How to Quiet Noisy Baseboard Heat | Ask This Old House

[@jdorffer]

Stop cutting out the hardest part of the video getting the cover fully off and on, you cheaters

[@luckyvet]

^ ^ ;)

[@BUEAU]

We all know it's a dang... you wanna sit n watch them diddle that crap? Shut up

[@laurabrown5394]

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[@yomynameiscool]

Its better to expand the house 1 inch.

[@rgeo27]

What do you drink, smoke or snort?

[@vikmavrilabs.5254]

Big brain time

[@Helmut-e7w]

At this heating system( I have that myself) wherever the copper pipe hits or moves on some kind of holder/bracket specificially if it hits any metal,it should be covert with FELT,so the pipe can easily glide back and fort without making noise. I had to do this in my house after I bought it because the noise was driving me crazy.

[@tomdelay7676]

Can you show a picture of what you did please?

[@WoolyBuggerPicker]

Good natural customer interaction today!

[@TomIannucci22]

Ahh, the sounds that terrified me as a kid

[@hondathings5054]

All I here is tick tick tick tick tick on and off and on and off 🙄

[@pcno2832]

When I was a kid, we had unusual baseboards with 1" or maybe even 1.25 inch copper pipes running through them downstairs and box convectors with 1/2" pipes upstairs. The main loop just ran right through all the downstairs radiators, so the upstairs ones were the only ones that could stop working if they had too much air. But the downstairs ones gurgled like crazy and pinged loudly as well. The sound never bothered me, it always reminded me of the first fall we lived in that house. I even liked the smell from those things.

[@victor.c2416]

Thats some very efficient and cheap service! Im dying with the noise in my apartment meanwhile I am afraid to call the plumber as they charged 200euro last time for changing a radiator head....

[@flat-earther]

Victor I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@patbowman9959]

My hot water baseboard expansion probably keeps the neighbors awake at night. Wonder if the rhythmic BANGING was the genesis of heavy metal rock music?

[@frankp2206]

I have pretty much the same boiler pipes but I hear only at times a banging noise when the upper zone shuts off. I was hoping your video mentioned banging noises.

[@ThePhilandPam]

Pipe whisperers, I really like that, great vid I could have done with you guys at my last renovation 👍

[@MOON-pe4jm]

I have a radiator heater but from the floor it's making a very loud screech/chirp sound. I woke up thinking I had a screaming opposom down there until it also did it next to the other heater. But the heater isn't on. Its 80 degrees. Any ideas?

[@pizzaivlife]

is it just me or would it have been smart to install a small U of pipe to allow expansion and contraction and break up the long runs? I seem to remember that is how you normally do long runs of piping, but it may be overkill here

[@larryfisher5198]

180 degree water isn't superheated water. It's heated water... su·per·heat /ˌso͞opərˈhēt/ PHYSICS verb1.heat (a liquid) under pressure above its boiling point without vaporization. noun1.the excess of temperature of a vapor above its temperature of saturation.

[@danielspak8475]

better to baffle them with bullshit

[@denisepillar2545]

I was curious as to why Richard did not mention "bleeding " the system for air as well. When our technician services our system each year an starts it up for the season, he bleeds the system of any air.

[@jakefranklin89]

I believe bleeding the system is a remedy for gurgling or dripping sounds in the radiators, but it wouldn’t fix the fact that the pipes themselves as shown in this video are too long.

[@pcno2832]

We used to bleed ours at least every year, but I later learned that with some valves (only the kind with rubber washers), if you tighten them just enough to stop the water, they'll dry out and bleed out any air that builds up. Some others have a float to automatically let out any air. But the small, all-metal kind need to be bled manually.

[@Scottieguru]

He is worth every penny.

[@RaddMan89]

I’m tellin ya this guy is a warlock

[@Guardducks]

Richard the pipe whisperer.

[@Mr_Wanderlust1]

Please can u advise. Everytime we open water from upstairs bathroom directly downstairs in our kitchen we can hear a tik tik tik noise . Ive had one plumber out. He opened all my taps in the house slightly not fully flushed both my toilets and outside hoose pipe tap. He said the cause is airlock in the water copper pipes. Any idea what it could be as we still have the issue of the noise especially if we open the tap upstairs after a while. If we open the tap and close it and keep repeating constantly then no noise. Also by 2 water pipes are loose behind the sink aswell. No idea if this makes a difference to the issue or not as not clipped

[@pcno2832]

The ticking sounds like rubbing from expansion to me. My pipes do that every now and then.

[@jasongates-]

Now, he just has to call in Tom Silva to fix the cracks in the walls that were caused by the pipe.

[@brendanwilson4876]

Jason Gates I was thinking the same thing! 😄

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

I know I'm alone with this, but I actually like the creaking and clicking of my hot water baseboard heaters. It's like the house telling me that it's keeping me warm.

[@axtra92]

Rob L. Okay..

[@tom3fitzgerald]

Ha I know what you mean

[@stifflers69mom1]

That’s weird dude

[@rthat1]

The house is also telling you it's getting stressed by expansion and contractions.

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

rthat1 Not my house. The noise is due to rubbing on the pipe hangers, which is by far the most common cause. Expanding into a wall is rare.

[@khaledalarabiyat390]

Richard and Tommy are the best. I love both of them.

[@patbowman9959]

Absolutely agree. If Mrs Tommy only knew that I adore her hubby!

[@WayneWatson1]

He's huntin wabbits. Be vewy vewy quiet

[@johnnyp311]

Duck Season

[@FritzMadness]

It’d have been easier to knock the wall down 😂

[@shellb1633]

Love this. You guys are awesome ❤

[@Denbig.]

I so need that extra inch.

[@ipKonfig]

that's what she said...

[@king49334]

Length and width

[@mgp-bct7723]

Tell the truth. I guess you’re not the warming up enough LOL

[@Denbig.]

I guess some people just dont understand irony.

[@alial-abduljabbar1767]

it's all about troubleshooting. It really requires lots of knowledge

[@brianburke4409]

How come there were no fins on most of the supply / heat copper tubing inside the baseboard? (I understand that the return would not have them.)

[@peepsicle]

Where I live opioid addicts have broken in and stolen all of the copper pipes. And greedy developers and landlords don’t care if you complain about the loud banging and shaking under the floor of your overpriced luxury downtown apartment. All the better if you move out and they can get market rate for the next tenant. What can you do about that, THIS OLD HOUSE)!!!

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

I have hydronic heating in a 150-year-old farmhouse; it is mostly baseboard, but there are 6 exposed cast-iron radiators included in the loops. To mitigate the burn risk on the radiators, I run the water at 165. It's still uncomfortably hot to the touch when it is going full-bore, but not instant-burn hot. Domestic hot water comes from an indirect hot water tank, which is connected to a special connector on the control board such that when the tank calls for heat (as opposed to a zone thermostat), the boiler runs at the full 180 degrees for faster recovery.

[@dankeohane6180]

this "video" is nothing but product commercials, can't even skip past to get to actual. First one was a minute long, second came on and was 9 minutes? Am I missing something? will look somewhere else I guess. But if someone knows what changed in youtube I'd appreciate it. Seems more and more videos that ocme up in search are all long commercials you can't skip through

[@marcelnowakowski945]

In Vancouver, BC, Canada Richard would be #1 public enemy. No good or even decent plumbing work is allowed in this city and its surroundings...

[@KingJerbear]

I have an issue in our basement master bedroom where the baseboard heater clicks and ticks out of control. It makes minor sounds in the rest of the house but in this one room it is exceptionally loud. Anyone have any experience resolving that sort of sound problem?

[@cad0420alice]

I feel these type of baseboard is self-contained and there is no central water reservoir circulating in North America. I’ve only seen heater with central heating system in buildings older than 100 years in Quebec. Although this type of heating system is very common in China.

[@jonathandryzun1918]

Every night my water heater makes loud noises that wake me up. I called 3 plumbers and nobody is able to ping point the issue and fix it. I’m fine with the leaking-kind-of-noise but this is too much. I need help!

[@worldview730]

Wow, this old house, always done right! 👍

[@coleve8596]

Half right. What you should have done is inserted an expansion coupling instead of the straight coupling. We normally fit them in each change of direction and they have a bracket that you fix to the wall and the elbow allows the pipe to expand/contract within the fitting. And start using a pipe slice instead of these mini cutters, haven’t used one of these for years.

[@bigednycles]

Wow these guys who installed those copper pipes get paid good money for a crappy job,thats not cool. A simple fix that didnt need to be done if it was installed by professional

[@mattmopar440]

when I saw the shark bite that was the first sign it wasn't installed by a professional

[@d.b.922]

@The road to Ireland it's a push in fitting that doesnt require soldering. Basically anyone could do it

[@bahopik]

@@mattmopar440 there are no shark bites. I remember my first time seeing Wirsbo hepex

[@williamwinder3466]

A shark bite is shit. I would never use one and I've installed miles of baseboard

[@flybyairplane3528]

big papi ed actually had to do the SAME THING in 2 homes, 35 years ago ,

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

No reflective material at all!

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

I hope this old house tells the giy!

[@Shako_Lamb]

When the heat comes on in our house, there's a noise like a machine gun that reverberates through the whole house. I found a spot where the main heating trunk line goes through a hole in a steel I-beam, but has deflected and is resting and rubbing on the beam. That beam crosses through the entire house.

[@Ysf34.]

Lie don’t believe him. His try to make that work very confusing. If you have that problem just take off the air from your baseboard heat . Baseboard heat panel has very small screw. Turn of you heat than very slowly open skewers until water come that turn on screw . Done no need pluming no need pay them

[@bobvilla2508]

That’s the cleanest heater in the world

[@StacksArmstrong]

"Richard: The Pipe Whisperer" I see a new segment there....

[@joycefortin7877]

How about the gurgling of air in the line? Got a fix for that? Thanks

[@danielspak8475]

yes have heating guy bleed the line and maybe add a device that can bleed air automaticly

[@face2158]

Here’s my question, how much does something like that cost ? For that guy to do that work

[@h7opolo]

for a pro, prob $200

[@flat-earther]

Face I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@oneandonly9398]

I've seen shims used to space the pipes when I did water restoration and mold remediation

[@fabianrojas8333]

I need help changing a Convector Heater (Baseboard). Is there any videos that you have made to help me?

[@johnjohn-ne8fw]

Wow! Good diagnosis 👍

[@ScubaCat3]

No need to replace that corroded 90 while you're at it. I'm sure it'll be fine.

[@writerjmd]

I think that they corrode themselves shut

[@willford8475]

You should forget about it and tell your the kid it's just the Nightmare Monsters!

[@cabela420]

How big is that house to need 4 zones?

[@williamwinder3466]

At least one for upstairs, one for down, and one for each bedroom. Its about efficiency because that old boiler isn't

[@flybyairplane3528]

Caleb Gagne an associate has 8 zones ,,8 thermostats, which is great

[@rupe53]

Caleb Gagne... In that neck of the woods, not far from me, it's common to update a system from a single zone (whole house) to one zone per floor, then one more for domestic hot water. Likely there's a finished basement here so a third floor to heat, and four circulators or one circulator and zone valves to control the flow.

[@1806StoneHouse]

I’m going with runtal hydronic radiators!! Super high quality and made in America! 👍👍👍

[@williamwinder3466]

And no were neer as efficient as a condensing boiler.

[@REWYRED]

Same thing happens with the copper soil stack in my house. Have a hot shower it creaks and bangs, as it cools off or if you flush the throne or run cold water you can hear the pipe backing off whatever it is pushing on.

[@ThePrayingManLadytra]

Mets, Red Sox, Giants, Patriots???? This is a family torn apart

[@jozephkizel85]

When I saw that,I went straight to to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that.

[@gfriedman99]

Typical phony fans from today. Jump on the hot team every year

[@flat-earther]

don't worry I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@9carcottrell246]

Richard is a genius

[@mnchls]

cool! how do i get my shitty landlords to come fix this in my overpriced apartment?

[@Bobby-Dingers]

What if you hear water running through the pipes?

[@InnovationTree]

Wow that’s incredible and fascinating to learn copper pipes expand with heat! I had no idea and to learn it’s a simple fix is great to know. Thanks ‘this old house’!

[@flat-earther]

Lavinia I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@supersaiyangoku3580]

Just get a new house! These are very old!!!

[@99GAZI]

Science we so often forget. Coefficients of expansion. Great video

[@h7opolo]

this is fraud

[@flat-earther]

h7 I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

The creaks, clicks, and pops in my baseboard radiators are due to simple expansion/contraction rubbing on the pipe hangers, not limited clearance. To fix it is even simpler, by just adding a piece of felt between the pipe and hangers. I like the noises though. 😊

[@zcpoling]

They actually had a similar video where that exact issue was addressed.

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

@@zcpoling I think I remember seeing it years ago.

[@patbowman9959]

As in noisy pipes but the furnace is working? I will try your felt padding idea.

[@deecee901]

Mines obnoxious. Hate the noise in my bedroom. One day I'll investigate. It sounds like Quigly mansion.

[@flat-earther]

@@deecee901 DeeCee I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@johngordon2546]

i'm curious why this system doesn't just have an expansion loop built in somewhere to avoid the expansion along the corners to begin with.

[@essa.321]

The expansion and contraction is of the copper hot water supply and return lines, and not caused by the expansion of the fluid itself. Almost all hydronic systems are required to include an expansion tank (the one installed in the owner’s house is visible around the 3:46 mark), however, some hydronic loops may be so small, or have such a low Delta T that the expansion is negligible, and engineers are allowed to safely neglect the installation of an expansion tank. Such installations may include radiant ice melting panels, or even re-heat coils in make up air units which exchange heat between a glycol loop, and the central hot water loop from a boiler plant. These glycol systems are usually very small, and do not have to endure large differences in temperature.

[@eduardoig17]

Those tinny little clicks would not keep mr up at night. You can barely hear it

[@VXVirtuoso]

You think that but it does trust me that's why I watched this

[@RjWolf3000]

This guy put insolation over his radiators? Not a smart fix. But it seems unsafe to have hot pipes pressed against the wall. I guess 180 isn’t going to start fires but aren’t you putting heat into the wall rather than the room?

[@monkeyboy4746]

If it no longer makes noise, how do you know it's really on?

[@h7opolo]

place hand in front of radiator to feel hot air.

[@monkeyboy4746]

@@h7opolo But I have to get out of bed to do that.

[@augustusbeethoven2465]

He should have a doctorate! ...lol

[@alanrobertson453]

Great job Richard well diagnosed

[@writerjmd]

Might have worked to chisel out the wall

[@JohnsTrainVideos]

This seems like a really obscure and uncommon cause for this very common problem.

[@thecloneguyz]

GEOTHERMAL!

[@CHOMAHOMA]

Why didn't you reamed the pipe? Also, all the books I have read say that you should heat the pipe first and then the fitting so that you do not burn the flux out.

[@c0mputer]

You’ve read books on soldering?

[@flat-earther]

CHOMAHOMA I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@tacarasworld9038]

Mine sounds like a splash

[@deecee901]

I despise my loud baseboard heat in my bedroom. Wakes me up!

[@henrydu9982]

Do you bleed air after you cut the pipe and re-soldered the pipe? Thanks

[@JohnDoe-ns1hy]

Anyone else get an ad of this old house while watching a this old house video

[@danielspak8475]

super heated water is over 212 degrees not 185.

[@williamwinder3466]

0:35 IT CAN, But it depends on the equipment you have installed.

[@williamwinder3466]

0:35 Not if you have a modulating boiler.

[@juniorisclean]

Wow now this was AWSOME information. Thanks so much. 😊🙏🏽👍🏾

[@kotk05]

It would have been more interesting if the noise were evil sounding whispers from another dimension and cutting the pipe like he did fixed it.

[@lionellavallee1919]

Question Can I have two zones and one thermostat??

[@johnmack1185]

THe seam in the carpet is horrendous!!

[@stansmith3951]

I have been watching This Old House for 40 years, and would be the last to question Richard's knowledge, but he is incorrect in his description of how this baseboard system works. The circulating pump does not push the hot water but, rather, it pulls it back to the boiler. You can prove this by feeling the pipe close to the pump moments after the thermostat calls for heat. it will be cool because the cool water in the pipe is being pulled b back to the boiler. In a minute or so the pipe will get hot as the hot water has made it back to this point. If the pump was pushing the out into the system, the pipe would turn hot immediately.

[@ryanroberts1104]

They can be plumbed both ways...

[@BUEAU]

Rich is lookin trim n fit! Keep on Mr. Rich luv watchin you

[@Connor-wv6ln]

Red Sox, Mets, Giants, Patriots wtf is going on, pick a baseball and nfl team

[@flat-earther]

Connor I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@johng4503]

It’s a shame that I have to watch the latest episodes of Ask This Old House on KZbin instead of on my local PBS station!

[@gfriedman99]

John G whays a pbs?

[@radiantflame4860]

How can I fix one of these that doesn't heat up?

[@guzman9011]

Best plumber right there

[@bbqdano]

This is a great video

[@thecloneguyz]

You can't stop the metal from expanding and making noise

[@rupe53]

Richard Wolfe... you can't stop the expanding but you can stop the noise.

[@VXVirtuoso]

That's the SMALLEST BOILER ON EARTH

[@flat-earther]

Thinking I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@stevedoingstuff3960]

Great video, thanks!

[@MarioRodriguez-qn3qe]

them jordans though...

[@GeoHoleNoNe]

Very nice!

[@nicholasj.mcmillan881]

I remember when oil was $4 a gallon. This is the sound of music.

[@flat-earther]

Nicholas I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@jake9705]

WHOOOOOO PATRIOTS!!! LFG!!!!

[@irvintrujillo9576]

Those retros 4s 1:20

[@almaramos3077]

Sam

[@almaramos3077]

Samir Ben Ben the article about K

[@joezer64]

My heater is so loud I don’t even know how I get to sleep after

[@williamwinder3466]

Have someone look at it. It's not supposed to be that loud

[@tMatt5M]

Badass

[@slicktype001]

Genius