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On 25 Mar 2007 09:12:04 -0700, wrote:

This happens on both hot and cold water. I have read
multiple articles on the website and tried variuos things including
flusing out the entire system by shuting main valve and then closing
all facuet starting from basement. By the way the basement is
finished

I missed the word "closing". Did you first open all the faucets and
let them all stay open at the same time until nothing dripped out.

If you only open one faucet for example, while the main valve is
closed, not too much will drip out because there is little way for air
to get into the system. If you open the highest faucet in the house
at the same time, that will help a lot, and if you have someone
watching a lower faucet at the same time, I think you should see that.

That still leaves water in the pipes from the main valve to the first
branch, but I think that will drain out eventually. Just wait until
the water stops dripping.

Then there is the hot water. I wonder if you can just open the
faucents and don't have to drain the tank. It would depend on whether
the T thing with the pipe pointing up was before or after the water
heater. I don't have one so I don't know.

Anyone nearby with a house like yours without a finished laundry room?

My laundry room, and that is where the water comes in and spreads out,
is not finished so I'm pretty sure I don't have these things. You may
not either, but otoh, if you didn't change your hoses to metal ones or
do anything else to create water hammer, maybe you do.