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bunghammer

10-01-2007 18:55:32




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What causes my plumbing pipes to rattle when I turn my shower off and on? What can I do to fix it? I have copper pipes if that makes a differance. Thanks, bunghammer.




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Vince M

10-11-2007 11:29:03




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Sometimes it's just a loose washer,especially if the banging happens when you use only a certain faucet.



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Gary from Muleshoe

10-02-2007 13:38:37




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
If you do choose to put an expansion tank on and don't want to have to sweat it on ask about some Shark Bite fittings. They do the trick and they do not leak. I have started using them at the facility I manage and they sure make things easier. Plus you do not have to worry about getting the water out of the lines.



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Bob - MI

10-02-2007 09:26:59




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Menard's has an assortment of devices that take care of this. You can get thread-ons, sweat-ons, and compression fitting models.

I have one under each of the upstairs bathroom sinks as well as a pair on the washer and dryer. This gives me relief at both ends of the house and it took care of bad hammering that I thought would tear the pipes out of the wall.

Lots of ways to do this but it's a low cost easy fix that has long-term benefits.

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soundguy

10-02-2007 08:29:20




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Ditto what the others said.. the watter hammer can be elimintated that way.. I have the extended pipes like the 'T' mentioned in a post below.. it does help.. etc.

soundguy



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Big Hunter

10-02-2007 02:40:10




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Our pipes were beating for awhile. The bladder in the water tank was no good/ruptured. Everytime you would turn the water on the well pump would kick on and make the pipes bang. I replaced the tank...no more banging



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Scott.ID

10-01-2007 22:09:57




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Check out HD, Lowes, etc for an expansion tank, they are usually by the water heaters. You can sweat or thread them into your system and it creates a "shock absorber" for the whole house. Tank is about 16" tall and 12" across, no power needed and no moving parts.

About 22 bucks last time I checked.

My nickels worth,

Scott



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K.W. Tx

10-01-2007 21:55:48




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
I would just put a tee on top of your hot and cold and run a 6-8" piece on the other side of the tee running striaght up and cap them off. Then hook the side of the tee back up to the faucet. Works like the suppresor only dont cost nothing much. What it does is leave a little void of air, I guess like a shock absorber.



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IA Roy

10-01-2007 19:36:23




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
Do research on "Water Hammer Elilminator". The hammer is caused by shutting the valve off quickly. The water is rushing toward the outlet and is stopped instantly. The inertia of the water tries to move the pipes the same direction as the water was moving. There is a rebound when the water bounces off the valve. It can bounce back and forth several times. The eliminator has an air chamber. The air is compressible and acts as a shock absorber.

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Lumpy

10-01-2007 19:22:20




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 Re: rattling pipes in reply to bunghammer, 10-01-2007 18:55:32  
You must have pretty good water pressure for this to happen. Your local Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, hardware store, will sell an item called a supressor ( I think ) anyway, describe to them what it happening and they should be able to give you what you need. It is made of copper and needs to be sweated on. It looks like a "T" with a 6" piece of pipe sticking up that is capped off. How this gets installed goes as follows.....
You 1/2" copper pipe comes out of the wall. This piece gets sweated on next, with the 6" pipe sticking up. Then your shut off valve. Then the supply line going to the sink, toilet, what ever.
Hope this helps, Good luck!

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