Pipes making noise
Hello–I have a gas boiler with steam heat and the pipes make an annoying tapping sound when the heat is on. I think the pipes need to to be “bled”. Boiler is not that old…about 7 years. How much money should it run me to address this issue? Thanks!
Hello–I have a gas boiler with steam heat and the pipes make an annoying tapping sound when the heat is on. I think the pipes need to to be “bled”. Boiler is not that old…about 7 years. How much money should it run me to address this issue? Thanks!
One – are your radiators level if so not right.
two – drain some water out of the boiler – you may have to much in the system. Drain from the lowest valve while system is off.
three – sometimes the floor around the risers, at the radiators, are touching the pipes – not right, cut away some for expansion – “tapping” may just be the wood/pipe vying for the same space while expanding. You should be able to track the sound to the exact radiator in this case.
After doing this yourself and the problem goes on then pay for and “hourly rate” guy – maybe simply asked your own plumber, the one that installed the thing, have you had or need maintenance? If so wait until then…
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It may also be that the riser (the pipe running vertically from the basement) is rubbing against your wood flooring. As the pipe expands it puts pressure on the wood causing the knocking. Check in each room where the pipe comes out of the floor to see if there is a gap all the way around the pipe or not. Had that issue in 2 rooms and it took a while for me to figure it out. On one I was able to re-shim the radiator to move the pipe away from the wood and on the other had to do a bit o sawing with a keyhole saw.
Google Water Hammer. You have condensed water dripping down from a cooled pipe and hitting a section of pipe that is hot and full of steam. Once the steam fills the whole pipe the water will evaporate and the hammer will stop (until the next cycle). Figure out where the hammer occurs and go to the radiator one floor up from that spot. Try shoving a shim under the feet of that radiator on the end with the vent. This will pitch that radiator at a steeper angle and let condensed water drain out of it better. If that fails try shoving the radiator a half inch left or right.
sorry about the multiple posts
you dont bleed steam systems…probably bad mater vents or mispitched piping…for a free consultation email me at errol832000@yahoo.com
you dont bleed steam systems…probably bad mater vents or mispitched piping…for a free consultation email me at errol832000@yahoo.com
you dont bleed steam systems…probably bad mater vents or mispitched piping…for a free consultation email me at errol832000@yahoo.com