Upstairs and downstairs pipes

[Juststopamoment]

About half an hour ago the pipes in my house were all vibrating and the water stopped. It seemed there was some sort of pressure in there so I turned on all the taps and the noise stopped and water is back to normal. I have a video but can’t seem to upload it. Do I need to get in a plumber or was it some sort of air pocket? It’s never happened before and was very scary. I thought the pipes were going to explode.

Is your water pressure generally high? Sometimes it can be too high....causing this. There's a special valve you can get fitted.

I’m not sure. I always thought the water pressure was good as we don’t need a power shower. There is always a banging in the pipes when the heating is starting up but I don’t think that is pressure, it’s the pipes expanding. This has never happened before and I’ve been here 20 years.

I think you need advice from @pigletjohn.

Have your radiators been bled recently? I wonder if you've got air in the pipers.

you you mean the taps? hot or cold?

Or do you mean the radiator pipes?

Have you got a hot-water cylinder? What colour?

Has your boiler got a pressure gauge? What does it read? How old is the boiler?

Was it a noise like somebody banging with a hammer?

This can happen if air gets trapped in the system

Apparently it was air in the pipes. It was fine after I ran all the taps for about 5 minutes. I messaged Thames Water on Facebook and sent them the video. But thank you for your help. Just relieved it wasn’t anything serious.