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Thread ID: 146643	2018-10-10 02:03:00	Weird noise from water pipings in the house	bk T (215)	PC World Chat

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1454278	2018-10-10 02:03:00	There is a quite loud humming noise from the water piping in my house when I turn ON any of the taps to a certain level. This is especially loud from the bath room basin tap. It started only recently, about two weeks ago. The noise seems to come from the 'pressure regulator' at the entry to the house, not too sure, though. Any experts here to pin point as to what causes this?	bk T (215)
1454279	2018-10-10 02:57:00	one of the valves. get a plumber, probably needs replacing....	piroska (17583)
1454280	2018-10-10 04:18:00	All the taps (valves) including the shower are behaving like that. There's one in the kitchen, and 3 in the main bathroom, (shower, basin, and bathtub), and another one in the other toilet basin. That's not easy to identify the correct one.	bk T (215)
1454281	2018-10-10 06:07:00	Adjust the pressure reducer valve The pressure reducer valve should be completely open. If it isn’t, turn it gently anticlockwise. If this doesn’t work, you might need to change the washer. shut off your supply before you try to change the washer. Check your valves If the humming starts after you’ve flushed the toilet, you’ll need to close off individual shut-off valves to locate the source of the sound. When the noise stops, open each valve one at a time.	piroska (17583)
1454282	2018-10-10 06:23:00	I don't know the answer and piroska is probably correct (hubby was a plumber I think?). However, if it was me I would turn off the water supply. Open all the taps, turn the water back on and then close the taps starting at the one closest to the inlet pipe and work out to the the one furthest from the inlet. Include outside taps too. That will drive out any air in the pipes. Also on top of the water cylinder there is a valve to release air in the tank, you should lift the lever to allow the air in the tank to disperse too. It might work!	Bryan (147)
1454283	2018-10-10 06:53:00	Cold or hot and has this always been the case? Sounds like lower than expected pressure, usually means water is escaping faster than it can supply that causes vibration (water hammer) another thing could be a pipe is no longer fixed in place (due to vibrating loose). If you can maintain the pressure, you should not experience this noise. Most pressure is mains supply pressure, so it could be that they are undergoing maintenance. It's around the time they do these things and would only notify you in an event where they shut your water off but not when they supply at a lower pressure.	Kame (312)
1454284	2018-10-10 08:37:00	Cold or hot and has this always been the case? Sounds like lower than expected pressure, usually means water is escaping faster than it can supply that causes vibration (water hammer) another thing could be a pipe is no longer fixed in place (due to vibrating loose). If you can maintain the pressure, you should not experience this noise. Most pressure is mains supply pressure, so it could be that they are undergoing maintenance. It's around the time they do these things and would only notify you in an event where they shut your water off but not when they supply at a lower pressure. Both hot and cold (I think). "Sounds like lower than expected pressure, usually means water is escaping faster than it can supply ..." fits what's happening, this only happened quite recently. I have notice that lower pressure quite a while ago (after a team of watercare vans went round our street, checking every meters) don't know what they did, and after that our mains pressure just dropped. I complained to Watercare and they sent someone here but he said that they did nothing to the water pressure! He suggested that I should get a plumber to check the pressure reducing valve, which could be partially blocked. Water hammering has been like this since I moved in to this house 20+ years ago. I have consulted quite a few plumbers about this and they all said that it's because the new type of water mixer which turns off the water suddenly - unlike those old water taps which we have to turn it OFF turn by turn.	bk T (215)
1454285	2018-10-10 19:55:00	! He suggested that I should get a plumber to check the pressure reducing valve, which could be partially blocked. Yes. Do this. watercare only deal with the meter and pipes to your gate. Yes, husband was a plumber.	piroska (17583)
1454286	2018-10-10 20:33:00	Did you recognise the tune the pipes were humming? "A little water music" maybe?	Whenu (9358)
1454287	2018-10-11 03:36:00	Yesterday we had men working down the road digging holes and things. We did have prior warning that the water would be turned off between 12 pm and 5 pm. When the water was turned back on and I used the taps again, the water hissed spat and thumped for a few seconds. It was no big deal in my case as the air pockets needed to be cleared out.	Bobh (5192)
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