How to Quiet a Noisy PVC Plumbing Vent | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey has a quick cure for a creaky pipe. (See below for tools.)

Tools for How to Quiet a Noisy PVC Plumbing Vent:
- compass saw or jab saw

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[Animusapertus]

I love her expressions during the explanation, she's got the classic "I don't really care man, can you just fix it" look on her face haha

[luisacevedo]

Wow Richard you just save that lady thousands of dollars had that guy talk her into changing the pipes to cast iron

[frehuakk]

I m so glad i came across this video. i have opened walls in my house looking for leak, and when i was giving up looked up to youtube and found this. It was 100% same for my house and it just solved everything. Instead of using saw i just packed it with laminate underlay material. Problem is solved now.

[JenSavage]

Holy crap you just solved the mystery sound in my bathroom.

[atelic]

it really would have been nice to HEAR the "ticking" noise.

[nekochen]

My dad has this issue too. He kept rambling on and on about having insects inside the wall, but the rhythmic noise only happens when a faucet is turned on.
I told him it's the vent pipe, he believes none of it, decides to take a power drill to the wall so he can pump some insecticide into space between drywall ... I don't know what to say.. hahaha

[TheArfdog]

Need more Rich Trethewey's in the world. 0:26 "other" plumber says she needs to change to a cast iron vent stack.... to fix what RT did with about 5 minutes and a

[MessyyMissyy]

I hope this works for me. If so, thank you Richard!

[snuckyr]

thats something you leave until winter. poor rich was sweating to death in the attic

[Andrax]

once again hes's there when the husbands at work hehe

[san]

i have the same thing but would need to pull the roof sheathing ..its too small in there

[AR-prmt]

is there any way we can ask Richard a question?

[Okctrailboss]

It’s called thermal expansion. When you run water it expands the pvc and it creates a “dripping” sound inside the wall.

[youtubeaholic]

Diagnosing the problem is the hard part, fixing it is easy.

[eizzy]

I have the same problem but I live in a condo

[chingizkhan]

i had the same problem but mine is between the 1st floor n second floor

[troop]

I hear that noise I think high water pressure.. no one knew she had 140psi during the day..

[mrswolls]

So it was just a squeak from water trickling down several feet away

[christiangardner]

I'm having the same problem. A greedy plumber would have told me to replace everything.

[knockitofff]

Screw the high five, how about a head job? LOL