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Help with loud banging and knocking

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marlz827
marlz827 Member Posts: 15

not sure what’s going on we had banging and was told to change the radiators they changed the radiator and there still was loud banging and knocking is this tilted properly or can you spot anything that’s wrong?

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  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,907

    Banging is usually an issue with the piping leading up to the radiation, not with the radiation itself. Unless it's leaking changing that was a waste of time and money. Someone working on your system doesn't know what they are doing.

    Banging (water hammer) is a sag or incorrect slop holding water from draining properly. The steam picks up the water droplets and "bangs" them into the next hard thing they encounter, typically and elbow in the piping.

    Piping needs to be looked at for proper slope and not sagging. Fix that and most water hammer issues go away. There could also me issues with carryover into the system causing excess water to be where it shouldn't be. That is typically an issue with boiler piping, or oils in the boiler water from a new install or repair of some kind. Or it's a combination of both.

    There is also expansion noise that can seem like water hammer, but it's different. That is when a pipe is rubbing on wood somewhere. The wood tries to restrict expansion of the pipe until the friction is overcome and then the pipe makes a sudden and dramatic move and sort of pops.

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,853

    If the floor is even remotely level that convector is tilted the wrong way. It must be tilted down to the left, so condensate can drain out of it. That is unlikely to be knocking and banging, but it won't help.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England