How to Quiet a Noisy PVC Plumbing Vent | This Old House

Simple fix and saved her thousands.

I hope this works for me. If so, thank you Richard!

once again hes's there when the husbands at work hehe

I love her expressions during the explanation, she's got the classic "I don't really care man, can you just fix it" look on her face haha

awesome

Idk, I don't hear anything

I have the same problem but I live in a condo

Man 🤡.
Do some work for once

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So it was just a squeak from water trickling down several feet away

It’s called thermal expansion. When you run water it expands the pvc and it creates a “dripping” sound inside the wall.

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Stop wasting clean drinking water by letting it run when you brush your teeth. That's so wasteful. Some people don't have water to drink.

"When I'm brushing my teeth and have the water running" wtf is wrong with you americans?

His explanation is killing me from how little sense it makes. The weight of the water is pulling the whole vent system down? lol. The water is still in the sink and you're already hearing the noise!


Stabbing myself in the eye would be preferable to that explanation.

Screw the high five, how about a head job? LOL

Thanks!

I hear that noise I think high water pressure.. no one knew she had 140psi during the day..

You leave the water running while brushing your teeth?? SMH

My dad has this issue too. He kept rambling on and on about having insects inside the wall, but the rhythmic noise only happens when a faucet is turned on.
I told him it's the vent pipe, he believes none of it, decides to take a power drill to the wall so he can pump some insecticide into space between drywall ... I don't know what to say.. hahaha

10 mins work... That’ll be £900 please

is there any way we can ask Richard a question?

she deff sucked him right after the high five

Holy crap you just solved the mystery sound in my bathroom.

I had better tools than that when I was unemployed.

These guys get all the women!

I did not hear it in the video but she heard it when turning on the faucet. I get this call all the time 9 times out of 10 it’s expansion of water piping going through wood not really understanding the logic of the vent pipe that does not move and has no temperature change causing that.

thats something you leave until winter. poor rich was sweating to death in the attic

Wow Richard you just save that lady thousands of dollars had that guy talk her into changing the pipes to cast iron

Diagnosing the problem is the hard part, fixing it is easy.

Put a bag over her head with ear plugs

Insulate abaarpti

High fives can be so awkward.

Damn you’re sweaty, couldn’t have gotten an intern to saw that crap?

Tremendous!

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HowEVER will she pay for this? Hmm.

it really would have been nice to HEAR the "ticking" noise.

How do you quiet a noisy wife???

i had the same problem but mine is between the 1st floor n second floor

Should have foamed that hole for fire proofing.

i have the same thing but would need to pull the roof sheathing ..its too small in there