Hello
My parents neighborhood was recently required by the town to convert from private well water to town water. The water supply was converted in the summer of 2011. In December my parents called me to tell me they heard a 10 second rumbling noise from the unfinished basement every couple of minutes. With me helping them on the phone we narrowed down the noise to the somewhere with in the cold water pipes. They called in the plumber that did the conversion to look at the system, but they could not recreate the problem and so he could not find anything wrong.
Last weekend i was my parents house and the problem happened again . This is what i found in the morning when very little water had been used. The rumble was about 7 sec long and repeated approximately every 2 minutes. The vibration was definitely in the cold water pipe more noise and vibration on the far end of the line at the bathrooms. I tried various ways over 20 minutes to isolate the problem but i could not find any clues. The problem did go away when the kitchen sink was running for about 10 minutes while washing the dishes. Any ideas how to eliminate this problem.
Regards
Lenn G
My parents neighborhood was recently required by the town to convert from private well water to town water. The water supply was converted in the summer of 2011. In December my parents called me to tell me they heard a 10 second rumbling noise from the unfinished basement every couple of minutes. With me helping them on the phone we narrowed down the noise to the somewhere with in the cold water pipes. They called in the plumber that did the conversion to look at the system, but they could not recreate the problem and so he could not find anything wrong.
Last weekend i was my parents house and the problem happened again . This is what i found in the morning when very little water had been used. The rumble was about 7 sec long and repeated approximately every 2 minutes. The vibration was definitely in the cold water pipe more noise and vibration on the far end of the line at the bathrooms. I tried various ways over 20 minutes to isolate the problem but i could not find any clues. The problem did go away when the kitchen sink was running for about 10 minutes while washing the dishes. Any ideas how to eliminate this problem.
Regards
Lenn G