Q: When the water reaches the fill level in my washing machine and the agitation cycle starts, I always hear a loud series of bangs in the pipes behind the wall. What’s causing this? Will it harm the ...

Q: I live in a first-floor unit in a 344-unit building that opened in 2006. There is a loud knocking when someone turns off the bathtub/shower, dishwasher or washing machine and when the ice maker ...

Water hammer — violent flow transients in piping — can rupture or collapse pipes, uproot anchors, and cause considerable damage. Here’s a look at the causes, and how to head off problems. • Water ...

When you turn off the faucet in your bathroom, the water rushing through the pipes does not magically stop. Like any matter, it has mass and momentum, and when it slams into a closed valve, it ...

Q: Every time I turn off the water faucet in my laundry room, it sounds like someone is banging on the wall. Is my house possessed by evil spirits? Please help. The noise is frightening my kids. A: ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oatey Co. (Oatey) announces the launch of Quiet Pipes® Water Hammer Arrestors, servicing a full range of commercial and residential applications. Quiet Pipes is designed to ...

Hydraulic transients, most notably water hammer, represent critical phenomena in fluid transmission systems, involving rapid pressure fluctuations triggered by the sudden opening or closure of valves ...

The water hammer effect is an impact load that is commonly misunderstood but has a huge impact on pressure transducers. Water hammers or pulse loads are created when water flows are stopped or started ...

When needed, surge tanks can provide a critical feature to the hydraulic design of hydropower projects. Principally, they can mitigate the overpressure effects of pressure transients or water hammer ...