View Full Version : I get a high pitched noise from my water pipes when the water is off?
 
 teespaddler
Oct 14, 2010, 04:01 PM
It stops when I turn on any tap in the house (Hot or cold) or flush the toilet. The noise starts at random at any time, then stops and starts randomly. Until I turn on a tap then it goes quiet for a few minutes. Any ideas?
 ma0641
Oct 14, 2010, 04:09 PM
Could be a bad pressure regulator.  Turning on the water reduces the pressure until it builds up again.  Sometimes a leaking toilet fill valve will do that.  Turn off the water to each toilet and see if it stops the noise.
 afaroo
Oct 14, 2010, 07:43 PM
Do as Ma0641 says, Also get a water pressre test gauge see the image and check your water pressure, Thanks.
 
John
 teespaddler
Oct 16, 2010, 05:03 AM
Thanks for the support 
It is a faulty ball valve in the toilet cistern.
 
Water seeps past until it gets to a certain level then... 
The noise resonates through the pipes 
 
Now to fix it. At least I have not had to do each tap washer one by one as a process of elimnination
 speedball1
Oct 16, 2010, 05:42 AM
Glade you found the problem,  Thanks form the update.  It helps us tom answer other questions,  Cheers,  Tom
 afaroo
Oct 16, 2010, 07:48 AM
Thanks for the update.
 
John