Why water pipes are buzzing: the causes of the problem and

Apartment owners often face a very unpleasant problem - the rattling in the water supply network. Experts focus on four reasons why water pipes are buzzing and vibrating. Our article is dedicated to how to eliminate them.

The most common causes of the problem

1. Poor system installation. The buzz in the pipeline is associated with a loose coupling of its elements and their unprofessional installation.
2. Excessive pressure in the water supply. This reason is given by the fact that when you turn off the valve, the noise only increases. This problem you do not solve on your own. It is the fault of the supply line and the organization that owns it.
3. Gradual critical decrease in the internal diameter of the network. Experts call this a heart attack pipe.

Note! This situation is typical for houses in which a major overhaul of the pipeline has not been carried out for a long time. It grows over time with rusting products and salt deposits. They reduce the diameter of the network.

In this case, the water pressure in the system remains the same. This leads to rattling. The best way to get rid of this problem is to change the steel pipes for plastic analogues.

1. Malfunctioning plumbing fixtures. If the water faucet is buzzing, it may be caused by damage (poor-quality gaskets, damaged crankcase boxes, etc.).

How to eliminate defects and defects

Further on all the reasons for more.

Poor repair

1. When taps (faucets) are buzzing several times every day, most likely - one of your neighbors carried out poor-quality repair of the water supply system in his apartment.
2. It may be that the plumbing from the housing department replaced any parts of the system in the basement and the pipes didn’t fit well. In this case, getting rid of the buzz is quite simple. It is necessary to fix the pipes well and eliminate other installation defects.
3. Another cause of the problem is that the pipes are too close to each other. When water flows through them, they vibrate and mutually collide. The defect can be compensated by wrapping the elements of the network with rolled sound-insulating material.

     Excessive network pressure

1. This network defect is determined by the water pressure. When you quickly open the mixer valve, the pipe liner starts to buzz.

Note! The instruction warns that excessive pressure in the system often leads to rupture of the interfaces of its elements and depressurization of the network. To reduce loads and get rid of noise, install a special air chamber at the joint of the pipe with the valve. This supplement will absorb excess pressure.

1. Such an element can be made by hand using a piece of pipe. There is the possibility of using and ready-made factory muffler.
2. When a resource gets into the house's water supply under very high pressure, and it carries a significant percentage of air, you do not eliminate the buzz in the pipes yourself. There will have to invite workers ZhEKA.

The optimal level of fluid pressure in the water supply of an apartment building is considered to be 2 atm. Then a normal stream of water will flow from the mixers, and dishwashers and washing machines work without problems. The upper threshold of the norm is a pressure of 6 atmospheres.

"Infarction" section of the pipeline

The pipe diameter narrowed due to blockages leads to the creation of a reactive flow of water.

It creates vibrations with accompanying noise.

1. Unscrew the mixer from the pipes and inspect them. If dirt builds up on the walls, it is the cause of the problem.
2. It is possible to remove the clogging with the help of pneumatic or hydraulic flushing, in addition to this - mechanical cleaning.
3. Washing the system is punching its clogs with a strong continuous stream of water. Special pumps are used to create it. Thus, you can only clear the blockages consisting of light solid particles in a system with a high flow rate of water.
4. Mechanical cleaning is carried out on individual sections of the pipeline. First, the water is cut off and down from the site. Next, the pipe is dismantled and cleaned with a cable or thick wire. To enhance the effect, you can fasten a brush to them.

Note! When the network section cannot be cleaned with the indicated methods, it is replaced by new pipes. In order to prevent the occurrence of noise due to unreliable fixation, the pipes should be tightly fixed to the base using rubber gaskets.

     Malfunctions of instruments and valves

Often the cause of the noise in the system is a defect in the mixer (when the valves are turned on, the pipes start to vibrate) or shut-off valves. Here the specific culprit of the buzz is the worn-out gaskets of the crane-boxes of the old-fashioned valve devices. In more modern lever mixers and ball valves seals, blocking the flow of water, no. Based on this - and the cause of the noise is missing.

The price of repair in this case is small. You will only need to dismantle the regulator, and deal with the seal at the end of its stem.

The gasket can hang loosely on it or have edges of a pointed cone-shaped form. In the case of the first one, the worn seal must be changed, in the second, its edges should be trimmed.

Conclusion

The annoying rumble of water pipes, which indicates a malfunction of the plumbing system, can and should be eliminated. For this you do not need to take extraordinary actions. In most cases, problems are cleaned quite simply. The video in this article will prove it to you.