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Cold water makes a lot of noise - excessive pressure?

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omega_prime

Hi,

I am hoping I can do something about the excessive noise that cold water creates in my parents' house. It is ex-council and about 3-4 years ago we installed a shower, and as far as we can remember, prior to that we didn't have any loud noises like this.

I have provided some diagrams (please excuse the crudeness of it) and if you do need further explanation of my poor drawings please tell.

My initial thoughts were to use a drinking tap which will be a smaller pipe in itself and have them filters fitted to make use of the effort it would take but if I could avoid drilling into the sink to put a new tap in, it would be the better option.


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Reuploaded a new version of the sound: Vocaroo | Voice message

I also had a look at the pipes going up between the kitchen and my room, doesn't seem to be very much in the way as a way of dampening.. maybe I could use the foam often used to keep heat inside the pipes as a way to reduce noise?

Clutching at straws here 🙁

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Yep, pretty dusty up there, well I am not cleaning it tonight 😀
 
dont know what to say really that just sounds like water running. think ur gonna have to bite the bullet and get a plumber round to have a good look. theres only so much advise we can give without physically being there. good luck pal.
 
dont know what to say really that just sounds like water running. think ur gonna have to bite the bullet and get a plumber round to have a good look. theres only so much advise we can give without physically being there. good luck pal.

True, I will sort something out. Wrapping the cold in foam (with self-seal) and then forcing it up the chamber can't do any harm though?
 

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