Banging Pipes

Complete2022

Help!! I live in a first floor flat (rented) and have done since December 2022. The pipes started to bang now and then...which was a nuisance but bareable...now they are so loud and its 24/7...I have had to move out of my bedroom into the spare bedroom to get some sleep.

I have complained to my agency Elite Properties so many times and they told me they have reported this to the Management Company.

But nobody is responding...I am at my wits end can anyone suggest anything...can I get legal advice about this..any responce will be good

theartfullodger

Write to landlord (yes, landlord), copy agent, keep copy using shelter draft letter explaining why you'll get it done and then knock the cost off your rent payments.

Get a decent plumber round, ensure you have copies of all paperwork.

It'll be air in the pipes.

Have you bled all radiators?  Check boiler indicating no faults?

Atomix

Or - there won't be enough fixings on the pipes. when we had our kitchen done (and ceiling plaster removed) we took the initiative to put in more pipe fixings.... no more bangs

sourpuss2021

What kind of flooring does the flat have?

This is not so difficult to fix if you just have floorboards on top of joists.  But quite a bit disruptive if you have carpets on top.

Complete2022

Mainly carpets apart from bathroom and kitchen 

sourpuss2021

How long is your tenancy for?

Sounds like the best course of action would be to negotiate with the landlord to get out of your agreement, then move somewhere else.

ThisIsWeird

Complete2022 said:

Help!! I live in a first floor flat (rented) and have done since December 2022. The pipes started to bang now and then...which was a nuisance but bareable...now they are so loud and its 24/7...I have had to move out of my bedroom into the spare bedroom to get some sleep.

I have complained to my agency Elite Properties so many times and they told me they have reported this to the Management Company.

But nobody is responding...I am at my wits end can anyone suggest anything...can I get legal advice about this..any responce will be good

Can you be more specific? Are these definitely your pipes, or could they perhaps be going to the flats above?

What is taking place when they 'bang'? Have you been running a hot or cold tap? Flushed a loo? Run the central heating? Or do they genuinely 'bang' all of the time, for no apparent reason? 

Have you recorded the noise? 

Have you tried tracking down where the noise is coming from? Can you see the guilty pipes?

Complete2022

This is what my agency have said it’s all electric so no boiler …. I have spoken to people above me and they don’t seem to have any banging I have an en-suite and it seems worse in there…. Since I have posted this I have received an email from my agency saying the management company have finally decided to send a contractor out to investigate HOORAY only taken them 9 weeks… thanks for all your comments… I will keep you posted 😁