Noisy pipes ... for the house, not personally!

Willspireite

Hola folks ... I did notice that there were similar threads on the board, and have tried assessing whether it's same problem or not ... but I'm afraid I can't work it out!

We moved into a new build 3 years ago, it's been great ... no problems at all ... however recently there is the loudest noise coming from the pipes, almost a whine, after the toilet is flushed or hot or cold taps are used in the bathroom. It kicks in about 5-10 seconds after the water's used and can go on for the guts of 30seconds- one minute! :mad:

Could someone talk me through an ABC of what to do ... don't worry about being patronising ... on this one, I can take being talked to like a 3 year old!! :rotfl:Cheers for any helps folks.

Razor

Hi,
Inlet valve of cold water cistern in loft is causing noise due to deformed diaphragm, easiest fix is to replace whole ballvalve.

Canucklehead

Razor wrote: »

Hi,
Inlet valve of cold water cistern in loft is causing noise due to deformed diaphragm, easiest fix is to replace whole ballvalve.

Or the toilet ballvalve?

Corgi Guy.

Willspireite

How would I check those guys? Willing to give anything a blast ... but not sure how to go about it! Could you do an Idiot's Guide??? Maybe we could start a new group ... DIY Novice needing help no.1. You guys could be the A-team of DIY!!! :T

yorksguy11

Whe i have problems with noisy pipes occationally i just turn the Main stop !!!! in the house slightly up or down. until it stops
It always cures it

yorksguy11

Sorry i put a word i shouldnt have in !!!!.
Should have said Valve

Razor

If it was the toilet valve it wouldn't do it when using the hot or cold taps in the bathroom, unless of course you had just used the loo;)

Canucklehead

Willspireite wrote: »

How would I check those guys? Willing to give anything a blast ... but not sure how to go about it! Could you do an Idiot's Guide??? Maybe we could start a new group ... DIY Novice needing help no.1. You guys could be the A-team of DIY!!! :T

I assume you can create this noise on demand?
I also assume you have a storage tank in the roof . Get the loft ladder down and then flush the wc. Nip up into the roof and see if the noise is coming from the ballvalve.
I think Razor is probably right but the same problem can be applied to the wc.

Corgi Guy.

Sorry i put a word i shouldnt have in !!!!.
Should have said Valve

Yes you can .. Stopcock.! all one word. Let's see the Word Police sort that one out!!

Razor

If you want to confirm it and there is an isolation valve for the cistern in the loft just turn it off and use the water thats stored to flush the loo etc, if it don't make the noise its the ballvalve.

cake21

Hi Willspireite, did you manage to sort it out?

I think I might have the same or a similar problem

Noise when the toilet flushes...and also if I run the hot/cold taps in the bathroom after the toilet is flushed.

Canucklehead wrote: »

Or the toilet ballvalve? Corgi Guy.

Razor wrote: »

If it was the toilet valve it wouldn't do it when using the hot or cold taps in the bathroom, unless of course you had just used the loo;)

So could it be the toilet ballvalve in my case??

And if so, how do I fix it???

Thanks very much for any replies