Hi,
I need help with a problem that's been causing me sleepless nights for weeks! It's driving me mad.
Around 1am each morning, the mains water supply pipe to the house starts vibrating causing lots of noise (sounds like the noise is coming from far away, then reaches a peak and stops for a few seconds, this repeats over and over). The noise stops around 5:30am-6am. We believe it has something to do with higher water pressure overnight. The heating and water are both OFF all night, and go off at 8pm approx at the moment. We live in a semi-detached house and our neighbours claim not to hear the noise in their house.
We have tried the following which does NOT seem to help in any way...
Turning taps on (nothing)
Flushing the toilet (nothing)
Replaced the ball cock in loft water tank (nothing)
Replaced stopcock in kitchen cupboard (nothing)
Turning the stopcock outside down (this reduces water and flow and lessens the noise but does not get rid of the problem totally)
Turning the stopcock inside down (this doesn't really do anything at all unless it is turned completely off and then there is no noise/vibration).
Draining the water tank (nothing)
It is making sleeping very very difficult, can anyone help??? All ideas welcome. I have considered an "Arrestor" or "Pressure Reducing Valve", would that help? Our regular plumber (someone we know and trust) is completely stumped by it. It has only started recently (maybe after we had a leak fixed and a tap replaced?) and we have lived in the house many years.
I need help with a problem that's been causing me sleepless nights for weeks! It's driving me mad.
Around 1am each morning, the mains water supply pipe to the house starts vibrating causing lots of noise (sounds like the noise is coming from far away, then reaches a peak and stops for a few seconds, this repeats over and over). The noise stops around 5:30am-6am. We believe it has something to do with higher water pressure overnight. The heating and water are both OFF all night, and go off at 8pm approx at the moment. We live in a semi-detached house and our neighbours claim not to hear the noise in their house.
We have tried the following which does NOT seem to help in any way...
Turning taps on (nothing)
Flushing the toilet (nothing)
Replaced the ball cock in loft water tank (nothing)
Replaced stopcock in kitchen cupboard (nothing)
Turning the stopcock outside down (this reduces water and flow and lessens the noise but does not get rid of the problem totally)
Turning the stopcock inside down (this doesn't really do anything at all unless it is turned completely off and then there is no noise/vibration).
Draining the water tank (nothing)
It is making sleeping very very difficult, can anyone help??? All ideas welcome. I have considered an "Arrestor" or "Pressure Reducing Valve", would that help? Our regular plumber (someone we know and trust) is completely stumped by it. It has only started recently (maybe after we had a leak fixed and a tap replaced?) and we have lived in the house many years.