clicking pipes

susieq434

There are boxed in pipes in the 2nd bedroom in our house. Any water (cold/hot) from anywhere in the house causes the pipes to click. Even putting on the washing machine/dishwasher/flushing the toilet makes them click.

The worst point is when the bath water is let out it clicks every second and gradually goes down to every 10 seconds, but it is about half an hour before it stops completely.

The noise seems to be coming from the lower half of the wall or maybe the floorboards.

The only thing stopping me phoning a plumber is the cost. Does anyone know how much it would be to fix this problem?

Also a friend of mine had pipes insulated and it didn't make any difference?!

david29dpo

Sounds like the pipes arnt clipped properly to the wall and expansion and contraction will make most pipes click anyway.

CiciBaltimore

clip them onto the wall properly

susieq434

ahh right, I'll get it checked out :j

thank you!

Degenerate

How big is the box section? is there a soil stack inside it? (That's the 4" vertical plastic piping from the toilets down to the sewer). The clicking when you let the water out of the bath sounds like a drainage problem rather than the live plumbing. It could well be a noisy Durgo (air admittance valve).

See: http://www.diydata.com/plumbing/air_admittance_valve/air_admittance_valve.php