water hammer from neighbours

[ames]

We live in a terraced row of 12 and are right in the middle. Recently (after having new kitchen taps fitted) we have developed banging in our water pipes when our neighbours use the water supply. At first it seemed to be just our immediate neighbours, but has progressed to include more of them! Between 6pm and 10pm you'd think Phil Collins was in the house. The terrace is on one mains. We've turned off the water and emptied the pipes and fixed pipes we can reach and are close to a wall to the wall but nothing helps. Any suggestions? (our neighbours aren't similarly troubled, which is rather annoying!)

 

[gas_man_gaz]

fit a mini exspansion vessel/shock arrestor on ya cold mains

 

[Breesey]

We live in a terraced row of 12 and are right in the middle. Recently (after having new kitchen taps fitted) we have developed banging in our water pipes when our neighbours use the water supply. At first it seemed to be just our immediate neighbours, but has progressed to include more of them! Between 6pm and 10pm you'd think Phil Collins was in the house. The terrace is on one mains. We've turned off the water and emptied the pipes and fixed pipes we can reach and are close to a wall to the wall but nothing helps. Any suggestions? (our neighbours aren't similarly troubled, which is rather annoying!)

So you're saying that there is water hammer in the pipes in your house when one of your neighbours uses their kitchen/mains direct tap?

One 'clunk' or a vibrating sound?

 

[ames]

a clunk, of varying noise levels - sometimes just slight, sometimes quite alarming. When our immediate neighbours had work done on their boiler the other day it was very loud - that's when I'd had enough. You can feel the vibrations.

 

[Breesey]

So it happens when a tap is turned off?

 

[ames]

It seems to be. I can see our next door's kitchen from our house and we get a bang when they use the taps (and when the guy was working on their boiler). I can't see other people's kitchens, but last night our immediate neighbours weren't in their kitchen and our pipes were banging every 5 seconds for about 2 hours, at peak usage time, so I'm presuming it's the effect of other neighbours using the water supply. It eased off at about 10pm.

 

[ames]

It's quieter this evening, maybe people aren't using thier washing machines or something. Absolute minimum cause is our immediate neighbours when they use their kitchen taps and shut them off - they've done it on purpose for us to check the cause and it confirmed our suspicions. Is this too vague still? thanks

 

[bengasman]

Do I understand this correctly? YOU have new taps, nothing else has changed, now there is noise from the neighbours, but with the old taps all was fine?

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

Between 6pm and 10pm you'd think Phil Collins was in the house

Did you hear it, comin in the air tonight?

If you leave your cold tap running slightly does the noise stop or ease off?

Ditto for the neighbours?

Try reducing the amount of water coming through your mains stoptap. = Close it off a bit so you still get a reasonable flow of water but less pressure. This may give some respite.

fit a mini expansion vessel/shock arrestor on ya cold mains

Theres your answer! Item number 11355 HERE

If it doesn't work then treat your neighbours to one as well if you want a peaceful life.

 

[ames]

They are new taps - it's the only change, but I did notice the plumber turned the stoptap on absolutely full, so I'll try and turn it down a bit, and if all else fails go for a gizmo, as so helpfully suggested (thanks for the link Mr Slug thingy.

 

[gas_man_gaz]

cnt beleive i dint think of that Slugbabydotcom