Apartment long radiator high pitched noise. Maint doesnt know why.

Cait

Posting on behalf of my SO!

He's in an apartment with a long radiator setup, and is supposedly part of a larger building wide setup.



It makes a high pitched noise / whining that is pretty... ear piercing esp as its getting colder and is on more.

Maint has been contacted for 3-4 weeks now, and they finally came out and just said "we dont know why its doing that".

Is there anything that could be done that you guys know about?

Or is there even some kind of apartment law that says they have to fix it somehow? (Canada, Ontario)

I dont want him to suffer anymore, lol.

Thanks!

Jamie Hall

Could be any of a number of things -- but if this is hot water, as it looks as though it may be, the two most common are a problem with a pump, most likely in the basement (surprising how sound telegraphs in piping) or a partly closed valve somewhere. This sort of thing can be very hard to track down.