Hot water tap makes a noise!!!

comping_cat

Just before christmas, i changed the taps in my kitchen, then about a week ago, whenever i have the hot tap running, once the water is coming out hot, it is making a loud, high pitched squeeling noise. The cold water side is fine. I was wondering what this is, and what i can do to stop it.
Catherine x

astep70uk

The hot water tap on my bath does this too!! So noisy I can hear it throughout the house! Will be keeping an eye on this thread!

dixie_dean_2

Mine too. Come on plumbers, save us. And don't start with the "It's gonna cost you..." malarkey. Could we just say thanks instead?

robowen

catowen wrote:

Just before christmas, i changed the taps in my kitchen, then about a week ago, whenever i have the hot tap running, once the water is coming out hot, it is making a loud, high pitched squeeling noise. The cold water side is fine. I was wondering what this is, and what i can do to stop it.
Catherine x

Is the water very hot ?..hotter than usual :think:
Have you got high mains pressure ??

is it a combi system ?

rob :think:

elvis_bloggs

Air in the pipes.

comping_cat

robowen wrote:

Is the water very hot ?..hotter than usual :think:
Have you got high mains pressure ??

is it a combi system ?

rob :think:

The water temp hasnt changed, and i think it is a combi boiler
My mains pressure is probably average.
Catherine

dixie_dean_2

Ours didnt squark and wail till the other day. The water was not as hot as it should and we had BG come out. They said it was the pressure and fixed it very quickly but now it sounds like the effing geisha is wailing her memoirs as loud as possible. You need a bath to relax after that. Oh, and the water runs pretty slowly now.

Also, if there is air in the pipes or whatever the problem may be...is there a solution?

plumb1_2

dixie_dean wrote:

Ours didnt squark and wail till the other day. The water was not as hot as it should and we had BG come out. They said it was the pressure and fixed it very quickly but now it sounds like the effing geisha is wailing her memoirs as loud as possible. You need a bath to relax after that. Oh, and the water runs pretty slowly now.

Also, if there is air in the pipes or whatever the problem may be...is there a solution?

What do BG know about plumbing, nowt

dixie_dean wrote:

They said it was the pressure and fixed it very quickly

Also, if there is air in the pipes or whatever the problem may be...is there a solution?

All he has done is turned a valve down, to reduce the flow,and not the pressure.
What you need to do is, take the tap head off, then remove the body, dissmantle it and get some fine emery paper and clean the parts, and then get some silcone grease, and smear it on the parts(spindle/jumper) and it should work fine then.
This problem occurs alot with cheap imported taps, and high pressure sysytems, and it will tend to re-occurr, you might need to fit a PRV.

moneysavingplumber

I agree with plumb1, partly closing an isolating valve on a pressurised system to reduce flow-rate will actually increase the noise it makes.

The only budget taps I tend to fit now are Bristan, I've had too many problems with so many of the others.