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Hello Everyone,
I hope someone can advise on this problem that is annoying me more and more.
I live in a 1900s mid terraced property.
My water supply is somehow linked to my neighbours water usage and this is now really annoying me. I can hear the water 'being run' through the water pipes in my house whenever next door run their water. It is most noticeable if I am in my kitchen or bathroom. I know this is the case because I can see the steam rising from their drains in the cold weather, and I can hear them running the water if I'm in my back yard. I can also see them watering their plants etc.
If it was just the noise of water being run through my pipes I would not be bothered in the least, but the reason that I am bothered is because it is very severlely affecting my shower every time I try to use it! Every time they run their water I loose water pressure to my shower and my water temperature goes freezing cold. If I turn my shower off when this happens I can hear the sound of their water being run through the pipes behind my shower wall. When this noise stops, and I turn my shower back on, it is absolutely fine again.
The shower is electric. I'm aware that showers are affected if someone uses the water within the same property, but surely they should NOT be affected by next doors water usage.
I've put up with it for some time, hoping to be able to shower when they aren't using their water. But this is proving impossible, and is really getting on my nerves now.
Does anyone please have any experience with anything similar and any suggestions as to possible solutions to sorting the problem out?
I own the property by the way.
I hope someone can advise on this problem that is annoying me more and more.
I live in a 1900s mid terraced property.
My water supply is somehow linked to my neighbours water usage and this is now really annoying me. I can hear the water 'being run' through the water pipes in my house whenever next door run their water. It is most noticeable if I am in my kitchen or bathroom. I know this is the case because I can see the steam rising from their drains in the cold weather, and I can hear them running the water if I'm in my back yard. I can also see them watering their plants etc.
If it was just the noise of water being run through my pipes I would not be bothered in the least, but the reason that I am bothered is because it is very severlely affecting my shower every time I try to use it! Every time they run their water I loose water pressure to my shower and my water temperature goes freezing cold. If I turn my shower off when this happens I can hear the sound of their water being run through the pipes behind my shower wall. When this noise stops, and I turn my shower back on, it is absolutely fine again.
The shower is electric. I'm aware that showers are affected if someone uses the water within the same property, but surely they should NOT be affected by next doors water usage.
I've put up with it for some time, hoping to be able to shower when they aren't using their water. But this is proving impossible, and is really getting on my nerves now.
Does anyone please have any experience with anything similar and any suggestions as to possible solutions to sorting the problem out?
I own the property by the way.