Nebulous
New Member
When we bought and moved into this house 5 months ago we noticed that after water has been running and stops, there is a sound in our walls very similar to when you blow across the mouth of an empty glass bottle (but lower pitched). There are some facts that may help diagnose this problem:
We call it “Hootie” because it sort of sounds like an own if it happens only for a short stent.
We have city water and live in a small town in Iowa. The house is a ranch-style and was built in 1974.
What would cause this and what can I do to alleviate it? Is this what an expansion tank is for?
~N
- It can happen after any water has been running, whether hot or cold, whether toilet, shower, or sink in any room
- It doesn’t happen every time, but it happens most of the time, and we can’t identify a variable that makes it happen or not happen
- Our water pipes are not visible except in one small area in the basement near the hot water heater
- This is a big one: We hear the sound many times when no one has recently run water! Sometimes I the middle of the night or while watching TV. Is some pipe slowly leaking to cause that? I don’t know of one.
- Here’s another big one: It can sometimes (even when no one has run water) make the sound continuously for several minutes 0 I timed it at 4 ½ minutes once. Other times it is just a few seconds
- It happens in all kinds of weather (hot, cold, wet, dry)
We call it “Hootie” because it sort of sounds like an own if it happens only for a short stent.
We have city water and live in a small town in Iowa. The house is a ranch-style and was built in 1974.
What would cause this and what can I do to alleviate it? Is this what an expansion tank is for?
~N