Hi there,
Would really appreciate some help please. Had this problem for a few weeks now and it is quite annoying and owing to the loudness I'm surprised the neighbours haven't complained yet. I keep getting intermittent vibrating / buzzing noises on the mains water inlet pipe where water comes in to my property under the kitchen sink before the main stopcock. You can even feel the copper pipe vibrating when you hold it. Stopcock is fairly new and was changed around 18 months ago. At this stage I believe this is an issue with the water supply to my property and perhaps the pressure is too high. Oddly the noises seem worse on an evening although does sometimes happen in the day.
When I can hear the vibrating noise before the mains stopcock and I run any of the taps in the bathroom the noise gets even louder and sounds like a loud grinding noise. I don't believe this is due to any of the ballcocks or taps in the bathroom either as they are also fairly new - again around 18 months old and I have no header tank in my loft either. Ideally I would like to measure the water pressure but do not have a test gauge, would it be worth buying one and what pressure should I expect? Also would there be any value to fitting a PRV or arrestor or should I get the water board out to investigate further before randomly changing out things.
I am reasonably competent and can change out parts as required. Had similar problems to this a couple of years back with the buzzing noise on the mainly supply line and did get the water board out then but annoyingly the noise wasnt present and it did eventually go away after a number of weeks. Unlike last time, this is worse though and much much louder and last time I didnt experience the grinding noises in the bathroom when running taps and flushing the toilet in the upstairs bathroom.
Another minor problem I have noticed is a slip seeping trickling down the pipework above the stopcock. Need to investigate this further but suspect it is related to the vibration travelling through the pipework possibly causing some of the joints to become slipper loose. I will investigate this but would like to address the main problem that I think is causing all this before any further damage is done elsewhere. . Thanks in advance.
Would really appreciate some help please. Had this problem for a few weeks now and it is quite annoying and owing to the loudness I'm surprised the neighbours haven't complained yet. I keep getting intermittent vibrating / buzzing noises on the mains water inlet pipe where water comes in to my property under the kitchen sink before the main stopcock. You can even feel the copper pipe vibrating when you hold it. Stopcock is fairly new and was changed around 18 months ago. At this stage I believe this is an issue with the water supply to my property and perhaps the pressure is too high. Oddly the noises seem worse on an evening although does sometimes happen in the day.
When I can hear the vibrating noise before the mains stopcock and I run any of the taps in the bathroom the noise gets even louder and sounds like a loud grinding noise. I don't believe this is due to any of the ballcocks or taps in the bathroom either as they are also fairly new - again around 18 months old and I have no header tank in my loft either. Ideally I would like to measure the water pressure but do not have a test gauge, would it be worth buying one and what pressure should I expect? Also would there be any value to fitting a PRV or arrestor or should I get the water board out to investigate further before randomly changing out things.
I am reasonably competent and can change out parts as required. Had similar problems to this a couple of years back with the buzzing noise on the mainly supply line and did get the water board out then but annoyingly the noise wasnt present and it did eventually go away after a number of weeks. Unlike last time, this is worse though and much much louder and last time I didnt experience the grinding noises in the bathroom when running taps and flushing the toilet in the upstairs bathroom.
Another minor problem I have noticed is a slip seeping trickling down the pipework above the stopcock. Need to investigate this further but suspect it is related to the vibration travelling through the pipework possibly causing some of the joints to become slipper loose. I will investigate this but would like to address the main problem that I think is causing all this before any further damage is done elsewhere. . Thanks in advance.
