Water Tank Installation in Nairobi: Overhead, Ground and Underground Storage
from KES 25,000
Storage is not optional in Nairobi
Mains supply across most of the city is rationed by day and by zone. Storage is what turns an intermittent supply into a working house, and the sizing question is simply: how many days do you want to be independent of the mains?
A useful rule for a Nairobi household is 150–200 litres per person per day, then multiply by the number of days you want in reserve. Three days is comfortable for most families.
What we install
- Overhead poly tanks on a steel or masonry tower, gravity feeding the house
- Ground-level poly tanks feeding a booster set
- Underground concrete tanks where space is tight or the look matters
- Combination systems: underground bulk storage, pumped to a smaller overhead tank
The parts people skip
Level controls, so the pump stops when the tank is full and does not run dry when it is empty. A washout at the base, because every tank silts up. An overflow that discharges somewhere sensible rather than into a wall. And an isolation valve at the outlet, so the next repair does not mean draining the whole tank.
Towers
An overhead tank full of water is a serious structural load. We will not put a tank on a tower or a slab we have not looked at, and where there is any doubt we say so rather than proceeding.
See our rates, or the areas we cover.