When I use my “expanding” hose (that’s goes from 50ft to 100ft) for my outside spigots, I hear a thumping sound every time I release the trigger of the hose. My wife says it’s loud inside. Could my water pressure be causing this?
That’s definitely something I’d check. I had a similar situation at another house. The pipes would move slightly when the water was turned on and off. I dialed the pressure down a little and added a couple more pipe hangings (pipes were in unfinished basement). That’s helped in my situation. Good luck.
.A new faucet (a dual spray switch tap that allows to switch between a strong shower setting, and normal stream setting) is installed downstairs. Whenever the downstair neighbor switches to strong flow setting I hear a high pitched water stream noise in my kitchen. The below neighbor uses the high flow setting quite often in the day, and it affects my ears as I have an ear condition called tinnitus. But it's loud enough that even someone without tinnitus would find it annoying (the nails against chalkboard type of sound)..why the noise is coming, Really appreciate any help, thank you!
That sounds similar to what I experienced. When a lot of water was being used, the pressure would drop and I would hear the whining noise. I adjusted the water pressure up a bit and have not heard that sound since.
My pipe has been hammering for at least a year. I turned on the water in my bathtub, went downstairs and heard squealing noises. I turned up the water valve, and my noises are GONE NOW!!! Thank you!
This is a good tip. My home inspector found that the incoming water pressure was nearly 90 psi and determined that the regulator would likely need to be replaced. Well a plumber came in and replaced the regulator with a new one and set pressure to 60 psi. This will prevent many potential future water pipe issues.
@@Ryder_In_Motion Here in California apparently a homeowner's inspection is optional where it's required in other states. If someone is ever thinking about buying a home, I would say always have a licensed inspector come out. Look for the state and national home inspector boards and certifying groups and search for a local inspector. In my area an inspection is 300-500 dollars and its worth every penny even if they find nothing wrong. Had I been oblivious about the water pressure issue that could have spelt disaster down the road with burst piping in the walls. The inspector also found issues with defective smoke and monoxide alarms, gas water heater was not vented or braced properly, and the drainage pipe was not piped to an outside drain. Should an earthquake happen, or the heater start leaking it would be a ton of potential water damage and at the very least combustion gases making their way into the living space which can be deadly! All of which are easily fixed but can be easily overlooked if you don't know what to look for.
@@ShaneTheGeek Totally agree. Home inspectors have saved me money on more than one occasion. Last inspector found an issue with the hot water heater pressure tank. I worked it into the contract to have it checked by a plumber. You could see very minor disfiguring in the pressure tank, but even that wasn’t obvious. Seller ended up having to replace water heater, pressure tank, etc. Was something like $1300.
@@Ryder_In_Motion Same all of the major findings were remedied by the seller at no extra cost to me. I find it a little hilarious that I ran across your video in my feed right after a similar repair was done on my home. Been watching videos on flooring installation and cabinet refinishing :). Thank you for putting this content out!
