Desperate for some help! Be a life saver of someone can help as suffer from a high intolerance to noise.
Moved into new house 1940s (copper pipes) and having serious issues with banging pipes only when central heating is on. Not when running taps
We have a wall in living room that has stop tap with several pipes leading up to bathroom (not visible). When heating comes on we get lots of loud Tapping/banging from this wall and every so often a clank. The bathroom towel radiator without fail also bangs loudly (no TRVs). All other radiators have TRVs but towel radiator is only one that bangs. It is a Baxi combi boiler so happens quite a lot when firing up and firing down. Driving us insane.
Been told there will be a faulty trv somewhere. Turned TRVS off and nothing seems to effect noise. Except towel radiator without fail makes noise when mess with manual valves (no TRV) and bleed valve. May be doing it wrong. Turned this radiator off and quieter but noise still there just not as bad. We did have a plumber who put a mini arrestor on the bleed valve of towel radiator and we now know it did reduce the noise from towel radiator but not overall. Mini arrestor got removed as told fitted wrong and useless as shouldn't be put on radiator, but did actually make a different as been very loud since removed.
Been told it's expansion. Where would we even start on where to check? Can't check under floors of bathroom as tiles and underfloor heating. Possibly could get under bath? Behind wall in living room. Any device we can use/method to ascertain where issue is?
Been told it's water hammer. Would this be the case if not when water comes on?
Been told it's air getting trapped. Bleeding valves makes no difference.
Read could be jumper in stop tap but it's new as of last year.
bathroom was last thing previous owners fitted with what appears to be a new shower, toilet, tap and toilet radiator.
Have a feeling it's to do with this renovation and does not predate.
Boiler doesn't make noise. Boiler has a magma clean and something that says gold state inhibitor which looks like a valve and been told arrestor on boiler. Also added a noise reducer and inhibitor to system with no joy.
thanks appreciate any help!
Moved into new house 1940s (copper pipes) and having serious issues with banging pipes only when central heating is on. Not when running taps
We have a wall in living room that has stop tap with several pipes leading up to bathroom (not visible). When heating comes on we get lots of loud Tapping/banging from this wall and every so often a clank. The bathroom towel radiator without fail also bangs loudly (no TRVs). All other radiators have TRVs but towel radiator is only one that bangs. It is a Baxi combi boiler so happens quite a lot when firing up and firing down. Driving us insane.
Been told there will be a faulty trv somewhere. Turned TRVS off and nothing seems to effect noise. Except towel radiator without fail makes noise when mess with manual valves (no TRV) and bleed valve. May be doing it wrong. Turned this radiator off and quieter but noise still there just not as bad. We did have a plumber who put a mini arrestor on the bleed valve of towel radiator and we now know it did reduce the noise from towel radiator but not overall. Mini arrestor got removed as told fitted wrong and useless as shouldn't be put on radiator, but did actually make a different as been very loud since removed.
Been told it's expansion. Where would we even start on where to check? Can't check under floors of bathroom as tiles and underfloor heating. Possibly could get under bath? Behind wall in living room. Any device we can use/method to ascertain where issue is?
Been told it's water hammer. Would this be the case if not when water comes on?
Been told it's air getting trapped. Bleeding valves makes no difference.
Read could be jumper in stop tap but it's new as of last year.
bathroom was last thing previous owners fitted with what appears to be a new shower, toilet, tap and toilet radiator.
Have a feeling it's to do with this renovation and does not predate.
Boiler doesn't make noise. Boiler has a magma clean and something that says gold state inhibitor which looks like a valve and been told arrestor on boiler. Also added a noise reducer and inhibitor to system with no joy.
thanks appreciate any help!