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Post by lollygagger on Jan 4, 2017 12:40:28 GMT
Grr plumbing! The bane of my life since I got my boat. Next up... You know the sound from plumbing when say running a partially open tap? Hard to spell... Maybe shhhh. So when I move about the boat this sound has appeared. It starts and stops abruptly and lasts a second or two. It seems to be coming from the vanity / sink unit in the bathroom. The pump doesn't go off though it would have to leak up to a gallon first for that to happen. It only happens when I shift weight to the opposite side of the boat which is somewhat frustrating! I haven't gained water in the bilge but it's still wet from all the other leaks I've been fixing over Christmas. No damp in the cupboard so I suppose I will end up dismantling that next.  I don't have central heating. |
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Post by tonyb on Jan 4, 2017 15:24:12 GMT
Would the shower drain pump be a bilge pump in a plastic box by any chance. If so the rocking caused by your movement may be enough to lift the float switch for a moment so the pump runs. You can hear similar sounds through the hull when boats are moving near you but that would not only be when you move. |
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 4, 2017 15:59:31 GMT
Cheers Tony, no, it's very obviously in the cupboard but next my vac cassette toilet got blocked for the first time ever and that took precedence. Enough plumbing for one day!
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Post by quaysider on Jan 4, 2017 19:53:12 GMT
Just a thought but are you quite sure it's not just the sticky out bit on your base plate rubbing on a shelf? - the levels dropped a bit today and I noticed a similar sound when crossing from left to right.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 20:03:30 GMT
Just a thought but are you quite sure it's not just the sticky out bit on your base plate rubbing on a shelf? - the levels dropped a bit today and I noticed a similar sound when crossing from left to right. The sticky out bit, I like that, there's nothing like aa good marine engineering term, and that's nothing like one  From this day forward I shall forever more refer to that bit of the baseplate as the sticky out bit, although once the sticky out bit is worn away I guess I will have to call it the chine once more |
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Post by quaysider on Jan 4, 2017 20:13:43 GMT
It's a good job I'm not sensitive lol... I am however rubbish at remembering what things are called
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 20:30:48 GMT
It's a good job I'm not sensitive lol... I am however rubbish at remembering what things are called I once managed to convince a temp I had to have my name, company name and logo sewn into my shirts to stop me forgetting who I was and where I worked |
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Post by Andyberg on Jan 4, 2017 20:50:40 GMT
You know the sound from plumbing when say running a partially open tap? Hard to spell... Maybe shhhh. So when I move about the boat this sound has appeared. It starts and stops abruptly and lasts a second or two. It seems to be coming from the vanity / sink unit in the bathroom. The pump doesn't go off though it would have to leak up to a gallon first for that to happen. It only happens when I shift weight to the opposite side of the boat which is somewhat frustrating! I haven't gained water in the bilge but it's still wet from all the other leaks I've been fixing over Christmas. No damp in the cupboard so I suppose I will end up dismantling that next. Sure it's not me walking up the jetty & taking a slash in the canal away from my boat after a few beers? You know now the old saying ' Don't piss on your own doorstep!' 😉 |
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 6, 2017 10:04:30 GMT
Just in case anyone is interested, I think the noise must have been some air trapped in a pipe. I ran all the taps in turn and the noise hasn't been heard since. |
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Post by JohnV on Jan 6, 2017 11:10:27 GMT
that must be a bit of a relief !!!
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 6, 2017 11:12:21 GMT
On with the next thing. Arrrggghh! More plumbing... My boat had a back boiler and rads, I'm sad they're gone and so is the stove with the back boiler. But the pipework is mostly still in place and has water in it. Some of it has been escaping from uncapped pipe ends at the stove end, in a cupboard, unseen a moulding away. I moved a ton of books out of the rear of the boat and chucked all my tools in the front which possibly didn't help. Then had it dragged out of the water for blacking. So my next job now I've cut the sodden carpet out is to source some caps or complete fittings to stop it happening again. I've checked the rest of the system and there are rad valves stopping all other pipe ends. Here's a picture, we all like pictures.  |
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 6, 2017 11:14:36 GMT
that must be a bit of a relief !!! I managed to poke my phone through a hole and take some pictures under the basin cupboard too - all dry. |
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Post by bodger on Jan 6, 2017 12:01:58 GMT
On with the next thing. Arrrggghh! More plumbing... My boat had a back boiler and rads, I'm sad they're gone and so is the stove with the back boiler. But the pipework is mostly still in place and has water in it. Some of it has been escaping from uncapped pipe ends at the stove end, in a cupboard, unseen a moulding away. I moved a ton of books out of the rear of the boat and chucked all my tools in the front which possibly didn't help. Then had it dragged out of the water for blacking. So my next job now I've cut the sodden carpet out is to source some caps or complete fittings to stop it happening again. I've checked the rest of the system and there are rad valves stopping all other pipe ends. Here's a picture, we all like pictures. interesting use of masonry on a boat. what other anomalies do you want to show us? |
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 6, 2017 13:05:28 GMT
On with the next thing. Arrrggghh! More plumbing... My boat had a back boiler and rads, I'm sad they're gone and so is the stove with the back boiler. But the pipework is mostly still in place and has water in it. Some of it has been escaping from uncapped pipe ends at the stove end, in a cupboard, unseen a moulding away. I moved a ton of books out of the rear of the boat and chucked all my tools in the front which possibly didn't help. Then had it dragged out of the water for blacking. So my next job now I've cut the sodden carpet out is to source some caps or complete fittings to stop it happening again. I've checked the rest of the system and there are rad valves stopping all other pipe ends. Here's a picture, we all like pictures. interesting use of masonry on a boat. what other anomalies do you want to show us? We'll get to the cupboard build piece by piece around the washing machine in due course, no doubt! |
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 6, 2017 13:40:02 GMT
 A simple thing and pretty hopeless that it hadn't been done previously. I suspect the previous owner was in the habit of paying peanuts to other slightly handier boaters as I know he didn't DIY other than servicing the engine. Whoever he paid to refit the bathroom, plumb the kitchen, remove the central heating and fit additional 13A sockets wasn't in the habit of nipping out to get bits he was short of. They also seemed to think that if it couldn't been seen without at least opening a cupboard, any old shite jammed in with your foot was demonstrating a reasonable level of finesse. Open ended pipes a speciality. |
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