Loose Pipe in tricky area

[lky2k23]

I have 5 pipes, previously boxed in, with the nearest one in from the left (darkest one) being loose and when cold water from taps or toilet flush stopped causes a bang throughout the house.

It's quite a tricky spot to get into. Any tips on securing/dampening the vibrations?

 

[leelister6]

Try and get some thin lagging on it and use galvanised strapping to fasten all the pipes to the wall

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Try and get some thin lagging on it and use galvanised strapping to fasten all the pipes to the wall

+1 for this

 

[AlexGas]

It's quite a tricky spot to get into. Any tips on securing/dampening the vibrations?

Get some timber or plywood, right thickness to go in tight between your pipe and the wall. Shuv it in place. Fix the wood to the wall using a screw and then use nail-in clip to secure your pipe to the very wood. Or you could use just one screw long enough to go through your nail clip and the timber right into the wall. Use brown wall plugs. You could use packers or packing shims instead of the timber. Hope it helps.

 

[lame plumber]

box it an fill with foam

 

[plumben]

Are you sure its the pipe and not a valve or stop tap half open or half closed somewhere, and the pipes just ecoing the sound

 

[philtheflush]

I agree spray with expanding foam it will stop knocking each other before you do it separate the pipes using thin bits of wood temporarily higher up

 

[tolly]

Was the expanding foam suggestion not a joke lol

 

[tolly]

Id go for the galv strap method, or, get some talon clips, clip them together and then snap them shut in the pipes, will stop the pipes rattling together even if you don't plug and screw the clips back

 

[philtheflush]

Why would foam it be a joke if you knitted the lagging now that would be a joke

 

[SimonG]

Spray foam would work a treat. Not adverse to giving a squirt of foam into hard to reach areas to hold a pipe, secure a pipe etc.

 

[tolly]

I thought in the original context of boxing it in and filling it in was meant as a joke, surely not the best idea if someone ever need to gain access to the pipework. However, I don't think there's anything wrong with doing a small bit say at the top and bottom to stop them rattling around

 

[townfanjon]

Spray foam would work a treat. Not adverse to giving a squirt of foam into hard to reach areas to hold a pipe, secure a pipe etc.

LUFC Bodger lol

 

[drip-dry]

Do you have a tank in the roof suppling wc and taps...If so replacement ball valve maybe..pipes look old so if problem just started could be better to sort route of problemo