I sometimes get an unbelievably loud grinding / banging noise from the pipes in my loft - it seems to originate at the cold water tank. It sounds like a really loud hammer drill, but you can actually feel it through your feet! It lasts for between a few seconds to about half a minute, and I'm worried something is going to break catastrophically if I don't do something about this.
Does anyone know what causes this, and what can be done to fix it - is it just a bad ball valve or air in the pipes? Would a water hammer arrester solve the problem?
Thanks in advance.
Does anyone know what causes this, and what can be done to fix it - is it just a bad ball valve or air in the pipes? Would a water hammer arrester solve the problem?
Thanks in advance.