life of the water heater and washing machine. I keep seeing "water softener" recommen…
A few plumbing niggles that might be connected: my pipes bang/hammer when a tap or the washing machine shuts off, some taps drip, and appliances (heater, mixers) seem to wear out…
There's water pooling in the cupboard under my kitchen sink, and the cabinet base is starting to get damaged (I know from the threads here that a swollen under-sink cabinet is bad…
Our villa pool has gone cloudy (slightly green-tinged), the water clearly isn't circulating like it used to — the return jets are weak — and the pump sounds like it's straining. I…
Our villa has decent water pressure downstairs, but the upstairs bathrooms and the top-floor shower are weak — a trickle rather than a proper flow, and it gets worse when someone…
I've realised I have no idea when — or if — the water storage tank for our home has ever been cleaned. Someone mentioned that Dubai Municipality actually requires it, which surpri…
This started as one slow sink and I ignored it. Now it's multiple fixtures at once — the kitchen sink, the bathroom basin and the shower all drain slowly, and here's the odd part:…
Our electric storage water heater (the tank in the bathroom ceiling void) is around 9 years old, and it's becoming a money pit — new element last year, thermostat the year before,…
We chose Al Barari precisely for the dense planting and water everywhere, and we love it — but a year in, I'll be honest: the greenery that makes it special also generates a stead…
Something's leaking in my villa and I can't see where. Three things tipped me off: my DEWA water charge jumped about 30% with no change in how we live, there's a damp patch low on…
Comparing notes with a few people in the big-villa communities (Emirates Hills, the Meadows side). The same plumbing niggles seem to come up again and again: pressure gets weak on…