Why do my water pipes rattle when using one specific faucet?

ubuntu_ulysses

Since yesterday 1 of the faucets in our dual sink bathroom vanity creates "knocking" and rattling when turned on. Slowly turning it on will eventually cause it to knock once it hits a certain flow level. Im not seeing any leaks at the vanity level and the flow leak detector/meter isnt triggering any potential house leak. Although a VERY small infrequent drip could go undetected. The thing that is interesting is that its only the one faucet,...

Originally asked by cgmckeever on Stack Exchange (diy) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

If you have the instruction booklet, or if you know how, turn off the water, remove and clean the cartridge. That would be the first step. Debris could be causing the vibrations and resulting noise. Here is a link for the installation sheet . It has pics to guide to removing the cartridge.

Full answer by RMDman: https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/298464 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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