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fish
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Location: London NW5
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 Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: Noisy pipes - hissing not banging |
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Hello!
Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a problem I have?
I live in a basement flat of an old terraced house and the plumbing is quite noisy, it's not a banging of any sort, it's just a very loud hissing. Whenever the lady upstairs turns on her tap I can hear water flowing through the pipes, it's quite a loud 'schhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' sound! It then stops quite abruptly with a slight thump when she turns off her taps.
I can vaguely hear it when I turn on my taps but it's much quieter, the water pipes are buried in the concrete floor in my flat though so it might be quieter beacuse of that. I know the sound insulation in the ceiling isn't good so the sound from her pipes may seem to me worse than normal.
The problems been going on for a couple of years not and is really starting to get to me!
I read somewhere that it could be due to high pressure? What, if anything can I do about it if it is high pressure?
Many thanks for any help you can offer! |
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thescruff
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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High pressure it is 
The only thing you could do is check if their stopcock is fully open, and open it fully if it isn't or fit and pressure reducing valve |
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fish
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Much appreciated - I shall be finding a local plumber tomorrow  |
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thescruff
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| fish wrote: | | Much appreciated - I shall be finding a local plumber tomorrow |
He should be able to say better by being on site. |
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