Another plumbing question...

[go-rebels]

Just installed a new washer and the solenoids shut so quick that I got a severe water hammer thunk coming from under my house in the crawl space. I saw that the two long water lines feeding my washer are hung on copper hangers but are in no way constrained 'up' or laterally. I added some wood supports and firmly attached the pipes to these new pieces and now the water hammer is significantly reduced.

Is there any downside to this modification?

 

[V-man]

doesn't fix the water hammer, but will make the pipes more secure so as not to rattle and knock as hard... To fix the hammering, they make "anti-hammer" devices for the water lines... place them as close as possible to the valve that's causing he hammering... Most anti-hammer devices are soldered in to the feed line, but I believe there are some that can be screwed right in-line with the washer.

 

[Ed SW Fla]

... go to www.doitbest.com, search for the nearest store to you by ZIP code and search for item #419710 which is the "Water Surge Shock Arrestor" you can attach to the hot and cold supply shut off valves for the washer. About $18 each.

If there is no Do it Best store near you, you can have them shipped to you VIA UPS from Cape Girardeau, MO through our web page portal www.familyhardware.doitbest.com

Hope this info helps.

 

[Cierlast]

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[go-rebels]

My wife, figuring that I'd never get around to crawling under the house, convinced me to purchase a pair of arrestors, exactly as shown in the pic, to install on the back of the washer. The beginning of a regular wash cycles the hot water so I initially installed one arrestor on that line. The effect was negligible which I proved by watching the hot water line jump in it's hangers. It was only after I fixed the lines did I greatly reduce the hammer. Prior to the next wash I'll remove the one arrestor to gage the difference.

I don't want to keep the arrestors installed as they are only another piece of the system that can leak.