spacecityguy
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Hi Everyone,
I've been looking for information to help me understand my plumbing problems. What a wonderful forum this is!
My wife and I moved in to this 10-year-old single story house (sitting on slab, with water heater and A/C in the attic) a couple weeks ago. At our first night there, we heard these huge banging noises coming from behind the walls between the master bath and the hall bathroom. It lasted an hour or two that night. First I thought it was caused by the water heater. Went up to the attic while hot water was running in the kitchen. Didn't hear any noise.
I started noticing the noises occurred after we took showers. I thought it was caused by the pipes not having been used daily during the 9 months this house was on the market. So I poured a bottle of Drano down the master shower. The noise seemed to have gone down some and lasted shorter. I was hoping another bottle of Drano would get rid of it. It might be a wishful thinking.
After reading about all these water hammer, air trap, and moving pipe issues online, I'm not sure if I've a more serious problem. I would like to get some idea what the problem is before hiring a plumber. Any recommendation on how to diagnose this problem will be deeply appreciated!!!
CW
I've been looking for information to help me understand my plumbing problems. What a wonderful forum this is!
My wife and I moved in to this 10-year-old single story house (sitting on slab, with water heater and A/C in the attic) a couple weeks ago. At our first night there, we heard these huge banging noises coming from behind the walls between the master bath and the hall bathroom. It lasted an hour or two that night. First I thought it was caused by the water heater. Went up to the attic while hot water was running in the kitchen. Didn't hear any noise.
I started noticing the noises occurred after we took showers. I thought it was caused by the pipes not having been used daily during the 9 months this house was on the market. So I poured a bottle of Drano down the master shower. The noise seemed to have gone down some and lasted shorter. I was hoping another bottle of Drano would get rid of it. It might be a wishful thinking.
After reading about all these water hammer, air trap, and moving pipe issues online, I'm not sure if I've a more serious problem. I would like to get some idea what the problem is before hiring a plumber. Any recommendation on how to diagnose this problem will be deeply appreciated!!!
CW