Want to Move In To A Quiet Place? Check Your Plumbing

With all the environmental noise in our high-tech culture, It's a little wonder that peace and quiet have become extremely prized luxuries. Noise regulations are frequently requested and passed to regulate everything from the volume recreational watercraft to car engine backfire. Residents are limited to creating noise or playing stereos loudly before 8 a.m. Or 10:00 p.m in most neighbourhoods. As a kindness to other neighbours. There is even an Internet-based Noise Pollution Clearinghouse to assist decrease noise pollution and generate awareness of its multiple sources.

However, noise is not limited to outdoors. There are just as many sources of noise disruption inside, including squeaky floors or doors, shaking windows, a dripping faucet, or a continuous running toilet. Manufacturers have invested strongly in technology that makes much quieter dishwashers, washing machines and even refrigerators of today. Homeowners regularly pay extra for additional insulation of soundproofing and living space.

With all the noise to handle, one primary source— the plumbing system of the home— can be easily overlooked. Plumbing pipe can be the cause of two kinds of noise— the sound of water flowing through the tubes and what is frequently referred to as water hammer, the banging or knocking sound that is heard in copper piping systems owing to pressure surges that happen, such as when a shower is suddenly turned off or when a washing machine changes cycles. As the fluid within the pipe decelerates significantly, This results in a shock wave, causing the pressure to increase and the fluid to compress.

Traditional copper pipe, unfortunately for homeowners, is stiff and therefore unable to expand. Copper has very bad insulating characteristics compounding the issue; therefore any noise in the system is transferred throughout the household. In addition to being less stiff than copper, an alternative material, CPVC (chlorinated polyvinyl chloride), has superior insulating characteristics.

Have your local plumber to install these CPVC pipes to ensure noise control that you might face when having copper pipes instead. They will most definitely save you the nuisance of sound going through those pipes and will prevent you from facing headaches from water hammering your head.