How to fix noisy bathroom pipes?

[veruska]

Hi there 🙏

I moved into my new townhouse and the pipes in the walls are very very noisy. This means that anyone showering when I am sleeping would wake me up, even with earplugs. It’s like having someone with a power toll in my room.  It’s  especially the shower wall taps ( which I recently changed into new 3/4 levers from Bunnings). 
also if they use the laundry tub taps downstairs it makes a huge noise, we have changed the valves as well. 

what can be done please? I am afraid if I call a plumber he would have to open the wall, break the tiles, cost me a fortune. 

thanks! 

[Jason]

Hi @veruska,

Sorry to read of your plumbing problem. 

We would obviously recommend a qualified plumber to assist. But in order for the community to provide some suggestions about what the issue might be, could you please describe the sound and when it occurs? For example, is it water hammer?

Thanks,

Jason

[veruska]

Hi Jason thank you for your reply!

its not water hammer,  it’s like someone has a very noisy engine on in my room. I have a video of the noise. Noise it’s louder when the taps are firstly turned on then it stabilises to less noisy  but still very loud! 

thanks again 

[Jason]

If you could pop the video on YouTube you can embed it in a post here on Workshop @veruska.

Jason

[EricL]

Hello @veruska 

What you're hearing could possibly be trapped air in the copper pipes. When it's run at high velocity it sounds like the roar of an engine. I'm afraid there's not much you can do in regards to getting it repaired as it would require the cooperation of the rest of the building. If the noise is localized in only one section of your house, I propose installing a lightweight timber frame to hold insulation and cover it up with plasterboard.

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1 and @Nailbag for their recommendations.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[veruska]

Thank you so so much!