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mcgee148 · Jun 23, 2007, 11:50 AM

I have two bathtub faucets that seem to create a loud noise from water flowing through the faucet. One in a Moen single knob mechanism with a shower. When the water is diverted to the shower head the noise is greatly lessened.

The other is a Moen but with individual hot and cold handles. This does not have a shower. Either hot or cold make the noise.

The noise is so loud from either of these faucets, that if watching TV in the family room in the floor below, the sound must be turned up.

Any idea? Could this be cause by water pressure too high? Anything else.

Thanks

Greg Quinn · Jun 23, 2007, 12:01 PM

What is the type of noise? There are many different noises that faucets make for many reasons... One thing I know is if it isn't at all banging or leaking a slow drip you may want to see if you have a screen filter. Also make sure your pressure on your {under the cabinet?} main water line is high enough.

mcgee148 · Jun 23, 2007, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by mcgee148

I have two bathtub faucets that seem to create a loud noise from water flowing through the faucet. One in a Moen single knob mechanism with a shower. When the water is diverted to the shower head the noise is greatly lessened.

The other is a Moen but with individual hot and cold handles. This does not have a shower. Either hot or cold make the noise.

The noise is so loud from either of these faucets, that if watching TV in the family room in the floor below, the sound must be turned up.

Any idea? Could this be cause by water pressure too high? Anything else.

Thanks

The noise seems to be water rushing through the pipes. There are no drips (hard to imagine that a drip one floor up would require the TV volume to be turned up when the water is turned on).

There is no banging in the pipes - this is just a rushing of water. When water is diverted to the shower, (presumably a lower flow rate) the noise is greatly lessened. Rather than pressure too low, I wonder if the pressure is actually too high.

ketring · Mar 9, 2008, 01:03 PM

I have this exact problem. Has anyone come up with the answer

Greg Quinn · Mar 9, 2008, 09:32 PM

If you feel that you have more than enough pressure, you can go to your hot water tank and turn the secondary main down a bit and vice versa. I've done this, but beware of old valves and pipes! If they break it may be very difficult to locate and shut off the #1 main and often turns into an expensive problem.

hkstroud · Mar 9, 2008, 10:45 PM

Can't imagine water moving through the pipes making that much noise. The only thing that I can think of making that much noise is a loose washer vibrating in a valve some where. Could see that in the two handle shower valve but not in the single handle. Could be in another valve some where else. The noise that a loose washer wouldn't make what I would call rushing water sound but it would be loud. Does using any other faucets make the noise? Do you have a pressure reducing valve on the main line into the house?

ketring · Mar 10, 2008, 04:43 AM

Yes I do have a valve at the meter into the house. The noise is the same noise you would hear if you put your ear to any pipe. But noise one is the loudest downstairs below the two bathtubs. We have had to the first noisey tub since we moved in twenty years ago. The second one started the day I put a new Delta faucet in the bath only tub. The first one is a Moen and is noisiest in bath mode. Our dog use to hide when he heard the noise because that was the bath tub we use to bathed. Thanks for responding. My plumber does not understand it either. Turning the valve to a more closed position does reduce the noise. But why did a new faucet cause a different tub to start making the same racket?

hkstroud · Mar 10, 2008, 06:46 AM

So the noise started when you put the new valve on. What did you have to do to install the new valve. Did you do any soldering? Did you install or some one else?

Wait a minute , who am I talking too?
Ketring, Please start a new thread. We are old and easily confused.

ketring · Mar 10, 2008, 07:05 AM

Harold
What's a new thread.

One faucet has always made the noise. The other started with a new install by a plumber and soldering was done
Ketring

Greg Quinn · Mar 10, 2008, 09:02 PM

He is having the same problem as the original poster. LOL

hkstroud · Mar 10, 2008, 10:13 PM

A new thread is where you ask your own question with a separate posting. When you ask you question on the end of someone else's it get confusing. Not only do we get the symptoms confused, it gets confusing to whom we are responding. I'm sure it seems like a good idea to say I've go the same problem so why restate everything but really its not. If we were all sitting in the same room we would know by looks and jesters with whom we were talking. I'm sure you didn't mean to but you sort of hijacked Mcgee148 question with yours.

Anyway we are to far along to start over.

Would you describe your noise as water rushing through the pipes, or some other sound?

You said

Originally Posted by ketring

We have had to the first noisey tub since we moved in twenty years ago.

Then you said

Originally Posted by ketring

The But why did a new faucet cause a different tub to start making the same racket?

There seems to be a contradiction there.
Did you mean that you have had the Moen for twenty years and the noise started when you put the Delta in? Or do you mean you had Moen and the noise for twenty years and now have it in the new Delta also?

Guest · Apr 2, 2008, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Greg Quinn

He is having the same problem as the original poster. LOL

Same problem with my Delta 2-handle tub faucet. There is a loud - really loud sound of rushing water. Could it be the 'bendable/flexible' copper plumbing from the valves to the tee that supplies the faucet. Every other plumbing fixture in my house is quiet except this one. They are only 5 years old.

srch4me · Apr 3, 2008, 10:28 AM

I'm experiencing same problem; loud whoshing noise (like sound of clothes washer) when upstairs faucets on (sink or shower) and/or upstairs toilet flushed. House built 1993. Original plumbing, except water heater installed couple years ago, but problem only started couple days ago.

Billom1 · Sep 21, 2008, 06:40 PM

I have this same problem also... and was wondering if anyone has any other ideas. I have a Jacuzzi brand Hottub in my master bathroom with a two-handle Delta faucet. The noise of water rushing is so loud in my family room directly beneath the bathroom that I cannot hear the TV or talk on the phone. I also had a "whining " sound if the faucet was open all the way. I replaced the cartridges in each of the hot and cold handles... and the whining noise stopped. But eh loud rushing sound continues. FYI... the faucet is quite large and has a strainer. It allows a large volume of water in to fill the tub fast. I was thinking it was just allowing too much water to travel too fast... creating the noise. I was thinking of installing a flow restrictor where the strainer is. Would that help? I have no other similar noise from any other faucet in the house. Water pressure is set correctly in the house, says my plumber... who can't figure out what is causing the noise. I'd appreciate any help in solving this problem, because its driving me crazy. Thanks!

I'm sorry if I was supposed to start a NEW question on this topic... but I could not figured out how to do it. :)

PBohne · Feb 5, 2010, 04:02 PM

Here is the answer to the noise problem. It is the diverter head for the shower. Move the pull up knob while you have the vibrating noise and it will change tone. Moen will replace for free.

jerryamorris · Aug 26, 2010, 11:31 AM

I have the same noise while filling the bathtub. Very loud but it is random. Most of the time it is loug with bouts of quiet a second or to back to loud.

I have three knobs hot and cold and shower which is the diverter. My diverter is not in the tub nossel. How can I fix it. No hammering everything is tight.
what would happen if I put a larger diameter pipe in for a short distance before the faucet