Q: When the water reaches the fill level in my washing machine and the agitation cycle starts, I always hear a loud series of bangs in the pipes behind the wall. What’s causing this? Will it harm the ...

Have you heard strange noises in the walls of your home? There's a good chance that annoying sound is caused by your home's water pipes. Noisy pipes can cause quite a stir—they may even keep you up at ...

A water hammer can occur when a valve is suddenly opened or closed in a pipe carrying water or steam, causing a pressure wave to travel down the pipe with enough force that it can sometimes cause the ...

Q: Tim, every time I shut off a faucet in my home, my water pipes rattle and make a dreadful sound. It seems to me that they might burst. The problem is common in many houses on my street, as I’ve ...

When you turn off the faucet in your bathroom, the water rushing through the pipes does not magically stop. Like any matter, it has mass and momentum, and when it slams into a closed valve, it ...

Danny Lipford: Racheal asks, “What causes the hammering sound in my water pipes when I turn on my kitchen sink? I can’t stand that thump, thump sound you hear a lot of times when you turn a faucet on ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oatey Co. (Oatey) announces the launch of Quiet Pipes® Water Hammer Arrestors, servicing a full range of commercial and residential applications. Quiet Pipes is designed to ...

Q: I live in a first-floor unit in a 344-unit building that opened in 2006. There is a loud knocking when someone turns off the bathtub/shower, dishwasher or washing machine and when the ice maker ...

Q: Every time I turn off the water faucet in my laundry room, it sounds like someone is banging on the wall. Is my house possessed by evil spirits? Please help. The noise is frightening my kids. A: ...

The water hammer effect is an impact load that is commonly misunderstood but has a huge impact on pressure transducers. Water hammers or pulse loads are created when water flows are stopped or started ...

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