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antsals
Morning all,
Very quick background; I have 10 year old house, been in it 18 months. When central heating comes on on many of the downstairs rads where the pipe runs down the wall there is always a clicking / ticking noise. I was advised that it is probably where the pipes run through the joist of the house. Lifted floorboards and no joists near it.
I now assume its something to do with the dot and dab and the pipework encased in the adhesive. Something to do with the expansion and contraction of the pipework?
I'm now currently decorating and want to sort the problem. I have exposed the pipework and found that there is no protection on the pipes. Some of the "dot & dab" is encasing the pipework (although I have removed it all from the pipework I have exposed) the pipes are clipped to the wall, but to protect from the wall / cement (I guess) they have used a plstic sheet very similar (if not the exact thing) as what you would use on brickwork and the damp course level. I suppose this could also be makin the noise?
What I'm asking is what is best practice on protecting and running these pipes in the wall to be sure I will eliminate this nosie issue?
My idea....unclip, removed that plastic sheet, use some tubular felt to protect pipe, re-clip to wall, (should I now cover with metal casing like what you would use to protect cables?) or something else? Then I was thinking of filling with plaster adhesive, then skim or should I somehow fill the void so I don't adhevise the pipes?
Any advise / help I would welcome,
Thanks,
Ant
Very quick background; I have 10 year old house, been in it 18 months. When central heating comes on on many of the downstairs rads where the pipe runs down the wall there is always a clicking / ticking noise. I was advised that it is probably where the pipes run through the joist of the house. Lifted floorboards and no joists near it.
I now assume its something to do with the dot and dab and the pipework encased in the adhesive. Something to do with the expansion and contraction of the pipework?
I'm now currently decorating and want to sort the problem. I have exposed the pipework and found that there is no protection on the pipes. Some of the "dot & dab" is encasing the pipework (although I have removed it all from the pipework I have exposed) the pipes are clipped to the wall, but to protect from the wall / cement (I guess) they have used a plstic sheet very similar (if not the exact thing) as what you would use on brickwork and the damp course level. I suppose this could also be makin the noise?
What I'm asking is what is best practice on protecting and running these pipes in the wall to be sure I will eliminate this nosie issue?
My idea....unclip, removed that plastic sheet, use some tubular felt to protect pipe, re-clip to wall, (should I now cover with metal casing like what you would use to protect cables?) or something else? Then I was thinking of filling with plaster adhesive, then skim or should I somehow fill the void so I don't adhevise the pipes?
Any advise / help I would welcome,
Thanks,
Ant