'Water Hammer' wav (sound) file examples?

[parisblue]

Hi,
does anyone have any recording or wav files
of 'water hammer'?

My problem (in my council) flat is the sound of
a rasping, vibrating, low whining/screeching/groaning 'Tuba' that lasts for
up to 2 seconds. It is horrible and keeps me awake night after night.

At first I thought it was the neighbour upstairs
dragging a heavy table across a wooden floor
(you know that dull screehy sound the table legs make as they resonate?)
but it isn't her after all.

The problem is - the sound is dependent on random
water usage/pressue/demands from the upper flats and it never occurs when the landlord in waiting in my flat to hear it.

Please let me know if anyone has any pre-recorded quality
water hammer sounds (like my description) so I can demonstrate to the landdlord what I am actually hearing.
I've searched the web but couldn't find any samples.

Many thanks,
Paris.

 

[WHPES]

Don't you have a record function on your mobile phone?
It's not water hammer - that's a banging sound

The screeching is probably due to a worn out tap or cistern valve somewhere in the property.

 

[parisblue]

I tried that, and tried a mic hooked to Windows sound recorder. Unfortunately the noise frequency is too low to be picked up fully by a mobile phone or any general sound recorder.

It needs a quality (sensitive) recorder capable of capturing sound around [FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]40 Hz. (Thunder is around 30 Hz!)

Vibrations an rumbles are always difficult to record if you don' thave good sound recording equipment.

I'm hoping somebody has already done this.
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[Alanka]

Try my website (click the link):

www.slumberlands.freeserve.co.uk/SinkTapWhine.wav

to hear an old brass sink tap whining and groaning when you run water from it. I just recorded it using an iPod. (The voice at the end - just after the trombone effect - is my wife asking me what the hell I'm doing - a nuther sort of whining and groaning!)

I think the noises are being produced by the vibrations of the jumper as the high-pressure water flows past it in this old and worn-out tap. I can vary the sound by adjusting the water flow.

Enjoy!

 

[parisblue]

Thanks for that.
Initially I thought nah.. that's no the sound, that's just
a 'whiny' sound ..but then at 23 seconds that teeth grating almost indescribable *scvvvrrccrrrrroooaaarrccchhgghhagghagghrrrvvv* sound. *ugh*
It's so horrible I can't even spell it.

That's generally the sound I get, except from a mains pipe behind
my bedroom wall, so it is louder albeit muted, but just as annoying.

It's no laughing matter, but I did laugh at the thought of your wife
walking in whilst you're crouched under the taps..
..recording ..something dodgy!
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
would be my question too!
🙂

Cheers.

I can't believe nobody records more of these sounds for referrence.
I imagine, people just want to forget all about it as soon as possible.