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lid (AnthonyL) Wrote in message:
On Thu, 14 May 2015 05:11:11 -0700 (PDT), RobertL
wrote:

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 10:00:20 AM UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
I'm in an old (1860) semi-detached cottage and hear when the neighbour
has water running in the bathroom - I think it is when the cistern is
refilling. It is quite annoying at 2am.
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The water pipe from the mains is shared but I'm not conscious of
similar sounds during the day when I guess the kitchen taps must be in
use.
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Anything to be done? Is it likely that I'm hearing the sound direct
or through our water pipes? How do I ascertain?
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If it were me I would spend some time trying to hear where the sound is com=
ing from. Does it come though the wall (perhaps from pipes that are clamp=
ed to the wall) or does it come in with the water supply to the OP's house=
. During the day it will be hard to hear it so you'll need to get up at n=
ight when someone has flushed the loo next door.

I've tried - it is very indeterminable. We only have a two up two
down + upstairs bathroom and when it is quiet the noise can be heard
from any room.

presumably it has always done this, it's just that now it is annoying becau=
se it happens at night.

I think it got worse when the last neighbour replaced their old
clogged up mains inlet tap.

if it is turbulence noise that is being conducted through all the pipework =
you might able to fix it with one of those tiny accumulators designed to st=
op waterhammer. They are easy to fit - you'd put it on theincoming water m=
ain.

I just would have expected to be more conscious of kitchen
taps/washing machine noises if that was the case. (ah there it goes
just as I write - and I'm downstairs ~ 90secs).

If the sound is conducted through the bathroom wall you could add a sound p=
roof that wall (by adding a stud wall next to, but not touching, the party =
wall.

The rooms are small enough as it is.

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AnthonyL

You say it got worse when they replaced the mains inlet tap. Is
this indoor or outdoor?

If the previous valve was throttling the flow, then the
replacement may well have a clearer bore or have been opened more
fully. This would give rise to more pipe noise due to water
velocity.

If the valve replaced was outdoor, then wait till they go out and
turn it down! Close it completely counting the number of turns ,
then open to maybe 2\3 of previous. Gradually turn down till
noise is acceptable so they don't notice sudden changes. If they
do notice, claim you've had similar problem and blame
kids!

Phil
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