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gas hot water heat boxes making noise?

James_22
James_22 Member Posts: 4
in THE MAIN WALL
When my gas hot water furnace kicks on and the heat boxes in the house start warming up they start making banging noises and I can hear water running through them.
I've had this fifty year old ranch for 5yrs now and have never had this problem before.
I have tried to bleed the heat boxes. When I bleed them a liitle air comes out and then a steady stream of water. I still have the problem. Any comments? -james

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  • Dan_15
    Dan_15 Member Posts: 388


    "Heat boxes"....I love it! Simple and descriptive.
  • martin
    martin Member Posts: 144


    Need more info and maybe some pics I'm not sure if any of us know what heat boxes are.
  • scrook_2
    scrook_2 Member Posts: 610
    Heat boxes...

    Are they:

    - a cast iron radiator in each room? (w/ metal or wood covers)?

    - recessed (into the walls) radiators or convectors w/ louvered metal covers?

    - short sheet metal covered baseboard "convectors" around the (usually outer) walls with a fined tube inside?

    -short baseboards, but cast iron, not sheet metal (less common)?

    - a boiler w/ hot water piped in to a cental box w/ a blower, and hot air ducts out to the rooms of the house/building ("hydro-air" -- less common)?

    -other?

    Also if it's hot water or steam heat it's a boiler, if it's hot air, it's a furnace -- but it's common for people to call "boilers" "furnaces" so don't worry about it.

    Can you take some digital pictures of the radiators/baseboards/heatboxes and of the boiler and post here?
  • James_22
    James_22 Member Posts: 4
    more info

    convectors w/ louvered metal covers being fed by a NewYorker boiler.
  • James_22
    James_22 Member Posts: 4
    more info

    circulator seems to be working also.
  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928


    Hot water systems are generally completely (or at least nearly so) silent.

    While the circulator seems to be working, it might not be moving sufficient water with the "banging" noises being that of small steam bubbles being produced inside the system. After the boiler has fired for three or four minutes, feel the supply pipe just as it exits the boiler. If it's significantly hotter than supply pipes further down the system, then for some reason flow is likely inadequate.

    I believe it's time to call a pro.
  • James_22
    James_22 Member Posts: 4
    more info

    Thanks Mike, how fast can you fly out. -james
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