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    Water hammer from unvented cylinder

    Yeah can do. Which PV? The small hammer arrestor one on the inlet/mains on the multibloc or the big one on the cylinder side?
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    Water hammer from unvented cylinder

    Wondering if anyone might be able to spread some knowledge on what I might do next as this water hammer is doing my head in! The hammering noise occurs in the region near to the multibloc on my unvented cylinder. It only seems to happen after using any hot tap for a bit (which doesn't have a...
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    Pressure reducing valve for incoming mains

    Yeah seen that one! Why’s it so expensive?
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    Pressure reducing valve for incoming mains

    Yeah it’s 4bar. The spikes are causes by closing taps. Already got a hammer arrestor installed and it’s doing nothing.
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    Pressure reducing valve for incoming mains

    Hi, I'm thinking of putting a pressure reducing valve on my incoming mains mainly because it's spiking to over 6-7bar when taps are closed. I need one that fits onto 22mm, but I noticed a few aren't full bore and restrict the flow quite a lot too. Now I know all reducing valves reduce flow and...
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    Water hammer

    It was just a tiny one 0.16L I had lying around just to test it out. It’s charged to 3.5bar. If it reduces the noise I’m on the right track when will order a bigger one. I put a gauge on it before the inlet - What was happening it was bouncing from 3-4bar in a sharp spike when a tap closed.
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    Water hammer

    Thanks! Fixed it! Hammer arrestor on the inlet before the ICG. Must be because of the PRV stepping it down from 4 bar to 3 bar was knocking it.
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    Water hammer

    Ok. Just need to do some rerouting of piping. I only asked because putting it before the ICG would have been easier as it’s in a cupboard upstairs - more room!
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    Water hammer

    Hi thanks for checking. I think you’re right that ball valve has a check valve in it!! Missed that! This that hammer arrestor is under the sink - you still think it needs a 2L vessel?
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    Water hammer

    Hi can you help me make sense of this... I've fitted a pressure gauge to my system. It reads 4.5Bar initially, but if I open and close the kitchen tap rapidly it goes up to 8bar! It stays there even if I open the kitchen tap fully or close the water meter and run the kitchen tap empty. It only...
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    Water hammer

    Sorry I meant - we have a shock arrestor which is on the main pipe right after the water meter to the house. So ages ago I checked the pressure of the air side and it was low. But what I'm finding is if you charge it to 3.5bar and then disconnect the pump you loose some of that air pressure due...
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    Water hammer

    So I had a brain wave tonight....there's already an arrestor after our water meter into the property.....now I've tried charging this before but I find due to the small 0.16L volume it quickly loses pressure when removing a pump fitting. So I overshot the pressure to take into account the loss...
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    Water hammer

    So back thinking of putting an arrestor on the main inlet or off the balanced connection......ever seen this being done before? Just easier than fitting one to every tap/outlet
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    Water hammer

    Spoke too soon! Back again this morning!
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    Water hammer

    I was debating today whether to buy one. It’s so much quieter now.
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    Water hammer

    Think I fixed it! Strainer had loads of gunk in it! The reason why I never questioned this is I thought it would be the first thing a plumber would have checked and therefore was looking for other problems!
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    Water hammer

    hmmm Here's more info - so if I open another tap even just a trickle and go and open and close another the noise doesn't happen.
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    Water hammer

    The guarantee ran out anyway due to a lack of commissioning docs. The installer is ignoring me requests so kinda just given up. It’s only one of the small ones like 0.16L. Yeah I remember the manufacturer suggesting this going down 0.2 each time. Last time I tried this I was getting down to...
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    Water hammer

    Yeah checked that! I was just having a play now and I'm wondering if the hammer is coming from the multibloc - you said there's a one way valve in there? Could these make noises?
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    Water hammer

    Sorry - yes it is.
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