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marbilupton
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Jul 09, 2013

Hot Water faucet groaning

Why does my hot water faucet make a groaning noise when I turn it on?
  • If it's an aftermarket faucet, note that some of them come with check valves. Like the $80 kitchen faucet I bought at Walmart. Didn't notice that it wouldn't drain out properly when I winterized and the water left in it froze and broke a pipe on the faucet and caused the house plumbing to burst open too.

    So, if it's an aftermarket faucet, check it for a bad check valve at the connection to the house plumbing, and remove them if you winterize. They're not needed in a small RV.
  • All of them? OR just one faucet?

    All of them..then hot water heater check valve in outlet fitting on tank
    Replace with a brass one (as suggested) vs the cheapo plastic junk OEM one.

    Only one faucet...then disassemble faucet replace 'cartridge'
  • Sounds like the check valve on the back side of the water heater is vibrating due to a weak spring.
    Have encountered this 2x and in both cases a new BRASS valve fixed it.
    Good luck and let us know the result.