Recent content by Martin52

Finally resolved this problem. First off fitted a new stopcock. This appeared to solve the problem, as the banging stopped ........... For about two days. So next step was a pressure reducing valve immediately downstream of the stopcock, together with a shock arrester. Under the sink now...

Thanks John Your suggestion ties in with what the lad from Northumbrian Water was suggesting. I'll get that done and post the result on here in due course. Martin

Thanks again John Your explanation certainly fits the symptoms. Trouble is where to start, as I said before, all pipes are hidden behind tiles or plasterboard walls, or beneath weyrock floors. I'm worried about the implications of doing nothing as I've read that if not sorted the vibration...

Thanks John. Not easy - modern house with all pipes behind plasterboard or tiled walls and we have weyrock floors. Difficult to say where the noise is coming from but as it happens with every cold tap and WC in the house is it likely to be an unsecured pipe? For example I also get the...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and have a problem with a banging / knocking whenever the cold water supply is turned on or off. This has been noticeable for a few weeks but seems to have got worse recently. Having read up a bit online I guess that this is "water hammer" but it is not just on one tap...