Does your plumbing bang and clang like a truckload of scrap metal? If so, your pipes may be suffering from “water hammer.” The cure for this condition is a water hammer arrestor, an inexpensive device ...

Water hammer is the sound made by water being abruptly halted after moving full blast; it is created by the closing of a valve. The force of the running water gets transferred into loose fitting pipes ...

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: 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: ...