I have a old house with Gas Furnace. When I turn the heat on. The banging noise starts in my master bedroom. Tak Tak Tak. When I **** the heat off. It goes away. I cannot sleep with these noises. Lanlord says he will fix it if I finf the solution. Any ideas.
2007-01-21 00:11:48 · 5 answers · asked by mymkjs 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well the tic tic tic noises comes and goes. It ticks about 30 times and then it stops and then it re-starts. It is not in the entire house. Just in 1 or 2 rooms. Some times; it sounds like coming from the ceiling; but it is very hard to pin point the exact location. I agree it is probably coming due to expansion of the pipes/ducts. It means the entire wall have to be excavated around pipes; which have to be re-insulated otherwise it is impossible to detect the exact place to pin point where the pipe is expanding and ticking.
2007-01-21 03:55:21 · update #1
Sounds like thermal expansion in the heaters. I can't think of any way to get rid of it other than keep the heaters running full time, but then you'll be too hot. As the heaters get warm the metal will expand, creating the ticking noises. As it cools you will hear similar noises.
You may be hearing other noises due to air in the pipes. If that's the problem the heater lines need to be bled.
2007-01-21 00:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by Warren914 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said before, expansion and contraction of metal ductwork. Unfortunately, a real tough fix if even possible. As metal heats and cools it will make the noises you describe. Your car does it when you shut it off (if you listen by the tailpipe, it will tick, tick, tick...) The only solution I can think of is to open up the wall/floor and make the ductwork visible; put insulation around the pipe. The insulation will help a bit with warmth of the air passing but it might also muffle the expansion/contraction noises too. Good luck!
2007-01-21 08:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by 6kidsANDalwaysFIXINGsomething 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is hot water heat, then it's the pipes expanding. On "This Old House" they used Teflon sleeves wherever these pipes went through the wall or floor (anywhere they might touch something). I can't imagine how painful this would be to retrofit in an exisitng installation! I suppose you could cut the rings and sleeve them over. But I doubt you could get to all the contact points without some major wall excavations.
If it is forced air, it is your metal ducting expanding with the heat. I know of no real remedy for existing installations. In new homes rigid fiberglass ducting (insulative) is used.
I hear this in most all older homes. I think everyone gets used to it, with few exceptions. God bless you landlord if he's willing to retrofit!
2007-01-21 08:29:30 · answer #3 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there is something fluttering. Remember that air is moving and the wind on loose metal could be what you are hearing. Also when they first start up, the heat expands the metal ducts and that could also be what you are hearing (the noise I use to remember, but we rarely used the gas heater and instead we favored the fire place).
2007-01-21 08:24:59 · answer #4 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like expansion in the pipes,
Floorboards up and watch the pipes lag where they bang
to stop it
2007-01-21 08:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by welllaners 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋