Sometimes you must have experienced a loud noise accompanied by vibrations while turning on/off the faucets. It is caused as a result of water hammering which is further caused when a fast-moving stream of water travels down a narrow pipe and suddenly comes to a closed valve. This problem is not very complex and can be easily fixed.
While flowing through a narrow opening of the tab water need to compress it. Generally high speed stream of water is not able to compress it but it is forced to do so and as a result they generate a noise. Besides noise they can also create problem for joints and connections in the pipes.
On contrary, when a tab is turned off the noise is not expected. It is due to the fact that closing of a tab is not so quick and surprising. They are designed to be closed slowly so that water hammering can be avoided. But if the faucets get loosened due to overuse, they can be closed quickly and hammering can not be prevented.
So to prevent this problem, air chambers are built into the plumbing system. In such cases you need to refill all air chambers with air. For doing this, first of all you should shut off your home’s main water supply valve. After that, you need to drain all the remaining water by opening a few faucets inside your house.
As whole of the water is removed, the pipe will be fully occupied by air. Now the main water valve is reopened to again fill these pipes with water. During this process, the air that was filled earlier in the water pipe will go upside and downside in the air chambers.
Air chambers act as cushions to prevent water from crashing against the water pipes. Once filled with air it becomes a perfect cushion for the streaming water to collide with. Test your faucets by running water and check if your water hammering problem has been cured or not.
Shock absorber can also help in solving out this problem. Shock absorber are robust, but use of it is little difficult and also its installation. Therefore, most of the people look for any other alternative.
Loose pipe-mounting strap is also responsible for producing noise in water pipes. Air chambers have nothing to do with it, so before checking air chambers check it first. Ensure that all the accessible pipes are connected tightly. If problem lies here you need to correct it.
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