dannymccann
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When the heating is on there is a really strange sound like an old door creaking open come from the ceiling  It seems to be changing every day to faster and faster, and louder as well. Is it just pressure building up in the pipes? Heating has been on all day today and surely if it was water dripping from the pipes it would be starting to show wet or damp by now....
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pow
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If you like in a rented house, get the landlord to sort it.
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dannymccann
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Yar its rented, will tell him about it when I get round to ringing about his brand new double glazed windows leaking water when it rains 
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mattk
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Pipes expand when they get hot, if they are touching each other or touching the joists they are on they creak, they move a hell of a lot,
I put a felt lagging material under them when I do them to stop it, the pipes can push the felt out though
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WATSON
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My house does that also, nothing to worry about as Matt has said its just the pipes. mine has done it for many years and have had no problems 
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dannymccann
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I was hoping matt would see this thread Cheers guys
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Russ
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when my central heating coes on it bangs really loud like the boiler is about to explode. 
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dannymccann
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My mums does that, is it an older system? On my mums you can visibly see the front cover vibrating and it has a violent shake at the start which causes the bang
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pow
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We don't have a front cover at home 
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
My mums does that, is it an older system? On my mums you can visibly see the front cover vibrating and it has a violent shake at the start which causes the bang
 
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
My mums does that, is it an older system? On my mums you can visibly see the front cover vibrating and it has a violent shake at the start which causes the bang
thtas called kettling, its a build up of limescale in the heat exchanger of the boiler, due to the resistance caused by the limescale thw water stays in the heat exchanger longer and the water starts to boil, the banging and vibration is the water bubbling about inside.... like a kettle
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deanmcreynolds26
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i would say voilent shaking when it fires up is most likely the smooth ignition is out of sync depending on what kinda boiler it is, does it have a pilot or automatic ignition??
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deanmcreynolds26
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
We don't have a front cover at home
the decorative casing or the actual casing that stops you getting into the main burner?
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pow
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If you can call it decrotive I suppose...
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