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Philip74
Hi all,
I have a brand new Samsung washing machine which is highly energy efficient (a++ I believe). One of the features of this is that when on rinse cycle it repeatedly but only briefly allows cold water in via the solenoid (?) valves. This is resulting in water hammer coming from various locations around the house.
I'm not a plumber but from what I've read the pressure in the cold water feed is making the pipes reverberate whenever the valve is shut.
What's the best way to deal with this before one of the joints somewhere gives way and soaks the whole house?
I understand I can get a plumber to fit a water hammer 'shock arrestor' somewhere near the machine, however, I wonder if that's necessary. Can't I just adjust the flow of cold water into the machine via the valve tap where the rubber tube into the machine is attached to?
To make things more confusing, when I first plumbed it in, this didn't happen. The builder then moved the machine to the other side of the room where it started happening. i wonder if this dislodged a part of the fitting which attached to the machine (e.g. some sort of filter which slows the flow of water into the machine), although may that doesn't exist and it just makes a noise now and not before because it's attached to a different part of the piping....
Confusing thread I'm sure....hope someone can offer some advice.
I have a brand new Samsung washing machine which is highly energy efficient (a++ I believe). One of the features of this is that when on rinse cycle it repeatedly but only briefly allows cold water in via the solenoid (?) valves. This is resulting in water hammer coming from various locations around the house.
I'm not a plumber but from what I've read the pressure in the cold water feed is making the pipes reverberate whenever the valve is shut.
What's the best way to deal with this before one of the joints somewhere gives way and soaks the whole house?
I understand I can get a plumber to fit a water hammer 'shock arrestor' somewhere near the machine, however, I wonder if that's necessary. Can't I just adjust the flow of cold water into the machine via the valve tap where the rubber tube into the machine is attached to?
To make things more confusing, when I first plumbed it in, this didn't happen. The builder then moved the machine to the other side of the room where it started happening. i wonder if this dislodged a part of the fitting which attached to the machine (e.g. some sort of filter which slows the flow of water into the machine), although may that doesn't exist and it just makes a noise now and not before because it's attached to a different part of the piping....
Confusing thread I'm sure....hope someone can offer some advice.