Although the plumbing in your home should be out of sight, out of mind, problems both major and minor often lead to banging, humming, rattling, or gurgling pipes.\u00a0 Beyond noisy water pipes, fixtures such as toilets, sinks, and water heaters can also add unnecessarily to noise and vibration in your home.\u00a0 So here’s some additions to our list of noisy plumbing and what they’re likely to mean.<\/p>\n
If you can hear water flowing inside walls or under the floor when no one and no appliance is using water —\u00a0that’s big leak.\u00a0 And a big emergency!\u00a0 Close the main shutoff valve immediately\u00a0and call us to find the leak and make the repair.\u00a0 Even then you might need professional water damage restoration services.<\/p>\n
If you notice that the sound of\u00a0your water running to a bath, kitchen, or laundry room is louder than in other homes, that could be due to undersized plumbing or the build up of scale or corrosion inside the pipes.\u00a0 A re-pipe using PEX can solve both issues, and further deaden various plumbing sounds.<\/p>\n
But the solution isn’t necessarily so extreme.\u00a0 Isolating a short section of pipe from framing or adding insulation as acoustic dampening can often be an inexpensive repair.<\/p>\n
Similarly, a dripping or ticking sound within a wall or ceiling suggests a leak that needs fixing.<\/p>\n
Vibrations or noises sounding vaguely like a fog horn are typically due to a loose pipe or a water hammer effect.\u00a0 Both are usually quick and easy fixes.<\/p>\n
The various mechanisms that make up a toilet can also be a source of unwanted sounds.\u00a0 A tank that keeps refilling in between uses usually means a leaky flap valve.\u00a0 You might want to replace that yourself to save both money and water.<\/p>\n
A whistling sound typically means you need a new ballcock valve or simply an adjustment to the overflow tube.\u00a0 The ballcock valve can also slowly leak, sometimes with a hissing sound, or cause a bang or rattle when it shuts off.<\/p>\n
Mysterious barnyard sounds may be coming from appliances, or caused by the way appliances interact with the plumbing system.\u00a0 Most commonly the issue is a washer or some other small component in a dishwasher, washing machine, or faucet.\u00a0 A noisy faucet is usually caused by worn washer, a loose screw, or a dirty internal aerator.\u00a0 You may also hear problems from a worn supply valve or defective pressure regulator.<\/p>\n
If you hear a sputtering sound, especially when you first open a faucet, that suggests that there is\u00a0a current or prior leak somewhere in the fixture or the pipes supplying it.<\/p>\n
Ticking or clicking as a hot water heater warms up or cools down is nothing to be concerned about.\u00a0 But loud pops and\u00a0thumps indicate major scale and sediment build up.\u00a0 A drain-and-flush often corrects the problem, and annual maintenance can keep this plumbing problem from happening in the first place.<\/p>\n
But if you hear bubbling or gurgling within the tank that’s an emergency.<\/em>\u00a0 The water inside has started to boil and the temperature\/pressure relief valve has failed.\u00a0 The tank may soon rupture and release scalding water, or worse yet there could be a steam explosion.\u00a0 So quickly turn off the gas or electricity and immediately vacate the area.<\/p>\n We’re A+ BBB rated<\/a> and have been serving San Diego since 2001. Learn more<\/a> or contact us<\/a> any time.<\/p>\n [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_tagline_box backgroundcolor=”” shadow=”no” shadowopacity=”0.1″ border=”1px” bordercolor=”#666″ highlightposition=”left” link=”tel:7607448489″ linktarget=”_blank” buttoncolor=”blue” button=”(760) 744-8489″ title=”Noisy Plumbing Issues?” description=”Call Now for Prompt and Professional Service” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″][\/fusion_tagline_box] \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although the plumbing in your home should be out of sight, out of mind, problems both major and minor often lead to banging, humming, rattling, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-slab-and-water-leaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asapdrainandplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Noisy Plumbing – ASAP Drain Guys & Plumbing<\/span><\/h2>\n