Drip in the Wall Sound
Dear Pipey
Q:I have a master bath with two sinks, on two opposing walls. This is the first floor. On only one faucet, after running the hot water only, I hear a drip for a cery long time thereafter. It is soft, in sounds as if in the wall and I can even hear it behind (seems) a linen closet on the same wall is it and the toilet. It is slow and soft and only happens with the hot water and only on that side. I do not see any water marks on the walls nor under the sink. My water heaters are farther in the attic. I had two plumbers come and check but it would not make the noise for them so the hot was turned off. The home was built in 1993.
Thanks!
Das
Hello Das,
A: Isn't that just the way things seem to go? Our problems seem to just momentarily fix themselves when no matter if it is a car problem, upon arrival at the shop, disappears, or in your case, the drip that seems to disappear with the appearance of the plumber. One word, weird. . . but the word weird won't fix it so let's take a shot and try to solve a mystery. If you have no leak in the ceiling, walls, etc., and the area is dry, no leak under the faucet in question, the place to start would be to change the faucet. We feel that something inside the faucet, hot water side, is most likely triggering the drip effect in the wall, or water is expanding the pipe when the copper gets hot making a tap sound of drip. I hope this helps.
Best to you,
FIT
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