Hi!
I replaced a Peerless pressure balance shower valve body (female with threaded/pipe dope connections) with a a different Peerless pressure balance valve body (male with solder connections). Now when I open and shut the shower valve or either of the master bath sinks (both hot and cold, all upstairs), I hear water hammer. This happened when I worked on the old valve before, but it was simply a case of not burping the lines to a tub in the master bath. When I burped the lines, the water hammer went away. I went back and turned on all the upstairs faucets and flushed the commodes, effectively running water through all the upstairs plumbing. I still have the water hammer. (I turned on all faucets around the home on the lower level independently- no air.) My home pressure is 60 psi due to a household PRV I installed two months ago. What could be going on? The hammer is loud enough I would have noticed it before.
Thanks!!!
Paul
I replaced a Peerless pressure balance shower valve body (female with threaded/pipe dope connections) with a a different Peerless pressure balance valve body (male with solder connections). Now when I open and shut the shower valve or either of the master bath sinks (both hot and cold, all upstairs), I hear water hammer. This happened when I worked on the old valve before, but it was simply a case of not burping the lines to a tub in the master bath. When I burped the lines, the water hammer went away. I went back and turned on all the upstairs faucets and flushed the commodes, effectively running water through all the upstairs plumbing. I still have the water hammer. (I turned on all faucets around the home on the lower level independently- no air.) My home pressure is 60 psi due to a household PRV I installed two months ago. What could be going on? The hammer is loud enough I would have noticed it before.
Thanks!!!
Paul