When I take a bath,?

Question

for some reason the water pipes or something starts making this noise like it's shaking and it hums too. I have to immediately turn off the water. Why is this? People tell me it has something to do w/ hot water heater. Our hot water heater is about to explode too, why is that? What can I do? What's going on w/ shaking pipes and almost exploding water heaters?

Answer 1

The pipes are resonating. You can leave the water running. Usually, if you turn the water up or down just a bit, the resonating will stop, or at least change pitch.

Answer 2

How in hell do you know your "hot water heater is about to explode"??? Is there a pressure guage on the front that has an "Will Explode Soon!" range on it?

As long as nobody has monkeyed around with the overflow/overpressure valve, your hot water heater will not explode from you taking a bath.

So RELAX and enjoy your bath!

As the other responder suggested, it's most likely the pipes expanding and sliding past their supports. If there's a humming sound, I'm going to guess that some length of the pipe is simply resonating during some of the expansion movements, although sometimes faucets make a humming sound if their packing is loose - however, that should respond to opening or closing the faucet slightly.

Answer 3

The only thing wrong is there is air in the pipes. run the water from all sourses for a little while. If that doesn't solve the problem the look for a relief valve and open that till the air stops coming out.

Answer 4

Why do you feel your hot water heater is about to explode? If there is a problem with your hot water tank have it replaced first. The other problem may be corrected.

Answer 5

the pipes are turning hot from cold which is expansionary. So the pipes will make those noises as they expand. It's natural and nothing to worry about.

Answer 6

hmmm sounds like maybe you need to have a repairman come have a look