Re: Rattling Pipes

Posted by LonnythePlumber on April 18, 2003 at 22:00:53:
In response to Re: Rattling Pipes
: : My pipes rattle like thunder when no one is using any water. The noise comes once to four times a day and lasts about 30 seconds to a minute. Turning a tap on will stop the noise immediately. : : We've lived in the house for 6 months, and have only had the problem for about a month. We had an Aprilaire humidifier installed on our furnace around the same time the noise began. However, I have shut it off and the noise has continued. : : Your help could save a marriage! : : Are you on a well? If so, it could be the well pump recharging the storage tank. Of course then the question is where is the water going between charges? Sounds like a loose washer somewhere in your system. It could be the house valve if it's a globe pattern and it was shut it off to make the water connection for the humidifier.However it could be in a ballcock, wall hydrant or any faucet. When water is used in the structure a lower pressure can occur which may allow a washer to displace which can 'rattle' back into place after awhile with full pressure. Are you sure it is not your toilet tank refiling? LonnythePlumber

Posted by LonnythePlumber on April 18, 2003 at 22:00:53:

In response to Re: Rattling Pipes

: : My pipes rattle like thunder when no one is using any water. The noise comes once to four times a day and lasts about 30 seconds to a minute. Turning a tap on will stop the noise immediately.

: : We've lived in the house for 6 months, and have only had the problem for about a month. We had an Aprilaire humidifier installed on our furnace around the same time the noise began. However, I have shut it off and the noise has continued.

: : Your help could save a marriage!

:
: Are you on a well? If so, it could be the well pump recharging the storage tank. Of course then the question is where is the water going between charges?

Sounds like a loose washer somewhere in your system. It could be the house valve if it's a globe pattern and it was shut it off to make the water connection for the humidifier.However it could be in a ballcock, wall hydrant or any faucet. When water is used in the structure a lower pressure can occur which may allow a washer to displace which can 'rattle' back into place after awhile with full pressure.
Are you sure it is not your toilet tank refiling?
LonnythePlumber

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