Home is 11 yrs old. No groaning or squealing on any other faucets. Just the one outside spigot. Can be heard through out the whole house. What is the cause and can anything be done to quiet it up besides shutting it off????
2006-08-19 04:22:43 · 6 answers · asked by Al s 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Ours did that for a long time. Then the landscaper told me the special value in the front of the house, some emergency value, was going out. Since he replaced it that noise stopped!
2006-08-19 04:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question about 'copper or galvanized pipes' is spot-on. Galvanized pipes get arteriosclerotic over the years, ultimately occluding to the point the position water can not stress its way through the outfitted-up rust and calculi. If this is only a nipple from the water line to the spigot, first turn off the water on the significant, then back the nipple out and seem interior it: betcha it really is 100% blocked. replace it with a brass nipple and a di-electric powered installation, in the different case a brass-to-iron connection will corrode right now because of 'galvanic reaction' (2 dissimilar metals). Use a Teflon-depending 'pipe dope' liberally on the threads of the recent nipple and deploy a brass spigot. in case you employ a galvanized nipple, deploy a metallic spigot.
2016-11-30 19:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just thinking outloud....You might try Installing the new frost-free spigots and that should solve the groaning problem. That's probably just being caused by the washers in the old spigots.
ALSO.. (not finished yet)....Water pressure flucutates between 40 and 60psi.. It might behoove you to get a pressure gauge to test the pressure on your water line.(which, by the way.. you did not tell me if you are on City water or otherwise)..If it's above 60 psi, you may need to install, or adjust, repair or replace an existing Pressure Reducing Valve.
In the first paragraph I mentioned frost-free spigots.. that depends on whether or not you live in a COLD zone or not.
2006-08-19 04:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have an air bubble trapped in the line leading to the spigot. You can either replace the line and spigot or you can try letting the water run to force the air out.
2006-08-19 04:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by darkwolfslust 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you need to have a verticle pipe added to your line. It'll be capped off and installed above your existing water pipe. The purpose is to have air trapped inside this pipe to act as a 'shock absorber'. The air will always stay there and the noise will be gone.
2006-08-19 04:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got air in your pipes. Call a plumber, that can mess up your pump! Meantime do not use it!
2006-08-19 04:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by citizen ex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋