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"Rod" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:


Fit in a full-bore mains stop-tap. Then near the kitchen sink tap fit a
small shock arrestor which cost around £10. Sorted.

Will that cure the cisterns?

(Cheapest I could find was nearly £13.)

£3 is going to kill you? The jumper on the stoptap look like it is
locking. A full-bore tap will take shocks back into the mains, the jumper
may be acts
as a check valve. But to be sure a shock arrestor near the most used and
offending tap - the kitchen. It should sort it. A 15mm x 1/2" fbsp x
15mm tee in the pipe under the sink, near the kitchen tap

A full-bore tap may mean you can suffer pressure reductions as it improves
"flow". If they reduce the mains pressure you flow suffers. Remove
restrictions (a stoptap) and you flow improves at a reduced pressure.

Just an NB: I don't think the "upside down copper bulb" cheap shock
arrestors are suitable for potable water. There are fancy ones with
diaphragms which are, but these cost more.

Certainly worth checking.

Cheers

Tim