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DIY & Home Improvement

3Hotdogs

(13,793 posts) Sun Dec 25, 2022, 01:01 AM Dec 2022

Need help. Steam heat. a couple of the radiators are knocking loudly.. [View all]

Been going on since the freeze. I know that hot water, circulating can have banging radiators whee they get filled with water that has to be drained.

Any ideas?

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Need help. Steam heat. a couple of the radiators are knocking loudly.. [View all] 3Hotdogs Dec 2022 OP

I like wikihow Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #1

Water hammers, happens when too much steam gets condenced at bends in the plumbing ... marble falls Dec 2022 #2

Steam has something like 10x the caloric value of boiling water. Be very careful w/steam. CentralMass Dec 2022 #4

Old Machist Mate here, who worked around high pressure steam in Naval propulsion ... marble falls Dec 2022 #5

+1 CentralMass Dec 2022 #6

Put a level on top of the radiators and make sure they are tilted slightly toward the floor valve. NBachers Dec 2022 #3

Mine are knocking NJCher Dec 2022 #7

That's my take, also, kind of comes with the territory Warpy Dec 2022 #8

that was hilarious! Speaking of the arts and radiators.... NJCher Dec 2022 #9

Too funny, and I think he's right Warpy Dec 2022 #10