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  1. swebb99uk

    Opening upstairs rad reduces noise in downstairs rads !

    Hi, a bit of advice required. I've been getting a lot of fast water flowing sounds from three radiators downstairs but not all and upstairs they are quiet, well most of the time. I've bled the system 3 times and also played around with the locks and balancing the system. I can make small...
  2. milleniumaire

    Loud, scary boiler noise!

    Having unblocked the central heating pipes and radiators and got them working again, today I started the process of giving my CH a good clean. It is a sealed system and I emptied the water, cleaned out the magnaclean, added a couple of bottles of Fernox F5 cleaner via the magnaclean and a towel...
  3. M

    Radiator water flow noise - Can anyone help, please?!

    Hi, Since having some house renovations 2 years ago, which included adding two extra rads, replacing others and re-plumbing the boiler , I have suffered from quite loud, (but variable) 'water flowing' hissing noise, which is especially noticable from the first two rads on the system (which...
  4. P

    Vaillant boiler noise

    Got a vaillant ecotec boiler and it makes an awful noise sometimes which stops when the hot water tap is turned on, boiler is fully serviced and clean, couldn’t get it to replicate for the last service so the engineer couldn’t find anything wrong!
  5. B

    Secondary Return Pump Noise / Air ?

    Hi, Recently I noticed that we were running out of HW more than expected, perhaps it’s people are taking more baths but I wanted to check out if the pair of Vaillant uniSTOR’s were both heating, thinking that maybe I had a problem with one of the Zone Valves were not heating one of the tanks...
  6. C

    New Worcester green Star 24ri noise

    Hi all just joined 😃 Last month I had a Worcester Bosch 24ri fitted on my own place it's all registered now and commissioned by a friend of mine (gas Safe) Was all ok until I removed the towel rail in upstairs bathroom which is on the flow and return. This was off for a few weeks while fitting...
  7. H

    Help please - LOUD thumping/banging noise coming from boiler pipes

    Hi Guys For quite some time I have noticed loud thumping and banging noises coming from the boiler. Before I have a professional to come and have a look at it. I was wondering if you guys could tell me the cause of the noise as shown in the video by following the link below. View...
  8. D

    Vibrating Noise from pipes

    My cold water pipe that sits next to my emersion heater upstairs in the cupboard, makes a very loud vibrating noise, is this because of low or high pressure and is there an easy way to fix it? I have a gravity feed system, the noise happens when we run the taps in bathroom, downstairs tap and...
  9. L

    Strange noise coming from lever tap

    Downstairs wc wash hand basin has started making a high pitched whining noise. Also water running through when it is closed. Noise doesn’t go off when tap opened on either hot or cold. Have turned off the water just now, which has stopped the noise, but obviously now no water Do I need a new tap?
  10. H

    How much will it cost to stop the noise?

    Hi, When all my appliances and taps are turned off, my pipes seem to be making random "hammer" or sudden "stop" noises every now and then. After a bit they do stop. They don't make any noise when taps are turned on and running though. They only start to make frequent noises after the taps are...
  11. W

    Strange noise coming from lpg tank

    We recently had our LPG gas regulator replaced in our home as the old one was faulty and today i have noticed since its been replaced and the heating has been turned on this morning i am getting a strange whining noise coming from the gas tanks. Can anyone please advise what this noise is please
  12. P

    Hot water cylinder making squeaking and running water noise.

    Hello, I am in South Devon and have a Daikin monobloc air source heat pump with HW cylinder which provides CH & HW. Currently CH off and just supplying HW. Once a week (SAT) the system heats up to 70c for sterlistion etc. It has been doing this in almost silence for 3 1/2 years until today...
  13. R

    PRV whining noise

    I know that there are some posts already on this subject but our situation is slightly different. Most other posts indicate that the whine occurs when a tap is turned on but our noise is present at all times even when there is no flow of water through any taps etc. We have two PRVs fitted one...
  14. E

    fog horn noise from cold water pipes into toilet after flushing

    Hi When I flush my toilet the cold water pipe feeding into the toilet has a very loud noise sounding like a fog horn which you can hear in other rooms an I can feel the pipe vibrating. It I push on the pipe slightly it stops but as soon as I let go it starts again. Anyone know what this might...
  15. A

    Bathroom Mixer Tap - Tapping Noise

    I have a Roca bathroom mixer tap, when hot water drains through the trap there is a high pitch tapping noise which sounds like it’s coming from within the mixer or trap itself. It’s not a knocking noise like the pipe rubbing on stud wall as it’s very a high pitch noise. Sometimes it can be...
  16. A

    Problems with my Plumbing - Fog horn noise

    Hey all, I’m having a problem with the plumbing in my flat. Last night when I turned the hot tap on in the bathroom it started making a noise like a fog horn. I have a single tap for the hot and cold water. It’s never done it before. I also tried the hot tap in the kitchen (which is a mixer...
  17. M

    worcester 42cdi erp continuous humming noise

    I have a 2 year old 42cdi located in my garage which has been fine up to now. my wife pointed out recently that there is a continuous humming noise coming from it even when not heating. I tried switching eco off and on but no change when I switched it on to summer mode recently it goes away i...
  18. S

    Boiler making noise and not staying on

    Hi. I have an Ideal ICOS boiler in my house for HW and CH. It has been working fine but I have noticed that upstarts in my immersion heater cupboard that it has been a little noisy and hear water running, haven't really noticed it before. Anyway, last few days I have noticed some bangs coming...
  19. Scott_D

    Vaillant Turbomax noise

    Went to do a gas safety check on a Turbomax today It’s fine in CH Makes this groaning noise in HW if the temp dial is above half way. Diverter? Doesn’t seem to have a bypass
  20. B

    Odd water hammer/noise

    Hello, I have been looking at an ongoing issue with noise at a property. It only affects the bathroom/boiler. I have renewed the stopcock as it wasn’t turning the water off, the tap cartridges have been swapped out. The noise is only on the bath or basin when the hot water is ran. I have...

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