Don't Call the Plumber Yet: Common Causes of 6 Plumbing Noises
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2021
- What is that pipe sound? Should my pipes be making that sound? Jim explains the 6 common plumbing noises and their causes. Track down that noise before you call the plumber.
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Man, this video finally put to rest some of my "plumbing paranoia". Thank you so much. I'll be rewatching it as a reminder whenever I notice a weird sound from my pipes and start obsessing about it!
I have searched high and low on RUclips to find information that might help me find the cause of a clunking sound you so accurately described in #6 in your plumbing noise causes. Every time I turned on a faucet in my home there was an immediate clunk sound in the water pipes. After finding your post I replaced the pressure balance valve as you recommended on my shower valve and the clucking sound was gone! HALLELUJAH!! I wanted to " THANK YOU" for sharing your experience and knowledge with us out here that are far less informed on these matters. Thanks again!
You made my day. Thank YOU 😊
Thank you VERY MUCH for your help!!
It would be very helpful if you have recordings of the actual sounds so we can zzcompare them to what we’re hearing in our house. 🥹
Alway great info!!
I have a constant humming sound going on that I hear all through the house. I turned off the water to all the toilets and I still heard the humming sound. It's constant it sounds like it is all over the house including both levels. I even hear it in the garage as well. I also turned off all the power to the house and the hum was still there. Thanks much Jim!
@Bobby what caused the noise? How did you obliterate it?
Constant humming-me too. Can’t figure it out
There's many cases where some factory miles away caused this sound. There's a famous case of some tire or glass factory in in the north east had a machine that caused an entire town to have a hum and they only found out 25 years later, the day the plant shut down. Turning your master breaker off is a good start things like refrigerators have humming compressors.
Thanks!
During a bathroom remodel, our other bathroom shower started to make a banging noise coming from inside the wall where the shower valve is. It only happens if we have the valve set to both cold & hot (to make it warm). If we turn it all the way to hot or cold, it stops. My thought was, as the contractors were turning off & on the main water valve to work on the other bathroom, they turned on the water to quick and it ruptured something in the valve. They said it's just air in the pipes and it will go away the more we use the other shower, but I think the valve got messed up. Thoughts?
Hi, thanks for the video. My pipes make noises when I open or close any faucets in the house or after flushing a toilet.
Thanks for the reply. The vent is Oatey or Studor. I do have access to it, it might be undersized and will test for this by Removing it and then flushing the toilets.
I have a stationary whistle in the wall by my bath 1 sink. Using the washer out in the garage, the kitchen faucet, the toilet in bath 2 and the tub/shower in bath 1 produces the whistle. The toilet in bath 1, and the sink in bath 2 does not produce the whistle. It began a couple months ago when I replaced my kitchen faucet and a 1/4 turn valve under the sink (cold side). It does it on both cold and hot sides of the various fixtures. Any guidance is appreciated. My handyman brother is all ???
Thanks for this info.
My well system recently started having a very loud vibration inside the house (Not at the well itself). Pressure Tank (and the whole system) is less than 2 years old.
It only happens when the Well Pump 1st turns on, and then slowly quites after a few moments.
I think you should call a well company and have them check this out.
Thanks for doing a video that actually makes sense to the layfolk! You didn't seem to mention a low humming I'm getting at home when I turn on water upstairs and downstairs(hot and cold). The sound comes about 1-2 seconds after turning the faucet and sounds like a distant fog horn seemingly below the house...
TheAKK, if you have an RO system you could have a hole in the storage tank bladder. That can make a humming sound. If you have an expansion tank on the water heater or a well tank, those bladders can go bad and make a noise. If you have a pressure regulator on the house, they make noise when they go bad. If you have a boiler system, they also have expansion tanks. That could make a noise if heating your water. I don’t think it could be the faucets if you’re getting the noise both upstairs and downstairs.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber Thank you for the quick and detailed reply (subscribed)! I think you may have hit it on the expansion tank. When my wife gets home I'll have her turn on the faucet and I'll be at the water heaters to verify and then go from there.
Love the channel got a quick question... My water heater makes a pretty loud popping noise after you're done taking a shower is that something to be concerned about?
Paul Blanton, don’t be concerned as it is called percolating. A large percent of heaters make that noise. People claim you can flush it out, but the noise comes back so don’t waste your money. Glad you like our channel.
Very good video.our water tank makes very loud noise when we turn on the tabs.
@mgohar604, you’re introducing cold water to the bottom of the water heater causing the percolating sound. Nothing wrong with the heater. Just live with the noise.
At times, plumbing in one washroom will squeal loudly (like a smoke alarm). This will happen only sometimes when water is running somewhere in the house. Originally sound was coming from one faucet when water turned on anywhere in house. Had cartridge changed and a few other things on that faucet (by a plumber). It still makes the sound (at times)...now I noticed the sound comes from the toilet area of the same washroom! I don't hear it from the faucet lately, just the toilet (at times). Is something moving through the pipe and stuck? I live in an area with hard water. When plumber changed cartridge, he also changed water pressure regulator valve as it had build up and might have had a slight leak. Thank you for your helpful videos and advice.
Mimi Combow, turn the shut off valve on the toilet off and see if the sound goes away. Try this for about a day. If the sound stops, it’s either the fill valve or the shut off valve to the toilet making the sound. If that’s not it, do the same on the lav faucet and see if the noise is gone. Angle stops are notorious for making noise but are seldom checked. If you have the older style compression angle stops that you have to turn off, there is a washer in them that can get loose and make a noise. I’m thinking it’s the fill valve on the toilet.
Hello, we just moved into a 1973 mobile home and the water heater location is in the bathroom and it is a very small water heater. There is a noise under the bathroom vanity area, to me it sounds like "loud white noise" .We have looked under sink, looked for leaks but can't find anything. It is a Florida home with well water that I think 5 houses is using, the pump and everything is behind our house. We turn off water to our house and the water heater breaker when we leave and the noise is still there but we don't drain the lines. We have water sprinklers too but they are turned off. We did notice that the big tank outside has a rust spot on the bottom and is leaking some. We are going to call a plumber to come check it out but I am wondering if it has something to do with the pump and the tank outside. There was a pressure gauge on the big tank outside and it was at 20. If it is an outside issue then our HOA has to get it fixed. My husband is going to crawl around and check out the water heater from the outside. Any advice? Thanks!
Greetings, been watching your videos all morning....pretty sure i've narrowed down the hammering noise throughout the house to my gas water heater manufactured 01/2005. I never knew about flushing the system so that's never been done. It sounds like, due to it's age, that is not the thing I need to do. As you've suggested, I will be looking for a certified plumber to install a new heater if needed (no "box stores").. Wish me luck and thanks for the advice!
Yeah, I got a question... each time I turn on my faucets ((in the bathroom and kitchen)) water comes out slow... I tried this with both hot and cold water, and it still comes out slow. Also... when I have the water turned on, it also "spits" at times...? I went downstairs into my basement ((where the water pipes are at while the water is *TURNED OFF*)), and I'm hearing water running through them quite loudly too, but I don't see any leakage or anything like that...?
When my wife waters the backyard plants there is a squeal, shrieking noise that fills the whole house. To the point where I make her shut it off, it's so loud and high-pitched.
I have 2 bathrooms in my house. The bathroom that rarely used started to squeak constantly. I run the bath and while water runs the squealing seems to go away but when I shut the water off and turn tight it starts up again. This noise is only in that one bathroom .
I’m hearing a banging noise in one shower when turning the nozzle to hot and then the water turns cold.
In the other shower the water pressure for the hot water is low and causes the shower to not get as hot enough.
What is going on with the plumbing?
The house is about 15 years old.
Hello. I hear a loud noise coming from the pipes in my walls in bathroom #3 anytime the toilet is flushed in bathroom #1 or #2. It does not make a noise when I flush the toilet in bathroom #3. I am thinking it has something to do with the water pressure but I am not a plumber. Any recommendations before I call a plumber?
Great format and demeanor! What are the sounds associated with inadequate or blocked venting? As part of remodeling, I disconnected the vent stack and attempted to compensate for the loss of venting through use of an air admittance valve. Subsequently toilet flushing, laundry or other rapid draining results in an obnoxious belching noise from that general area. I'm wondering if the AAV is too small, and am hearing the pipes rattle from pressure as the system draws in air beyond the capacity of the AAV. After a handful of seconds, the sound goes away, crickets. Thanks.-JH.
When a vent is not working, you’ll get a gurgling sound. When you flush a toilet, you’ll get a sound from a lav or tub drain because it sucks the trap dry to get air. You might have bought a cheap mechanical vent that might not be working properly. Hopefully, you have access to this vent. I recommend a studor vent that comes in at 1 1/2”, 2”, 3” and 4”. Rule of thumb…. When using a 3” drain, you can use a 1 1/2” vent.
Enjoyed your video. Hoping you may be able to w. There is a very loud thunking noise after water has drained the house and is heading to the septic tank. Depending on how much water is being used there could be more or less thunks. 1.6 gallon flush 2-3 thunks. Washer draining 3-4 thunks. 10 minutes shower continuous thunks about 15-20 seconds apart. Any ideas? Thank you.
@aliciasmith4255, do you have a sewer ejector pump? It might be that the check valve is making the noise. When the pump is done pumping and turns off, the check valve closes hard, causing the thunking noise. You might need to repipe the pipe to the septic to eliminate the down pressure on the check valve.
Airhammer is also common, due to high water pressure and pressure reducing valve
had a fog horn sound in the walls during or after flushing. I switched out the water supply valve (sits inside your tank with the water supply attached), once replaced the sound went away.
Hi GP, thanks for the informative video. My PRV at the street was just replaced. I went to turn on my sprinkler system via the controller in the garage and noticed a loud whooshing/water surge sound coming from the water heater space. The first zone of my sprinklers do not pop up either, but all other zones do. Water PSI outside shows 60psi. Is the whooshing sound something concerning? Expansion tank was also replaced a couple months ago (also 60psi), along with the PRV. Please help!
Jonathan R, if you have water, I don’t think you have a problem. Don’t worry about it.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber The reply is much appreciated. A water softener was installed the same time the expansion tank was replaced. Luckily the issue didn’t occur again after that initial attempt (first use of sprinklers after PRV install). So it may have just been air purging or something of the sort. Thanks again!
Hi. I hear a light knocking sound after I flush my toilet sometimes about 15 feet from the bathroom- in the kitchen after I flush and the toilet bowl is filling. It’s like a tapping. It stops as soon as the toilet kicks off. I don’t know what it is and I have home owner anxiety. Any ideas?
I have a brand new home and in the basement there’s a completed bath; when the toilet is flushed or water turns off we’re getting a loud thumping sound; the builders plumber thought it was the water pressure and turned it down however it’s still happening
My shower turns off with a loud thud on its own. If i turn the water on more it seems to stay on and is fine. Any thoughts please?
Thanks for the video. I am on a well system and I turned on my irrigation system and it appears there is a noise around the water pump. The noise went away when I turned off the irrigation system. I thought that it might be the pressure balance system. Please advise
You might have a bad check valve located near the pump. It could be the foot valve at the bottom of the well. When you mentioned the pressure balance system are you talking about the storage tank bladder or the pressure switch?
I started to hear squeaky sound low pitch and continuous after flushing the toilet and when the tank was filled. Now I hear that in both of my toilets when turning off both hot and cold water. It does not sound like water hammer, what else can it be?
Hello I have a sporadic knocking noise in the wall behind my washing machine?? Please help
Thanks for your video. There's a squeaky sound everytime we turn on the faucet and our toilet bowl after flashing. What causing it. Does squeaky causes pipes to burst? Thank you.
Alma Vizconde, you should probably replace the fill valve in your toilet. Squeaking will not cause pipes to burst.
Hear a knocking sound when flushing toliet and when I turn shower on I wonder if I have a leak
I hear this loud sound of water running down the pipes within the wall of my bedroom. It is like the sound of a waterfall except its just for a couple of seconds. I live in a 13 floor apartment building and live on the 11th floor. I messaged the management and they said it’s normal because my unit is close to a stack pipe. Is this something that can be remedied. The noise is quite loud and disturbs my sleep, if it was in any other part of the house could be bare-able but not the bedroom.
Good video. I was hoping I might find an answer for why I have a high pitch whistling noise that seems to be coming from a bathroom faucet that I can hear when the water is off. The noise stops when running water in the house and then resumes when the water is turned off. Sometimes the noise lasts for ten minutes, other times much, much longer. We do have an expansion tank. I'm not sure that would be causing any issue. That is located in the basement. The noisy faucet is on the second floor.
I am redeemed, you answered your own question, it’s the expansion tank. It has a hole in the rubber bladder. If you have a well tank, that could also have a hole in the bladder. If you have a drinking water system, like an RO, that has a bladder tank.
Hello @@TheGrumpyPlumber. Thank you for replying to my comment. I appreciate your input. I'm so glad I found your video. We are planning on replacing the expansion tank soon. Thanks again!
Did you find the problem?
@@randellmathews5961 Yes we did. It wasn't the expansion tank or the faucet. It was a part in the toilet tank that needed replaced. Thank you for your question.
@I_am_redeemed was it the fill valve? Also is the noise still gone?
Great channel! I just replaced my 20 year old electric water heater with a new one. The new one gurgles (sounds like air bubbles) every few minutes! I was thinking of emptying it and refilling to make sure it's full. Any ideas?
You’ve got me stumped. As you use hot water, cold water replaces it immediately. Are you sure the noise is coming from the water heater? I’ve had water heaters that were two week old that started percolating. If that’s what it is, you can drain it but the sound will probably come right back. It’s not hurting anything.
The top line on my water heater is vibrating looks to be the cold it just started doing it this evening. Also the shower sometimes makes a vibrating noise. Usually it will stop when I turn the valve. I’m not running any water at the moment anywhere in the house and the line on top of the water heater is still vibrating. Thanks for your help
You probably have pressure balance tub/ shower valves in your house and one of the cartridges is bad. There is a small spring and ball bearing in the cartridge. You need to replace the whole cartridge. P.S. If you have a few in your house, I recommend you repair all of them.
What is it when you turn on faucets that it makes a loud sound that I can only describe as a fog horn??? Help!!!
Hello GP, I live in a 1944 Cape Cod style home. Currently, hearing a “gurgle” sound in pipes when the washing machine is draining and the toilet is flushed. What say you? Thanks, Jim K.
James Knight, it sounds like you might have plugged vents. What you can do is; stick a garden hose about 3-4 feet down the vent and turn the water on. See if that clears the vents and stops the gurgling sound.
Hi! The incoming water line of my house (the pvc after the shutoff valve), has started to buzz, almost like a hyperactive bee. I have bee in the house for 3.5 yrs and this symptom is brand new today. Any thoughts?
Thank you!!
Could be a leak, have you fixed it by now?
Enjoyed the video. I have a problem with bathroom sink. I hear air coming from the drain sounds like if you are blowing into an instrument. Any ideas why.
Yolanda Watkins, if it’s a gurgling sound that means you have a vent problem and the sink drain is not getting air.
Thank you for this video, really appreciate it! I just replaced a washer for a leaky spigot outside the house in the front. Later when the toilet was used in the 2nd floor, there was a loud like sound before it flushed and it went away the 2nd time. Is this due to any pressure which may have built up in the pipes when I turned off the water supply to fix the leaky spigot?
@stopcat5992, there was probably air in the pipe. The toilet was probably the first fixture you used and, when you flushed it, it caused the fill valve to chatter.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber Thank you, haven't heard it after that.
My plumbing system is making a hell of noise like drumming from shower back and toilet water tank. What can I do to this ? It’s annoying and disturbing.
Any advice about a banging noise that seems to come from the water main into the house? I have a shutoff after the main before it goes to the rest of the house that I turned off and it still knocks really hard several times a day. Is there something in the water pit before coming in my house that could be bad?
A swing check valve could bang. RP devices can make noises because of the check valve. The foot valve at the bottom of my submersible well banged because the well was over 300 ft. deep. It sounds like you might have a problem with the check valve.
I recently had my 75 gallon hot water tank replaced and mine has side taps that feed in floor radiant heating and it has an expansion tank. What is your opinion do I really need that expansion tank with all the piping in a home to absorb thermal expansion.
Clarence D, you do need an expansion tank. There is a regulator on the heating system that is supposed to maintain 15 lbs. and the expansion tank is a safeguard.
I recently installed a recirculation pump @ my water heater and replaced a leaking valve @ my shower. Ever since I have a constant ( loud ) noise at my shower valve when I decrease the hot and increase the cold.
Fred2324, sounds to me like you have a pressure balance valve in your shower. There is a balancing spool in the valve that’s probably causing that noise. To test it, turn off the circulating pump for a few days. If the noise goes away, repair the valve with a new cartridge. Make sure you have the direction of water flow coming back towards the heater.
Great video! I'm widow who lives alone, so I appreciate you guys putting my mind at ease about noises I might hear! My current issue is that occasionally I'm hearing a big bang after I flush my toilet. I did have a plumber out about a year ago and he tightened the brackets(?) along the pipes in my basement and installed an arrestor at the pipe that goes from my washer out to the main line. He explained about water hammer, so now I'm extremely nervous that that's what's happening with my toilet and that a pipe may burst in my basement. Do you have any other ideas about what it might be? As I said, it's just the toilet flushing and it doesn't happen every time. Thanks in advance!
Change the fill valve in the toilet. That’s the cheapest thing to try.
Thanks for making this video! I hear constant low and motor engine like sound in my house. It becomes clearer at night. But when I put my ears against the wall to hear the sound, I can’t hear anything. I’ve asked technician to check water tank, furnace and air conditioner, they don’t find them to make any noise. Also I asked worker to check the roof, they don’t find anything wrong. My kitchen appliances function well. What do you think makes the noise? It’s annoying and disturb my sleep. Thanks!
Candy Li, here is a list of things to check out the noise: if you have a water well, do you have an expansion tank? Do you have an expansion tank on your water heater? If you have an RO drinking system, the expansion tank can make noise. Do you have a circulating pump on the water heater? When expansion tanks are going bad, they can make a moaning sound. But, you usually hear the noise during the day, not at night.
Candy Li, P. S. If you have a circulating pump on the water heater, that’s probably where the sound is coming from. Check that out.
Did you find out what it was? I’m having the same sound and it’s driving me crazy!!!
We have city water sir and noticed low pressure from our bathroom faucet(cleaned the aerator) and thought we fixed the problem. Then the washing machine valve quit having water come out on the cold side the same day. And now the bathroom faucet won’t have water more than drips coming out. Any ideas on where to begin looking or what to troubleshoot? Thanks
There are screens on the hose or washing machine connections that need to be cleaned or changed. Clean the faucet aerator again and it will probably work. If you turn the water off to the house or any valve connected to the house, turn the valves back on slowly.
Hi there, great videos!
When. I run my kitchen sink I hear a whine or whistle that seems to be coming from downstairs in the basement. It happens after I turn the water off and a brief pause
Do you have a well tank in the basement? Do you have an expansion tank on the water heater? Do you have an RO system with a tank? If you have one of those, you may have a bad bladder in one of the tanks. You will need to replace that tank.
Hi Grumpy Plumber, I live in central California my house was built in 1974, I get Brown water when I turn on my bath water sometimes in the sink to, Do I need to re pipe? Or can I do something else to fix this issue
arnulfo delgadillo, is it the hot or cold water that is coming in brown? If it’s the hot water, I would recommend draining the heater and flushing and refilling it. As your house was built in 1974, they might have used galvanized pipe nipples on the tub spout instead of brass nipples. They probably used galvanized nipples on the bathroom sink angle stops. Go in and change the nipples to brass. You shouldn’t have to repipe the house.
I added a show run line coming off of copper in my basement. Now when the tub is filled I get a real pulsating of the pipes/
I went from copper to pex and it just started after the new hot and cold pex line was ran. I wet from 3/4 copper to 1/2 pex.
Any help much appreciated.
Thank you
gw Little, I don’t know what a show line is but whatever you hooked the Pex up to, is it a compression valve? That means, does it have a washer in whatever you attached the Pex to. If it’s a new shower valve, it’s probably a pressure balance valve. If the valve does not have equal pressure on both hot and cold sides, it will make a chattering sound. I don’t think the Pex is the problem. It could be whatever you connected it to. I hope you can give me more information.
Great video, thanks. I have a rhythmic vibration heard throughout the house (about one cycle every second) when outdoor irrigation lines are running- when the sprinklers are on, but not just a drip line. Doesn’t happen with showers or sinks or the hose. It also happened yesterday when I slowly turned back on the main water supply valve to the house after repairing a broken pvc sprinkler line: if I turned the main valve too fast, it began the vibration, but if I slowed down, it dissipated. I tested my water pressure at the nearest hose to the main supply and it was 70psi.
I’m concerned my 1979 copper lines have mineral buildup and need to be replaced? Any ideas?
Jordan Larson, it sounds like you have a loose washer in your supply valve or one of the sprinkler valves. The only supply valve with a washer in it is a globe valve or a hose bib. I recommend replacing either one of those and use a ball valve. The sprinkler valves have a large washer and usually you can just replace the valve. It’s not your copper pipe. The pressure on your regulator is not too high. Valves that have washers in them have a screw that can get loose, causing the washer to vibrate.
Hello @The Grumpy Plumber, I have a high pitched sound about ever 40 seconds that is coming from outside near the main shut-off, what can it be or what can I do? Thanks in advance.
Beatriz Flores, is there a pressure regulator out there? That could be making that noise. Is the main water supply open all the way? Check that out.
My shower makes a loud banging noise when turned on, I’ve replaced the internal cartridge (moen shower valve) noise continues. After months of frustration I removed the water restrictor from the shower head, that seems to solve the problem. Do you know why that work? I’d like to use a water saver head, any suggestions?
Ralph Dookran, buy a cheap water saver shower head and give it another try.
Thanks for the video! I have a two-story townhouse. When I flush any toilet, run the shower, and run the washer I can hear a high running water sound and banging in the downstairs living room area. The builder told me it's because of the main line that's in the wall. The noise is really loud and annoying. Any advice on how to fix it?
First off, I think the builder is right. Second, it would be a very costly fix. Third, I certainly wouldn’t hire the plumbing company again. You might try turning your pressure down on the regulator.
We hear a single "clunk" in the shower, every time we turn water off elsewhere in the house. Occasionally there will be a few random "clunks" when water hasn't run for a few hours. This started when we replaced the hot water heater, which is right below our shower. The pipes to/from the heater were very loose, but bracing didn't help. Any thoughts?
Your have a single handle pressure balance shower valve. I think the noise is coming from a bad cartridge in the shower valve. Have it repaired. I don’t think it has anything to do with the water heater. They use to have ball checks in the supply pipes on the top of the water heater. They would make a noise but I think they did away with them years ago.
Hello
I enjoyed your video.
I have a a Fleck 5600 with a mechanical valve about 6 years old.
When the water softener by pass is on, we loose water pressure in our house. When the by pass is off, we have full water pressure in our house.
However, when we turn on the water in the house we hear some loud noises. Seems like the noise come from the pipes from the water softener to the house.
I clean the tank, put WaterBoss - Universal water softener cleaner and ran manually regenerate. Still, when turning on a faucet inside the house, I hear like a fog horn noise.
Any advice ? and thanks for any ideas.
Gabe
Gabe, go back to where you bought the water softener or call Fleck, the manufacturer. They will replace that head, even though it is 6 years old. It is easy to replace. Just unscrew it from the mineral bed tank.
Hi, my house was built in 1982. when I turn on the shower, sounds like waterfalls appear in the kitchen sink area. Underneath the kitchen sink there is a white tank looks like the one you show here, and there are water filters, but when I didn't hear any sounds under the sink though, the sound is heard up on the corner wall by the cabinet, but there is no water pipe up 5 feet high on the wall. What could be cause?
You could have a bad RO tank. If you can lift the tank easily, then it’s fine but if it is very heavy to lift, then the tank has gone bad and needs to be replaced. Another thing….if the RO drain is connected between the basket strainer and the p- trap, it makes a water running noise. The easiest way to fix that is to connect the drain on the outlet arm of the p- trap. The water in the p-trap will silence the noise. You hear that noise when the RO is making drinking water.
In our old house with crawl space, the kitchen sink clogs regularly. Our son lives there and doesn't cook much there or use the sink as often. It took a lot of effort but I used a plunger and was successful. The sink now drains without filling up the sink when the water is running. However, even after the water has all drained out and I keep plunging, there continues to be a slushing of water somewhere down the drain. Do I need to call a plumber?
I would recommend a good, honest drain cleaner. Wouldn’t hurt to give it a good cleaning. Just the kitchen drain as I’m assuming you’re not having any other issues. If the drain cleaner company says that you have major problems, which I doubt, just pay him and send him on his way.
I live in a unit built about 18 months ago. When we turn on our hot water on, after a minute or two we start to get a whistling sound. This happens with most of the faucets in the house. It does not happen when running cold water.
John Morris, first thing I would check is the connections to the water heater. If they are aluminum flex water lines connecting the water heater, either replace them or readjust them, making them as straight as possible. Check that out.
Hi GP, I live in California. One of my shower making very loud banging sound inside the wall once in awhile. I have to turn it off for a few minutes then turn it on and the loud noise will be gone. What may be the cause?
Hi. I have a noise that u can't locate its like a humming sound whether it's the water tank but I also feel a slight vibration from the floor where I sit
It’s probably the bladder in the water tank that is going bad. They can make any kind of sound when they go bad. If there is a snifter valve on top of the water tank, push the needle down and if air and water come out together, it means the bladder is going bad. Or, if your pump goes on and off frequently, that might mean the bladder is bad.
I would like to know why my water heater whistles like a tea kettle?
what happens after freezing below 0 temperatures and temperatures warm up and you can still hear running water in your pipes when the faucets are turned off
Having the same issue-turn off main, all other ‘sounds’ and can still hear what seems like water running through my pipes
About 1:34 timer on the video I heard that sound like a woodpecker on steroids! Thats exact same sound Ive got on the pipping of my house. Neve suspected the water heater exponsion tank will be the culprit! Thank you pal! Great video...
Guess what pal. I have spent weeks watching what so called experts on how to fix things turned out to be only handy men far from being expert! You're the man! The water heater expension tank diaphragm was ruptured and was wreaking havoc on the plumbing in my house. I installed a new water heater expension tank today and the water hummering went away. Thank you.
I have a continuous rushing sound behind my bathtub. It does not seem to be the toilet, as I've looked in both toilet tanks and they don't seem to be doing anything and they stop running soon after being flushed but the sound in the wall behind the bath/shower is still there.
IAMGiftbearer, to check the toilets to make sure they are not leaking, put a couple of drops of food coloring in the tank. Make sure no one flushes the toilets for at least an hour. In about 30-45 minutes, check to see if the bowl water is the color of the food coloring. If it is, that means the flush valve is leaking. That’s the part in the tank that has the flapper. Buy a new flapper that is manufactured by the toilet. Do you have a water softener? If you do, it might be caught in one of the regeneration settings. If you have a basement or crawl space, check if there is any water leaking. If you have an air conditioner or a swamp cooler, the noise might be coming from that. Check these ideas out.
I have a noise coming from my basement that sounds like it could be from the area of the water heater, but I don't know for sure because I am not in the basement when it happens. It almost sounds like a outside faucet turning, like that kind of a squeak. But it doesn't happen regularly, and it happens when I'm home alone and haven't run any water for hours. And I have not be able to figure out a way to make it happen. Any thoughts?
Bill, do you have an expansion tank on the water heater? Do you have a big blue tank on your well system? Do you have a drinking water system with a storage tank? All these devices have bladders in them. A hole in the bladder would cause that squeaking sound. If you have one of these bladder tanks, you’ll have to replace the entire tank as the bladder is not repairable.
My garage wall shakes bad when sprinkler system is on. There are water regulator and sprinkler timer from inside near the wall and there’s water meter outside near the wall. Do you know what could be the problem? Thanks
Your anti siphoning valve on the sprinkler control is probably causing the noise. It’s just as easy to replace them.
@TheGrumpyPlumber Great Video. Recently I have been having this issue when I mix the hot and cold water in the bathroom, if the tap is running for a long time(like in shower), I hear a deep humming sound. At first, I thought it was coming from the boiler but it may be coming from the pipes in the bathroom. The weird thing is, it happens only twice during the day, roughly at the same time. Not sure what might be causing this. It does not happen if only hot or cold water is turned on. Could you please shed some light as to why this might happen? Thanks in advance :)
Do you have an expansion tank on the water heater? A bladder in the tank could have a hole in it, making that sound. Sometimes if you have corrugated water supply lines, that could be making the noise. If you do, just adjust them by moving them around. It could be a pipe in the wall that is touching some wood. Not much of a fix for that as you need to open the wall. See if any of these ideas help.
How do you know if your pressure valve is going bad. It’s a high pitch sound when there is a lot running water through the house.
Check your incoming pressure and that will tell you if the pressure valve is working. It shouldn’t be set over 70 pounds.
I had to replace some rubbers in my toilet ever since I put the new washers in now I’m hearing a rattling in the walls of my pipe. It’s only at the toilet pipe in the wall when I turn the water off to the toilet so noise stops but when I turn the water back on the rattling begins again what can I do?
Have you changed the angle stop? If that doesn’t work, change the fill valve. I’m almost sure it’s an angle stop problem.
Hi Jim. Thanks for ur tips. However, there's one noise u haven't addressed n that's the problem I'm experiencing. In the morning when I turn on my basin faucet there's a high pitch squealing noise. The noise only happens for a second or so...what's the cause? please advice. Thanks again.
Sean Wong, I need more information as noises can come from any faucet or toilet or even an expansion tank if you have one in the house. Do you mean the lav faucet? The first thing I would do is remove the aerator and see if that does anything. The noise could even be coming from the fill valve in the toilet. A squealing sound often indicates a bladder with a hole in it on the expansion tank. I would also check the water pressure at the water heater before you use the faucet. You might be getting thermal expansion when the heater heats up. In that case, you would need to add an expansion tank on the cold water inlet side of the water heater. I gave you some homework so check these ideas out.
Hi again Jim n thanks for ur quick reply. The whistling notice I get in the morning is from my basin in my master bedroom. It just happens for a few second n then it stops ? I'll try ur suggestion n remove the areator n c. Thanks !
Had a tankless water heater installed with a recirc pump with a crossover valve...now getting a knocking sound in the wall sporadically after the recirc pump runs so knocking sound happens when no water running, but fairly persistent knock every 30-45 seconds for a few minutes, then starts again after next cycle. Hammer associated with the valve? Air in the line? PRV on main line and pressure sits around 50 psi. Thank you!
I don’t know what brand of on demand water heater you have. Every manufacturer tells you the way they want the circ line hooked up. You could have a problem with the check valve if one was installed. I’d call the manufacturer and ask them if the circ pump was installed correctly.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber thanks for the input! I'll contact them (Rinnai)
Help! I live in a mobile home and have pet pipes. After I run the water at my kitchen sink (mainly the hot water) there’s knocking/thumping sounds coming from under my dining room floor. I’ve had the pressure valve changed and lowered water pressure from 100 to 63 but it did not help. It also happens sometimes even when I’m not running the water. This may not be related, but coincidentally around the same time the thumping sound started my floor boards in dining room started to make creaking/snapping sound. Do you have any idea of what could be causing the knocking/thumping sound under my floor?
Perhaps the hot water pipes are touching some wood, causing the noise.
When using the spray gun at the kitchen sink, a loud, high pitch noise starts. Should the spray gun be replaced? The spray gun is separate from the faucet. Thanks for your videos !
In the body of your kitchen sink faucet there is a diverter for the hand spray. You need to remove the spout to get to it. A lot of old brand names have replacement parts. The first thing I would do is remove the spray head and see if it makes a noise. If it doesn’t, it’s probably the spray head that needs to be replaced.
We’ve started to notice a sort of rattle-whooshing sound in the wall of our master bathroom, when someone flushes the toilet in our front bathroom (the other side of the wall). What are your thoughts on that?
Cheapest thing to try is replacing the fill valve in the front bathroom. You also might want to check your house water pressure.
What about a rhythmic tapping in the wall near tye shower valve and laundry, at night when no water is running?
You need to replace the cartridge in the shower valve.
Hey GP, I just replaced a Delta shower faucet cartridge (17 Series) and am now hearing a rattling, or clicking sound, from the walls when the hot water is turned on. I traced the sound back to our gas water heater in the attic. It doesn't matter which hot water faucet I turn on in our house I can hear the sound at the water heater. I'm thinking I might still have air trapped in the piping at water heater since I had to drain water in plumbing system to replace the cartridge. I continue to flush the system but still have the sound. What's your thoughts?
Enjoying your videos. Thanks!
Darren E, some water heaters use to use a ball check on the cold and hot water supply nipples. That might be one thing for you to check as they can cause a chattering noise. You could have a bad shower valve cartridge. You might look for a swing check in a water line. If there is a pressure regulator, that could make a chattering noise. I really think you might have a bad cartridge.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber Thanks for the reply GP! I changed out the shower cartridge again this morning and I still have the same noise. No check valves or pressure regulator in the system. There are three drops from the hot water heater header pipe in the attic and when I open a hot water faucet located on any of those three drops I get the same noise at the hot water heater. So I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the hot water heater or air trapped in a high point piping loop at the hot water heater outlet. A vent valve there would be nice to have.
Could a loose pipe on one of the drops be vibrating just due to system pressure drop when water is turned on? For example I open a faucet on one of the drops and a pipe vibrates on another drop with no water flowing through it?
Thanks again for your help!
Darren E, did you check the inlet and outlet supply nipples on the water heater? Were there ball checks in the supply nipples? If there are, just change them with 3/4”x3” brass nipples.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber Thanks again GP.
First: Loved your video. My noise is none of those. We have 3 Bathrooms. The second largest is in the center of the upstairs area. Last week I began to hear all the other plumbing , flushing toilets, faucets running, etc. in the bathtub shower in that bathroom. I find that rather frightening. Is this a Call The Plumber Now Issue? Thanks in advance!!
Doesn’t sound like this particular bathroom gets a lot of use. I say this because the trap seal on the drain of the tub has probably gone dry from lack of use. You can turn the tub faucet on, run water for 30 seconds or less, and that will fill the trap back up. You can do this once a month or less or, if you don’t use this bathroom at all, pour 2 cups of RV antifreeze in the drain because RV antifreeze does not evaporate. I believe this will solve your problem.
We’re hearing a whistling sound around our water pressure regulator whenever we use water anywhere in our home. Is this from high pressure? Would I be able to adjust on my own?
isoygblitz, a whistling or vibration sound usually indicates a bad pressure regulator and you need to replace. If it is a type that has double unions, they are fairly easy to replace. The only time it’s hard to replace is when they didn’t allow enough room to get it in and out. A way to check this is to disconnect one of the unions and see how much play you have.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber thank you for the reply! Appreciate the time.
New house with septic tank. Toilet and kitchen sink overflowed. When plunging I can hear the water trying to come up through the tub. No sewage water, all clear. What do I do?????
Jenny Weaver, I would call the plumber back asap!
My plumbing make a shushing noise kind of like after you flush the toilet and it’s just finished filling back up except it happens randomly in different parts of the house. I have 1 bathroom downstairs and 2 up. Is the pressure too high?
TiffiT, one of your toilets might have a bad fill valve. I always recommend checking the water pressure even if you’re not having problems. Do you have a sewer ejector pump located in the basement? That can make a noise when pumping.
I live in a 6 unit condo building with poor insulation. I’ve recently started hearing, more so at night, what sounds like water running and then abruptly stopping. I’ve checked my unit and I have no leaks, I’m even having my water heater serviced this week just in case. I checked with my neighbor upstairs and he says he doesn’t see any leaks. It’s driving me nuts at night and I don’t know where it can be coming from. I don’t think it’s my unit as the it seems like it’s a bit further away. Any thoughts?
Karen, does the irrigation run at night? Is there a water softener or whole house filter system in your building? Water softeners run every few days and a filter system can be set to run every day. Ask questions about these ideas.
i have a noise that recently got louder after I had a tankless water heater
put in sound is a rapid bang between floors I live in a high rancm and don't want to start cutin into the floor or ceilings till I'm sure of the cause.
I’ve never heard of that. One thing you might try is adding a #5 (2 1/2 gallon) expansion tank on the cold water side. Add it at the cold water service valve at the hose bib drain using a 3/4” water flex. Any location would work on the cold water feed. That would probably be the easiest and cheapest way to go. No more than $100 in parts. Opening walls gets expensive.
Changed my t&p valve tired on water and it's still got water coming out of the pand t valve sounds like a train
whistling
I get a tapping noise in the wall behind my sink in the kitchen sometime. Now I notice that same noise behind my Shower! Any help will be appreciated!
You may be getting expansion on the hot water lines because they are touching wood. It’s not going to leak and too costly to fix the problem.
Question...
We had plumbers come out, they worked on a leak above the ceiling in our master bedroom.
On the day they were finally down with the project, a loud vibrating/humming sound came about after they turned the water back on. The sound has now been on going for two days. We called them and they came out. They shut the water off the noise went away. 45 minutes later the noise came back.
Any ideas as to what it could be?
One guy said maybe they turned on the water too fast? Another one said it might coming from a leak in the boiler room?
Rebeca Andrade, do you have an expansion tank on the water heater? When the bladder goes bad, they can making a squealing sound. You might have debris in your tub and shower valves. You might have to change the cartridges. You can isolate the sound by turning off the angle stops at the fixtures. Turn one angle stop on at a time and keep going until you hear the sound. That might tell you which fixture is making the sound.
Hey did you figure out what happened? I think we have the same issue once an upstairs leak was fixed by changing the ball cock valve on the toilet.
@@justinethomas2962 it was due to the water pressure. They turned the water back on without caution
Hi Jim. My pipes whistle in my downstairs bathroom anytime water runs in the house. The whistling stops if I turn the water valve off below the toilet. Can you help me?
You mean you turn off the water supply to the toilet? If it is, change the fill valve in the toilet tank. If you are on a pressure regulator, check your incoming pressure. Best spot to do that is on the drain of the water heater. There should be no more than 60 pounds of pressure on the house side of the pressure regulator.
After changing the valve in the kitchen, we started hearing noises in the bathroom wall between the toilet and the shower. Coincidentally, a few days later, also change the valve in the shower. The noise happens after using the shower and also flushing the toilet. It is a vibrating, banging noise like the pipe, vibrating against the wall, repetitively almost like as if you had pressed the spring on a door stopper. What do we do to fix? I can send a recording.
If you have an angle stop on the toilet that is a compression valve, the washer might be loose inside it. Just replace it. If you put in a pressure balance shower valve, you might have a bad cartridge, even if it’s brand new. Replace the cartridge. You may have old globe valves on the hot and cold shower supplies that have washers inside that became loose. It would be wise to replace the hot and cold shut off valves. Hopefully you can find the problem.
Hi Thanks for the video. In my home I am getting roaring, vibrating noise when I open any single tap and it immediately stops when I open another one. any idea what it might be related. thanks
@testt4548, first thing I would do is turn off the angle stops to find out what fixture is making the noise. I could almost guarantee that it’s a washer in an angle stop that is causing the noise.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber thankyou!
No matter which faucet, downstairs or upstairs, when I turn it on or off, it makes a single bang sound in the wall behind the lavatory in the master bedroom upstairs. I installed 2 Water Hammer Arrestor on the cold and hot water valve for washing machine, it didn’t resolve the issue. Please help if possible. Thanks
@seangholipour3884, first thing you should do is turn off the toilet angle stops and the hot and cold angle stops on the lav faucets. Then turn the faucet on and off quickly at the tub and see if that stops the noise. If the noise stops, turn one angle stop one at a time and then turn the tub faucet on and off and see which angle stop is bad. If that’s not the problem, then it could be the pressure balance shower valve that needs to be repaired. It could be a bad balancing spool in the shower cartridge that could be bad.
What’s the cause of a loud humming sound in wall behind sink pipes?
I don’t know the cause but, if you have flexible aluminum connections on the water heater, you might try to straighten them or turn them. There might be a sink faucet or toilet making the noise. You really didn’t give me much information to go by. Do some investigating on your own.
In my townhouse, several times throughout the day, we'll hear loud thuds. Not knocking, clunking, or ticking. It sounds like when those guys that deadlift 200+ pounds drops the weight on the floor and the whole gym can hear it. We've been dealing with this noise for a year now but neither us nor the neighbor is doing anything to cause it. Sounds like it's behind the wall by the bathroom upstairs. Any thoughts?
Do you have expansion tanks on your water heaters? They can make that noise when they go bad. Back in the 90’s all the shower valves had to be pressure balance. The valves have a piston and they can make a noise, like when you flush a toilet or the irrigation goes on. Any change in water pressure can cause the valve to make a noise. You need to have new cartridges installed if that is the problem.
When i turn on kitchen faucet it makes a constant thumping noise. If i use the sprayer or remove aerator thumping stops. Any idea whats going on?
Roger Lampton, you’re having a problem with the diverter for the hand sprayer. You have to remove the spout to find the diverter which is located in the body of the valve. If this is a $100 faucet, it’s not worth repairing and you probably can’t find the part. If it’s a Delta or a Moen, you can get the part. If it’s a very expensive high end kitchen faucet, you can also get the part by calling the manufacturer.
I have radiant heaters, 2 zones, 1 zone goes up and over the entire way and back down to another heater. when that zone shuts down I get a hammer knock in the same place at the top of that pipe where it comes back down to that heater. I just moved into this house a couple of months ago and I have not been into the attic to see if that pipe is fasten down. Is there anything that I can do it stop the hammer knock? Thank you for your time.
Edward Bodell, first thing I would check is to make sure the expansion tank is good on the boiler. Then I would check the piping to make sure all the exposed piping is strapped well. Use plastic grommet straps.
@@TheGrumpyPlumber ok will do thank you
We have a 1973 house with copper pipes and the water supplied by a well and pump, and the previous owners did not have a sand filter on the pump.
Soooo the pipes have a little bit of sand in them. How do I know the bathroom toilet tank had about an half of a inch of sand in the tank.
But we replaced everything in that bathroom including the shower valve about two years ago. Just last night the wife was taking a shower in there, and the pipes started banging Constantly like a water hammer it didn’t stop until I went in there and opened up the sink valve and then it stopped. It definitely was coming from the shower.
What could it be?
Thank you.
You’re having a problem with the pressure balance valve. You need to replace the cartridge. It could be a problem with the angle stop on the toilet too if it has a compression stem.