MiniMatt
19-11-08, 03:52 PM
Wondering if the plumbers who installed the original Org Fountain of Knowledge are still around...
Ok, when we flush the toilet the cistern refills. About five seconds after the cistern has completely refilled... the taps start singing. D# to be precise, possibly an E. Single tone, very high volume, and after about 30 seconds this tone recedes and all is quiet again. Now my other half can hear this too, so this is in no way related to the voices in my head who tell me to run naked through the streets (I'm not listening to them again.... barstewards....)
There are only two rooms in the house with taps, the bathroom and the kitchen, the bathroom sink cold tap sings and the kitchen sink cold tap sings. No hot taps sing, and neither of the bath taps do. Bathroom sink is definitely the loudest. Now, whilst they're singing if you turn on either of the cold taps, the noise ceases and one only needs to run these taps for about five seconds for the noise not to return (quick blat of the taps and the noise will cease then recommence in timing with the tap blat). No water leaks from these taps either during their musical rendition or not, although the washers are probably a bit old and one needs a bit of a tight turn to stop dripping.
I'm guessing we have air trapped someplace, but I'm at a loss to figure out how to find out where.
If it's relevant, we have a combi boiler, the radiators were bled a few months back and the inlet pressure dial on the boiler says more or less the same as it always has (can't remember, but it's in the middle of the dial, far away from the red sections at either end); although as stated it seems to be the cold water circuit that's causing the prob.
So, any clues as to my sonerous pipework?
Ok, when we flush the toilet the cistern refills. About five seconds after the cistern has completely refilled... the taps start singing. D# to be precise, possibly an E. Single tone, very high volume, and after about 30 seconds this tone recedes and all is quiet again. Now my other half can hear this too, so this is in no way related to the voices in my head who tell me to run naked through the streets (I'm not listening to them again.... barstewards....)
There are only two rooms in the house with taps, the bathroom and the kitchen, the bathroom sink cold tap sings and the kitchen sink cold tap sings. No hot taps sing, and neither of the bath taps do. Bathroom sink is definitely the loudest. Now, whilst they're singing if you turn on either of the cold taps, the noise ceases and one only needs to run these taps for about five seconds for the noise not to return (quick blat of the taps and the noise will cease then recommence in timing with the tap blat). No water leaks from these taps either during their musical rendition or not, although the washers are probably a bit old and one needs a bit of a tight turn to stop dripping.
I'm guessing we have air trapped someplace, but I'm at a loss to figure out how to find out where.
If it's relevant, we have a combi boiler, the radiators were bled a few months back and the inlet pressure dial on the boiler says more or less the same as it always has (can't remember, but it's in the middle of the dial, far away from the red sections at either end); although as stated it seems to be the cold water circuit that's causing the prob.
So, any clues as to my sonerous pipework?