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I've been experiencing water hammer within the house for a couple of months now, which rattles the pipes whenever turning off a tap or an appliance cuts off its supply. I have turned the stop tap off while turning on all taps allowing the system to aerate which fixes the issue for a day or so before it returns.
I have also noted that when the hammer occurs an additional issue rears its head: The toilet system will have a constant overflow of water (a bare trickle) and when I flush the toilet the sink & shower head will begin to squeek and sometimes water is pushed out through the shower head. The process of how to reproduce the issue is as follows:
Toilet flush > Turn on bathroom sink which will then squeek > this will then have a large squeek from the shower head and water will be pushed out of the shower head. See attached video:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWLLbE6lqw
Cheers in advance
Update: forgot to mention, previously suggested that it could be the inlet valve. I reduced the input as well as attempted to clean out any grit within the cistern but this doesnt seem to have solved the problem.
Unsure if this has any relevance, I added a dishwasher to the kitchen when we moved in and attached this to the only available water pipe which was hot. Could this effect the system as a whole?
With regards to the water hammer, the shock can be heard travelling upstairs to the boiler. Is this all a pressure thing?
ta
I have also noted that when the hammer occurs an additional issue rears its head: The toilet system will have a constant overflow of water (a bare trickle) and when I flush the toilet the sink & shower head will begin to squeek and sometimes water is pushed out through the shower head. The process of how to reproduce the issue is as follows:
Toilet flush > Turn on bathroom sink which will then squeek > this will then have a large squeek from the shower head and water will be pushed out of the shower head. See attached video:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWLLbE6lqw
Cheers in advance
Update: forgot to mention, previously suggested that it could be the inlet valve. I reduced the input as well as attempted to clean out any grit within the cistern but this doesnt seem to have solved the problem.
Unsure if this has any relevance, I added a dishwasher to the kitchen when we moved in and attached this to the only available water pipe which was hot. Could this effect the system as a whole?
With regards to the water hammer, the shock can be heard travelling upstairs to the boiler. Is this all a pressure thing?
ta
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