Appartment water pump noise

luminosity

Please advise,
the water pump in our appartment complex is constantly kicking in and out, about every 3 seconds. The water flow in the taps is constant and variable with good pressure. There is a girl on dialysis in the building and the people that do maintenance on the pump upped the pressure on the pump as the water pressure dropped during the snow and ice (but within the safety limit of not above 5 bars). It seems to fluxuate between 2 bars and 5 bars on the gauge on the pump. The problem is that it is so noisy and driving people mad! It's obviously important that that girl gets to do her dialysis every day. But my question is:is there a box that could be put over the pump to reduce the noise?

Joey the lips

This is a speacialist issue as it involves so many apartments. I imagine its not your standard water pump but a pump set on a tank.

Pumps of this size can be mounted on spring boards to reduce noise

However i imagine this is far above something that can be solved here.

luminosity

hey Joey
theanks for the reply.
The pump isn't that big. It's not on a water tank. It's connected directly to the water supply from outside, no tanks involved. Its a cylindrical pump about 1 and a half feet tall.I guess the diameter is about a foot.There are only 16 appartments in the building. It is just for the kitchen supply. There is a tank on the roof for the bathroom supplies.

Joey the lips

luminosity wrote: »

hey Joey
theanks for the reply.
The pump isn't that big. It's not on a water tank. It's connected directly to the water supply from outside, no tanks involved. Its a cylindrical pump about 1 and a half feet tall.I guess the diameter is about a foot.There are only 16 appartments in the building. It is just for the kitchen supply. There is a tank on the roof for the bathroom supplies.

Ahh... Thats cool. Its most likely a 1/4 hp mains booster pump so. If its loose on the floor or just standing on its own weight then you an lift it up and put a tile under it. Then silicone it to the tile. Then lift the tile and put 4 blocks of wood under it. Then pump silicone into the 4 corners. You are useing the blocks as support to be removed when the silicone dries so be cafeful not to silicone them. Only use a small blob on the pump its only to hold it in position.

What this should do is buffer the noise on the pump.

luminosity

Excellent! thanks a mill,
will print that off and give it to the management comittee and at least get a discussion going. It seems like a very doable option to me.Then someone would have to do it, and as straightforward as your instructions are, I'm gonna need help on that front.
Much appreciate the input.