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pearl

Well-known member
May 3, 2016
13,126
Behind My Eyes
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
 




Mr Bridger

Sound of the suburbs
Feb 25, 2013
4,753
Earth
Water hammer of some sort.
Is the plumbing connected or 2 separate supplies?

Early guess, fit a non return valve on the dishwasher supply.
 


AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014
34,752
Ruislip
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

Talking of plumber oddities, you need the assistance of [MENTION=26444]Wrong Direction[/MENTION] or his padwan [MENTION=25123]SIMMO SAYS[/MENTION]:cool:
 


clapham_gull

Legacy Fan
Aug 20, 2003
25,876
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
Had exactly the same a few months ago. Good plumber will fix it.

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Brok

🦡
Dec 26, 2011
4,373
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.
 






pearl

Well-known member
May 3, 2016
13,126
Behind My Eyes
Water hammer of some sort.
Is the plumbing connected or 2 separate supplies?

Early guess, fit a non return valve on the dishwasher supply.

One mains supply (to three flats), but pipework separate, we all have individual stopcocks

Thank you!
 




















rippleman

Well-known member
Oct 18, 2011
4,988
Potentially, the 5 most expensive words in the English language…

I also am no plumber; I haven't a clue. But I would have turned off the water supply and then run the pipes empty before embarking on any "under the sink" work.

I think that might have helped here.
 










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