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Apartment Hot Water Heater Noise
Gnome-Interruptus
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So in my apartment, sometimes when the hot water starts up, it makes an unholy amount of noise.
It sounds as if someone has picked up the entire length of pipes along the wall, and violently slammed it against the radiator fins multiple times in quick succession.
Does anyone know what would need to be replaced / repaired to get rid of this noise? It often wakes me up at night, and is extremely annoying even when I'm already fully awake.
It sounds as if someone has picked up the entire length of pipes along the wall, and violently slammed it against the radiator fins multiple times in quick succession.
Does anyone know what would need to be replaced / repaired to get rid of this noise? It often wakes me up at night, and is extremely annoying even when I'm already fully awake.
MWO: Adamski
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If it is indeed the latter there is probably nothing you can do about it... building techs *may* be able to adjust water pressure / temperature to reduce the noise, but it sounds like it is "water hammer" related to not having modern plumbing. Older buildings (like mine) have no extensions beyond valves to allow water to slow down moving through the pipes. As a result water hammers into joints under pressure and causes the system to rattle and shake around.
Hopefully your tech is helpful and can at least reduce the noise for you. If it is as Metal suggest, a bracket that has come loose there isn't much anyone can do. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips.
MWO: Adamski
Yeah, not much that you can do about this. I've lived in a couple places with the exact same issue. That's just how it goes. Once was in a basement apartment with those pipes right above my bed. That was fun at 4am.
So lemme ask again, does this happen when you use the hot water? And specifically, when you or another tenant may be using a dishwasher/washing machine?
Nope, the apartment is heated by hot water lines running through some baseboard / radiator type things along the walls. The noise only seems to happen when the heat kicks in, though its hard to tell what is kicking in over the noise. The noise is also concentrated in those same lines running along the walls.
I have never noticed it happen when I run the hot water.
MWO: Adamski
You're fucked, but you could try to talk with your landlord and suggest bleeding the system out. It doesn't take long, but your landlord would need access to every unit and give the requisite notice required.
Note that this only applies to a water boiler... if you have a steam boiler, your only options are to live with it or move.