Recent content by kevc11

no water meter. I did wonder whether having one fitted might help is perhaps it has a valve in it to stop fluctuations in the main pipe transferring to my pipe. But I'm still suspicious of being metered

A shared system. Only in the sense that the main pipe runs along the road outside the house and is tee'd off from it. So, whatever size pipe along the road and then tee'd off in 15mm (half-inch) to my house, which is detached

Back on topic (for a minute). Laminate floors? You're right, sounds like a daft question. I do have some laminate floors but not fitted that recently but the CW mains doesn't go anywhere near them. I should say that it's definately the CW mains pipe as I can usually temporarily stop the...

Hi guys, no problem with the Hi-jack - enjoy. Definately not heating pipes or HW pipes and no recent changes to pipework. As I have done all the plumbing in the house (except heating) some years ago I know that there are no dead legs.

I regularly get a knocking noise from my mains cold water pipe. It isn't loud, it is a tap, tap, tap sound rapidly repeating. It continues for maybe 20-30 seconds and then stops; it then repeats after anything from 1 - 30 minutes and this can contiune for some time. Then suddenly you don't hear...