“Yeah hi, it's Dennis, about the banging in the pipes. So that's called water hammer, it's, uh, it's not the pipes, it's the water stopping too fast when the valve shuts, like a train hitting a wall, so the whole, the whole line jumps. What you need is, there's a thing called an arrestor, it's a little, like a shock absorber, goes on the line near the washing machine, probably, that's usually the one, the washing machine valve slams. Or, actually, hang on, do you have one of those old air chambers, like a dead-end pipe going up? Because those fill with water over time and then they stop working and you just need to drain the whole, uh, the whole system and let it refill, which, you can do that yourself, honestly, I'd rather you didn't pay me for that. Anyway. Call me back. Or don't, if you drain it. Actually call me back either way because your landlord asked me to also look at the”
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Dennis, about the banging pipes
The PlumberDennis, your landlord's go-to, Tristate Drain & Heat“helpful in a way that costs him money”
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