[Help] Plumbing Oddity

[LamieRobertson]

To escape law suits, he relocated from New Jersey to Newhaven UK.

He must be fiddling with some pipes today, as he hasn’t contributed to the thread so far..

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

He must be fiddling with some pipes today, as he hasn’t contributed to the thread so far..

[MENTION=26444]Wrong Direction[/MENTION] is dealing with a few very odd customers

 

[LamieRobertson]

He is dealing with a few very odd customers

He get a lot of work off NSC then

 

[usernamed]

Bowie’s early, less successful, “thin white van” phase.


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[Deleted member 2719]

Not sure if anyone can help ... it's pretty weird tbh:

I live in a ground floor flat with a basement flat below. They've got a dishwasher under their kitchen sink.
My kitchen is directly above. When they run the dishwasher it causes a stop/start/stop/start banging in MY kitchen pipes??
They haven't heard this (so far). Fortunately we get on well and are trying to resolve this together.
Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks

Just curious, how well do you get on

 

[BN9 BHA]

May I recommend bn9 bha .

 

[Wrong-Direction]

An arrestor might help

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[BN9 BHA]

He must be fiddling with some pipes today, as he hasn’t contributed to the thread so far..

Just got home, that was a long day

 

[Gabbafella]

May I recommend bn9 bha .

The hoovering makes that. Comedy gold.

 

[Baldseagull]

Not sure if anyone can help ... it's pretty weird tbh:

I live in a ground floor flat with a basement flat below. They've got a dishwasher under their kitchen sink.
My kitchen is directly above. When they run the dishwasher it causes a stop/start/stop/start banging in MY kitchen pipes??
They haven't heard this (so far). Fortunately we get on well and are trying to resolve this together.
Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks

Ask them to turn the appliance tap half closed, I think the valve on the dishwasher is closing abruptly and causing the hammer, if it is filling more slowly, the rate of flow will be less and cause less of a shock when the valve closes.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I've been reading about hydraulic pressure in water pipes and stuff .... never knew plumbers were so brainy

We don’t just drink tea.

 

[clapham_gull]

An arrestor might help View attachment 144644

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I saw similar items in a "lifestyle" shop in Amsterdam.

 

[pearl]

Ask them to turn the appliance tap half closed, I think the valve on the dishwasher is closing abruptly and causing the hammer, if it is filling more slowly, the rate of flow will be less and cause less of a shock when the valve closes.

Many thanks for that. They have an Arrester. Last night they spoke to their plumber and it sounds very much like the water pressure in my flat is not OK ....... back to reading about hydraulic pressure zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Gazwag]

The hoovering makes that. Comedy gold.

I'm sure they are defrosting a turkey in the first few minutes

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Many thanks for that. They have an Arrester. Last night they spoke to their plumber and it sounds very much like the water pressure in my flat is not OK ....... back to reading about hydraulic pressure zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz [emoji38]ol:

As someone else posted, fiddling around with the blue valve that feeds the dishwasher can sometimes help

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[Justice]

Many thanks for that. They have an Arrester. Last night they spoke to their plumber and it sounds very much like the water pressure in my flat is not OK ....... back to reading about hydraulic pressure zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Do you share the same supply?

 

[pearl]

Do you share the same supply?

Same mains supply, but each flat has a stopcock

 

[sydney]

Now, I'm no plumber, but I would suggest an accumulator / expansion tank may be the solution?
This is really a cheap and easy solution. Possibly.

or 2 bottles of vodka and some valium.

 

[Tokyohands]

Potentially, the 5 most expensive words in the English language…

Still pretty much on par with 'let's call a plumber out' though.

 

[pearl]

Just got home, that was a long day

I have come to the conclusion that modern taps and appliances have been designed without a thought to the pressure of water?
And non-return valves on the mains isn't helping?