Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Plumbing Noises: Noisy Water Pipes

Q: Because we are a high pressure from a new source, the noise gets more in the pipe. She can still dog-only fast water through the system more "noise" to move the kind of noise. The plastic pipe inside the house are made of copper pipe hook. Sound echoes throughout the entire line, since it is tied to the ceiling beam pipe, below the kitchen, bathroom, be Beddorumunoizu. I do open a foot or so of pipe onlyfrom a line to trap air and cushion the noise of "on" and "off" clunking, but this has me stumped. I am at the point now where I am about ready to rip the strapping off and putting foam around the pipes before I strap them back up. Before I spend the money on this, I thought I would check with you to see if that is what I need to do, or can you suggest something else ? Thanks very much.

A: A reduction of 1.5:1 (typically 3/4" to 1/2" is commonly used to increase or maintain water pressure Whole. In theory, the constant supply pressure, the volume increases the speed limits specified. Public pressure will be offset by the speed of light increases.

I am your hot & cold supply lines are 1 inches in diameter / 2 I hope. What is a feed diameter plastic? The reduction is greater than 1.5:1, it is likely that the line noise is sufficiently high pace.

All cutoff valve (below sinks, etc.) ensure that the fullopen. They too, can cause turbulence/noise by restricting water flow. Also, check all the pipes to see if there are any crushed or dented sections.

Foam wrap is a great for insulating purposes, but perhaps a little too soft for noise damping (it would crush flat). By all means, wrap the pipes, but use denser rubber for vibration pads. Extra bracing (for clamping to) might also help.

Alternative: Before you start pulling out nails, check the water velocity at your fixtures, and if it is extremely high, a pressure reducing valve can be installed on the supply line.

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