Water Hammer In Shower Pipes!...I Tried This First

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[sharigirardeau]

I wonder if the problem I'm having is similar. I have one of those plastic "balls" to control my shower flow. It's so hard to move that over the course of the past year, it's damaged the plastic so much that it's started breaking off little chunks and I have to turn the water on and off a bunch of times to get the right temp. You know, turning it a little this way and a little that way, it's so frustrating.

If I take the screw out of the middle, is water going to spray all over me? [I don't have access to the water main. I would have to put in a work order for the apartment maintenance guys to come fix it.

[swbuqye]

I cured water hammer by shutting off the main supply and opening every faucet inside and outside the house.

[susanseymour]

Thanks for the tips! Always something new to learn about plumbing!

[brittblanton]

Great information Brian and congrats on the 54 k subscribers. Take care and have a great weekend 👍

[HighPeaksHome]

Thanks Brian! I had no idea a cartridge could caue that problem.

[stevesproul]

Definitely a very informative video brother. 54k man your growing a awesome channel. Keep up the good work buddy

[joehaney]

Thanks, this was very helpful. Keep the videos coming.

[ridgeedwards]

My favorite part was when he showed the issue for people to compare their situation to!

[seattlebest]

I have the same problem. once we turn on the spout, there's a water hammer noise. Do you think just need to replace the mixing valve or the cartridge? I have two spouts in my house that create water hammer noise after turning on. Or water pressure? Thanks

[Puda]

THANK YOU! Exact same noise for me lol but it's not that noticeable. Plumber suggested cartridge or just the whole thing needs to be replaced. We just had all our piping replaced so I was a bit afraid it would be that. Cartridge was replaced a year ago though! Could that be something else? Only happens with the highest pressure on the tub.

[ranger]

i have to check my shower valve upstairs it has huge travel before anything happens i wonder if that could just be loose handle or is it the cartridge.

[TEAisMyName]

I am getting the crazy shaking in the pipes when only one of my showers gets used . It shakes the pipes under the whole house and sounds crazy loud like they’re about to burst. Also when another shower gets used the pressure release on the hot water tank keeps letting out a lot of water . Do you think you know what this could be without being here to look?

[ranger]

wow up to 54k subscribers when did that happen i must have missed it.

[pradeepvenkatesan]

So I'm in in a condo building and there's a water hammer problem. It looks like its not the faucet, does it mean that my building has to replace the valve ?

[markthompson]

I have a shower head that is causing pipe hammering and water pressure pulses. Hoping that a change of the cartridge is the easy fix. Thanks for the video.

[Make-Bank-Online]

"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." -Theodore N. Vail

[Rhondalynn]

Hi, my bathroom spigot is leaking. The value to change from tub spigot to shower is right below the on/off. It's a Delta.

[NevaehVillines]

I put a new shower head on and it’s vibrating the top. The bottom one that ur doing in the video isn’t vibrating ! What could be the problem.

[aztatude]

Would have been great if you could hear the banging before changing the valve.

[vijieditzz]

hi sorry english is not my first language.i live in apartment . management has installed new dual speed mode faucet in the new neighbor apartment right below my unit. whenever they use their kitchen faucet i start hearing the normal faucet stream noise as well as speed mode noise in my kitchen. the speed mode hissing noise is very bothersome as i have tinnitus. management is asking me to use earplug whole day. i have been in this apartment for many years. my unit and most other units dont have dual speed switch operated faucet.why this new faucet from neighbor create noise in my kitchen, how this can be solved please help. thanks