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Noisy radiator in morning

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 4.03 PM

One radiator makes a rapid clicking noise when coming on in the morning. Recently decorated and radiator off the wall, no noise. Radiator back on the wall but off due to a leak, noise is back

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4 Answers

Amber Project Solutions LTD

Rating: 5 out of 5
Crawley
A clicking radiator is quite normal, as the sound is caused by the metal expanding and contracting. If the radiator is quite old, it may help to get a newer model that could make less noise.
Answered17 March 2022
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S&G Plumbers

Rating: 5 out of 5
Ammanford
You'll often hear this when your heating first comes on in the morning or evening and it should be considered perfectly normal rather than anything that requires attention. This creaking is the sound of hot water coming into contact with the cold metal of the radiator
Answered17 March 2022
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Pinnacle Carpentry and Building Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Carshalton
Plasic clips missing on Radiator brackets after it has been put back on the wall after the decorators have finished. Also we have had this when the tails are to tight through or under the holes in a wooden floor and the noise is expansion. Nothing to worry about and you certainly do not need a new radiator or pipework.
Answered25 March 2022
1

TC Heating

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Grimsby
It's usually down to the plastic clips on the brackets not being installed. As the rad heats up it expands and moves on the brackets making the ticking noise
Answered30 March 2022
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