yotuki
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I purchased my first house about a year ago. The house itself is about 50 years old, but had a copper pipe refit performed throughout the home about 8 years ago. There are Sioux Chief brand mini-rester's in various locations throughout the home, of which I've found:
1) 2 @ Washer & Dryer (hot & cold)
2) 1 @ Kitchen Sink/Dishwasher (shared, hot)
3) 1 @ Bathroom Sink (not sure, wife's asleep )
When we first moved in, there was no water hammer. Over the past couple months though, the water hammer has become increasingly loud.
Is it possible for surge arrester's to fail? The Sioux Chief ones (at least according to their website) are supposed to have a MTBF of 500,000 uses, so I'm guessing it's not likely.
Would draining the water lines help at all?
Thanks for any help. I tried searching the forum for my answers, but couldn't find an appropriate thread going. Any advice is appreciated, because it would be great if I could fix this myself somehow, otherwise I'll have to leave the fixing to the pros. This banging is getting too loud, and I need to fix it before some pipe winds up busting and causes a mess.
1) 2 @ Washer & Dryer (hot & cold)
2) 1 @ Kitchen Sink/Dishwasher (shared, hot)
3) 1 @ Bathroom Sink (not sure, wife's asleep )
When we first moved in, there was no water hammer. Over the past couple months though, the water hammer has become increasingly loud.
Is it possible for surge arrester's to fail? The Sioux Chief ones (at least according to their website) are supposed to have a MTBF of 500,000 uses, so I'm guessing it's not likely.
Would draining the water lines help at all?
Thanks for any help. I tried searching the forum for my answers, but couldn't find an appropriate thread going. Any advice is appreciated, because it would be great if I could fix this myself somehow, otherwise I'll have to leave the fixing to the pros. This banging is getting too loud, and I need to fix it before some pipe winds up busting and causes a mess.