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    May 27, 2012, 08:57 AM
    Water pipe noise
    Can someone tell me what to suspect if every time I turn on a water facuet in my home or flush a toilet there is a noise that sounds like a motor of some sort going thorough a recycling phase that takes place about a minute after the water source is turned off. It is the loudest on the wall where the main water pipe leads out of the house and it is loud!

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    May 27, 2012, 12:15 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by delayedreaction View Post
    Can someone tell me what to suspect if every time I turn on a water facuet in my home or flush a toilet there is a noise that sounds like a motor of some sort going thorough a recycling phase that takes place about a minute after the water source is turned off. It is the loudest on the wall where the main water pipe leads out of the house and it is loud!

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    Do you have a PRV,(pressure reducing valve) installed down there? Back to you, Tom
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