7 Noisy Plumbing Problems SOLVED!

I live in a terrace house which is about sixty years old and the pipes are probably copper! My issue is that everytime I flush the upstairs toilet, I can hear and feel vibrations in the upstairs pipes. It feels like the pipes are rattling and noisy for about five minutes. Any ideas of what happened and how it can be solved?

Is this the from the big water tank? Not the smsll f and e tank?

Thanks Roger, it is really helpful. I got a noisy problem where was around unvented hot water cylinder in airing cupboard when I turned on every single hot tap. Is it possible the white expansion vessel fault? Many thanks.

Could water hammer eventually lead to failure in any joints in the home or is that shock unlikely to lead to that?

boilers make lots of different sounds the latest I heard sounds like a School wooden Recorder low soft tone not the Screech when everyone tries a t same time lol

I made my baseboard heating more silent just by insulating the pipes with foam

The pipe feeding my cold water storage tank vibrates when I use the taps on my bath (and only these taps). If I pull the pipe slightly it stopped so I think it only needs securing (I couldn’t see any securing clips) what type of clip should I use?

Roger great video, what about mains cold only whooshing when any or one cold tap is open, part open seems worse? To give idea of noise if listening to radio on an iPhone I cannot hear it unless on full volume, in kitchen which is below the open bathroom tap.

I have a cold water supply that comes directly off the mains and is therefore fairly high pressure and flow rate (I live in Aberdeen).
If I leave the water supply to the house wide open, I have seriouse water hammer problems all over the house.
Plus, if the taps are opened wide in error, you get a tidal wave coming out of the sink and a sink overflow that can not cope (kid proof everything- even taps).
If I just crack open the main valve to reduce the flow rate to the house, I solve the water hammer (and drowned kids), but now I have "hot shocks" in the shower when any of the cold taps are turned on in the kitchen (kids are evil).
But I was more concerned about the main water valve. It is the only means of shutting off the water to the whole house and the noise coming out of it, would suggest it will get "washed out" fairly quick.
Only solution I could see was to have throttling vlaves at all the cold water "deliveries".
That is three throttling valves in total - Loft; bathroom; kitchen
So I have good sensible water supply to everything coming from the mains. Great. Water hammer gone, floors dry.
Except for one thing. That whooshing noise as the water passes through the throttling valves.
I wondered if you had any thoughts on how to remove the noise. Something like a throttling/baffle tube or similar that could be installed at those throttling valves.
I could try a pressure regulator but it would be difficult to install here, and we might get back into the excess flow rate situation again, (which would likely give us water hammer once more).
Thoughts anyone?

Roger the man as always, teaching me for free! Got to ask tho, did we miss faulty valves? Sometimes the valve in the stoptap has split and the noise goes after replacement. If i missed it in the video, im sorry.

Roger, a question: a new boiler, installed less than six months ago, is making a resonant sound that vibrates through the exhaust pipe. It last 30-60 seconds when the boiler is at its lowest power (26 BTU). The vendor is saying that this is due to insufficient gas pressure that the utility company is delivering. He measures 7” wc, but says that the boiler requires 11”. The gas company says that 7” is the maximum allowed by city code. The vendor later clarified that gas pressure drops by 3” wc drop upon startup. He is suggesting 11” wc to keep the minimum pressure above 7” in, which he says is necessary due to a negative pressure value that requires a minimum volume. Does this sound right to you? Are there other explanations?

Hey from UK wanted to ask. I keep hearing ship/horn sound then filling noises and sudden shut off noise from what seems upstairs flat into my toliet room and into my bedroom this sound happens every 5mins-15mins non-stop driving me insane and leaving me sleepless. it sounds like rooooaawwwww horn then filling and sudden stop. sound is above my head from flat above. But If you can help with any insight thank you.

This has helped me work out how to stop that 'hum' in my pipework. Up in the loft the ball valve was humming away, so now resolved.

Hi. Im getting a hammering noise. Its on my central heating system which is new. Its about have way down a 20 foot straight. Any ideas ?

Thank you for that,only one of our radiators was squealing, and you answered my question xx

Thanks Roger, sometimes I just listen to your videos to make me smile. You're class. They are also very informative.

Can kettling really be that loud? I live in a hard water area, and our boiler makes this enormous bang first thing in the morning... usually when someone downstairs flushes the toilet (but even upstairs tap useage).

I swear to god, it makes me jump out of my skin every time!!

Water pump very new and make a noise at 6am when it’s not used

I don't seen any mechanism to "charge up" my water hammer arrestors - does that imply draining down and pressurising the system with air?

Hi Roger. I have a question but first Thank you for all the videos you post as they always provide clear and easy to understand guidance. My question is this. We have a back boiler currently and on the wall next to the digital controller there are two boxes with the branding heatsavers on the front of them. One is a extra heat unit and the other is a relay. Not sure what either one does if anything? But a couple of times a day one of them makes a terrible winding noise that appears to be lasting longer and longer lol. Have you ever come across anything like this?

Every time i turn hot water tap on i get a loud bang then it's ok, is a tank in bathroom, any ideas?

What causes sink gurgling in bathroom when sink has emtyied.

why dont the manufacures put small wings on the ballcock to stop valve bounce

Lived here 33 years and in summer the pipe to upstairs started banging. I replaced every tap washer and then the W.C. cistern ball float valve washer. It might go 3 weeks not banging then starts suddenly, not as loud now but very annoying with it's quiet knock, knock, knock sound. I turn off the main stop cock for a few hours and all is okay again, until another few weeks and it starts again.
I'll check the w.c. washer and components for wear. I don't know what else to try.

We have an unvented central heating system with a Viessman boiler and Kingspan hot water cylinder. When we turn on any hot tap in the house (upstairs and downstairs) we get a loud knocking in the pipe work - sounds close to where the hot water leaves the hot water cylinder. Plumbers have changed valves (although these are on the cold water input). Latest valve change saw things fixed for a day or so but we are now back to square one and our plumber is out of ideas…….any suggestions? Hot water cylinder has an expansion tank above…..not sure if this could be relevant???

I turn my water off at the stop cox and ever since I turned it back on my pipes are making the loudest trumpet noise when I flush the toilet or turn a tap on. My neighbours have even complained. Is there anything I can do before calling a plumber out?? Thanks

Cannot find that "dampner" product for the cold water storage tank? Anyone got a link?

Roger!! Just removed the toilet cistern and the filler around the pipes has cracked and deteriorated. When I chipped away I found the pipes with all this fine gravel type material.. what is it!?

I have a noise in the bathroom like there is water rushing through the pipes (copper) but even when the taps are turned off. Also have it under the kitchen sink but much reduced sound, plastic pipes here. The water meter outside the door is clattering 24/7. All my pipes are buried under the concrete floors but not a sign of dampness. No DPC under those old floors. Not sure where to start digging..like this for two years...what you think ??

How do i fix a noisy waterfall style bathroom tap?

my heater is macking a whisling noise
how do i fix this

"Can you guess what it is yet?" has been removed from my vocabulary owing to its author now being in prison.

Brilliantly informative thank you

The hot water heater is in the cellar. I turn on the hot water in the kitchen it runs for about 5 min. then makes a constant loud noise and shuts itself off. The noise doesn't stop until I shut the hot water off or add cold water to it. What can this be?

Great informative vid, given with zeal and zest, to cure those bangs, rattles and pops.👍

Hi Roger. Very interesting your video's. " Thank You" 
I have a Humming Problem & its keeping me awake some nights like it is now at 1am in the morning, is there anything I can do or is it a job for a Good Plummer like yourself? I do hope you reply to my problem xx

Had to have a shock arrester fitted as the shock wave managed to.damage a couple of ceramic disc valved mixer taps .

Our problem is coming from next door. usually 6am, 10am and 11pm, sounds like a ships horn, really annoying, we can hear water tap continually turning on and off. Our neighbours deny any noises but the are renting, probably don't want the landlord there. If they can't hear it, they must have demons, they car number plate includes 666.

For an Aussie, is a boiler an instant hot water service?

a few days ago in the toilet downstairs I had installation of insulation valves for both hot and cold water that I didn't have. to do this procedure they turned off the main water. now when I use the tap upstairs bathroom for cold water,flash the water for toilet either up or downstairs or running the cold water for tap kitchen I hears the boiler do a noise like it wants to work something " struggl to start " like a pump on'off .before they makes the change with the isolation valves and to stop all the water could not be heard.

Somebody says can be "backflow"
Or something else....

Please can you help me out to fix this.
Thank you

Great video Roger.

I love your video..God bless you for helping us..😇

Brilliant video 🙏🏼

I've got 6 radiators in the house I've got gravity field system with fire that heats it all up but when I turn on one of my radiators downstairs closest to the fire I get a rattling noise and it goes all around the house pumps bled and so are the radiators

My pipe bangs like mad when I turn the tap off or the washing machine stops filling up. It’s quite annoying and I’d like to install a water hammer thing in the pipe to stop it! I came hoping you’d talk about this and I got my answer! Thanks! 😃

Had supply line pipes that would "creak" every time they would heat up for the first time each morning. Will try felt around them this weekend. Thank you!

Thank you...

I bought 8 new Danfoss RAS-B2 Dynamic TRV's.Fitted them exactly as instruction dictate,my system is clean but now my radiators buzz and vibrate,it's not air in the system but also my 14month old Viessmann Vitodens 100 Combi which is normally really quite is a little louder,sounds like the pump is over working.Any idea's Roger?

I live in a row of 2 story flats and have neighbours above me and to one side, when the lady puts her washing machine on every day!? Yes every day, only knows what she is washing.. anyway I hear the banging that you described, my only problem is that it's a council flat and they won't do any repairs, I've ask a plumber and they won't touch it because it's council!? It dose sound like the HPA Valve pump thing that you mentioned is the answer, I'm happy to pay for this myself as I'm disabled and it's causing me more stress, can you or anyone give me any advice on what I can do.....thanks.....