Does your bathroom plumbing system sound like a symphony of odd whines, bangs and hisses you swear weren’t there before? While easy to ignore subtle new auditory plumbing quirks at first, unusual bathroom pipe noises often worsen and can indicate serious issues.
- Hissing Near Toilets. The sound of running water near your toilet usually means a fixture valve or hose connection leak is present, allowing water to keep flowing when it should be fully shut off. Even small leaks add up to higher water bills and increase risks of water damage to walls and flooring if neglected.
- Banging Pipes and Shower Arms. The sudden loud bangs inside your walls typically occur when extreme temperature shifts prompt pipes expanding and contracting against wood framing. Unfortunately, the jarring forces can weaken joint seals over time. So, we must strategically realign, insulate, or add flexible components to bathroom plumbing to offset the banging.
- Whining. Annoying whining signals advanced internal wear of faucet valves and water control components nearing failure. As the gate and cartridge grind against each other with corrosion and mineral deposits, flow gets restricted. Like worn brake pads in a car, the affected fixtures require professional replacement parts soon to avoid becoming completely stuck in the open or closed position.
- Groans. Few things disturb middle-of-the-night trips to the bathroom like unexpected random drips and groaning from unseen locations. While ghosts haunting your plumbing remain unlikely, dripping from loosened piping or drain joints often penetrates walls and ceiling cavities, sounding amplified and hollow.
Next time your bathroom pipes sound like a construction zone, haunted house or temperamental orchestra tuning up, don’t ignore the warning signs that plumbing issues may lurk within walls. Reach out to our local plumbers to track down and remedy weird bathroom plumbing noises before major problems occur.