Debunk Paranormal

Ever have a case where faucets turn on by them selves?

How about footsteps or loud banging noises?

A vibration in a floor or wall?

Unusual moans or screams?

Must be a ghost right? Wrong!

Lets take a look at your plumbing, first we will look at water hammer. This is when air in your pipes moan groan scream or bang.  In some homes they install pipes to hold air, as time goes on these can fill up causing water hammer. A simple test your client can do to see if this is the cause, turn off the main water supply and then open the faucets to drain all the water from your system. When the dripping stops close the valves and turn your water back on. This lets those pipes refill with air.

Something as simple as a bad washer in a toilet or faucet can cause this as well. Many times people tried to save money and used plastic washers, these can crack allowing air and water to make noises. Replace with a hard rubber washer.

We can also have pressure issues where it can go from low to high repeatedly, in the country it can be your well or tank, causing this, occasionally drain your tank and if it requires a certain air pressure check it at this time. If you have city water we can get different water pressures as well depending on the amount of use by your neighbors. This pulsing pressure can cause older or improperly set faucets to turn on.

Other plumbing issues, pipes that aren't secure can move in floors or walls and sound like banging or foot steps. So if banging or knocking are reported you might want to shake the plumbing you have access too.

These are often over looked by clients and teams so the next time you have a case with unusual noises it very well may be plumbing.

Remember you owe it to your client to look at every possible natural explanation before you call it paranormal.