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After the plumber replaced a valve yesterday, our water ran brown/rusty for a bit and then cleared. This morning it came out slightly cloudy/milky again from the cold tap. Is this…
The water tank on our villa roof keeps overflowing — there's a constant trickle (sometimes a stream) running out of a pipe and across the roof, and our water bill has crept up. It…
Our older Springs villa has an unexplained jump in the water bill and a patch of floor tile in the hallway that feels slightly warm and damp. No visible leak anywhere. I'm worried…
Our Emirates Hills villa has a pool plus a lot of outdoor water — irrigation, water features, outside taps. Lately: the pool circulation feels weak, we seem to be topping up more…
Occasionally the water from our taps looks brown or rusty, and sometimes cloudy/white before it clears. - What causes discoloured tap water — is brown different from cloudy, and d…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…