Do you have pipes that vibrate bang or Whistle, In this video I'm going to
explain to you all about hammering pipes within the walls, whistling noises and
noisy toilets and how to stop them. please don't forget to support my
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comment if you have any related questions and I will try my best to
answer them. back to the topic you should know that there are many different
reasons behind noisy pipes but let's start with pipes that bang or hammer
within the walls, in this case you need to run a test to figure out when exactly
the hammering happens, does it happen only when you turn a tap off or it
happens even when the water flows
if it happens only when you turn a tap off, then it means the tap shuts very
fast and forces the water to come to a sudden stop, the water does not compress,
it has a lot of energy therefore if the tap closes itself fast
then the water has nowhere to go and it will cause the pipes to vibrate
dishwashers are good examples for this case now let's take a look at the best
solutions for it. installing a hammer arrestor or anti hammer device on your pipe
is usually the best approach and it will act as a shock absorber. there are
different types of anti hammer devices available in the market but let me show
you how I make one myself or how a plumber makes one. this is a piece of
pipe that I have here and let's imagine that this is a supply line for a shower
all I need to do to cut the pipe and make a branch and then tap the branch
off
what this branch does is to provide extra space for the water to travel, the
air will be trapped inside this branch and we all know that the air can
compress therefore it creates an extra space for the water to escape. clamping
pipes to studs within the walls might also stop pipes from hammering in some
cases but in this case installing anti hammer device is much easier. you might
have noticed that the pipes whistle while the water flows, which in this case
the mineral buildups like calcium from the hard water might be the cause of
whistling sound, which in this case you need to find out which tap is causing
the whistling and replace the washers or the cartridge. the other scenario is that
the whistling happens after you flush a toilet
which in this case you need to figure out if the sound coming from the filler
valve inside the toilet tank or the valve on the supply line and then you
need to replace either the shutoff valve or the toilet filler valve.
what makes troubleshooting complicated is when there are multiple causes for
the noisy pipe which in this case I recommend to call a plumber in your area
for help.
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