A similar query was posed 3 years ago here, but it doesn't quite fit my circumstances and I’ve been unable to find any other information......please can anyone help a capable blonde with the following dilemma?
After several months of an overflow pipe leaking I traced it to the header tank to our hot water cylinder. The ball valve was not closing off the incoming water properly. I purchased a new ball valve, and fitted it in place of the old one – ensuring that the assembly was level and square to the tank and water. Apart from a slight weep on the main inlet pipe, which I eventually sorted with some ptfe tape and a little more tightening, all was fine.....overflow running leak fixed.
Two days later I noticed that once the hot water had been running a while there was what can only be described as a ‘whining’ noise from cylinder/tank area which continued for about a half to a full minute after the hot tap had been turned off.
Three weeks later and this whining is now extremely loud and as above starts a while after the hot tap has been running and stops about a minute after it has been turned off.
I am sure this must be a very simple mechanical problem. Sadly I’m not in a position to call out a plumber so I would very much like to resolve it myself.
Please can anyone reading this spare the time to advise me what I should be doing/checking? The solution to the previous query 3 yrs ago was to install a new ball valve – but for me the noise only began after the valve had been changed.
Thanking you in anticipation of a solution
After several months of an overflow pipe leaking I traced it to the header tank to our hot water cylinder. The ball valve was not closing off the incoming water properly. I purchased a new ball valve, and fitted it in place of the old one – ensuring that the assembly was level and square to the tank and water. Apart from a slight weep on the main inlet pipe, which I eventually sorted with some ptfe tape and a little more tightening, all was fine.....overflow running leak fixed.
Two days later I noticed that once the hot water had been running a while there was what can only be described as a ‘whining’ noise from cylinder/tank area which continued for about a half to a full minute after the hot tap had been turned off.
Three weeks later and this whining is now extremely loud and as above starts a while after the hot tap has been running and stops about a minute after it has been turned off.
I am sure this must be a very simple mechanical problem. Sadly I’m not in a position to call out a plumber so I would very much like to resolve it myself.
Please can anyone reading this spare the time to advise me what I should be doing/checking? The solution to the previous query 3 yrs ago was to install a new ball valve – but for me the noise only began after the valve had been changed.
Thanking you in anticipation of a solution