Afternoon all. Lead pipes in my flat have started rattling all of a sudden. Any advice on how to fix it, would be enormously appreciated.
Noisy main water pipes
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Just rattling all the time (exorcist?), or when a certain tap is turned on?
Sorry. When we make a demand for water. Its like a rattling sound.
Not a hammer sound then - water hammer as a tap /valve it operated?
Making something loose inside the pipe somewhere?
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Harry Bloomfield : No not a hammer sound. Like a rattling, vibrating type-of-sound. I wish I could attach a sound file!
Chris : I'm not sure I know what 'quarter turn taps' are? They're all, apart from the bathroom sink, mixers.
Chris : I'm not sure I know what 'quarter turn taps' are? They're all, apart from the bathroom sink, mixers.
If its happening when any of your taps are turned on I should imagine its emanating from your main stop valve, try turning it to fully closed then to fully open.if that doesn't sort try at a quarter open but this may affect flow rate
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A quarter turn tap, only needs to be turned 1/4 turn - full off to full on, that is as far as they turn. Other types you can turn the handle multiple times.
My taps are the 1/4 turn then. I'll try and turn the main stop valve down to about a quarter.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
No you needn’t do that. Are any of these taps dripping?
No, none of my taps are dripping.
The pipes haven't moved in decades, they're the original lead ones. Possibly there's a leak I spose, but I don't think so. You could be right though, but they're buried in the walls and I can't see any signs of water damage anywhere. It's weird because it's only started about a month ago.
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