Vibrating outdoor pipe
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Vibrating outdoor pipe
Hi All,
We moved into this new place where the hose bib was located under the 4 foot high balcony and behind the AC unit. This made it a pain to always have to duck underneath to plug in the hose or fill up a watering can.
I thought I'd correct the issue by installing some PVC pipe that would run about 10 feet under the balcony and have a hose bib placed in a convenient location. I kept the original hose bib that sticks out of the house and attached PVC pipe to it. The problem I run into now is that whenever I close the new hose bib the pvc pipe starts to vibrate and shake unless I turn off the first hose bib. The other thing I had noticed is that previously when we would shut off the hose that was connected to the original hose bib connected to the wall it would release water through the connection between the hose and the hose bib. My guess is that water hammer is causing this issue but I'd like to confirm and I'm not sure how to address it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
BK
We moved into this new place where the hose bib was located under the 4 foot high balcony and behind the AC unit. This made it a pain to always have to duck underneath to plug in the hose or fill up a watering can.
I thought I'd correct the issue by installing some PVC pipe that would run about 10 feet under the balcony and have a hose bib placed in a convenient location. I kept the original hose bib that sticks out of the house and attached PVC pipe to it. The problem I run into now is that whenever I close the new hose bib the pvc pipe starts to vibrate and shake unless I turn off the first hose bib. The other thing I had noticed is that previously when we would shut off the hose that was connected to the original hose bib connected to the wall it would release water through the connection between the hose and the hose bib. My guess is that water hammer is causing this issue but I'd like to confirm and I'm not sure how to address it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
BK
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whenever I close the new hose bib the pvc pipe starts to vibrate and shake
previously when we would shut off the hose that was connected to the original hose bib connected to the wall it would release water through the connection between the hose and the hose bib
Totally normal. Since you're usually leaving the first faucet on, you won't see that happen - but it's still doing its job.