Halstead boiler - banging in heating pipes when off

[angstrom]

I've searched and read loads of posts about Halstead boilers, banging pipes etc, but can't find an answer to my current problem. Sorry if I've missed something.

I have a Halstead boiler, few years old, Finest Platinum. In the flat I've had regular problems with water hammer in various places, but these have been fairly simple to fix.

Now I have vibrations in some pipework which has to be CH pipes. I have bled the radiators (no air came out, just water). I have turned off the heating and the boiler (living in a flat means we're annoying neighbours) but it still continues banging. Last night I even turned off all the water and emptied the taps as I was desperate for sleep! Leaving it all day seemed to quieten it down a bit but the other half turned on the heating when he got home and now it's banging again.

I have a plumber coming on Friday but would love some sleep before then. Any suggestions of ways of getting air out of pipes for this boiler? I'll go and have a look for some extra bleed points now.

Thanks loads in advance!

 

[combispecialist]

cant see it being air as the issue,the boiler itselfy has a built in auto air vent and as its pressurised system any air in the system will just accumulate in the rads,then u can just vent.

 

[angstrom]

cant see it being air as the issue,the boiler itselfy has a built in auto air vent and as its pressurised system any air in the system will just accumulate in the rads,then u can just vent.

I'm just going from my experience of having air in the cold water system in this flat a lot

Is there anything else which can cause specific pipes to vibrate even when the boiler and heating are off?

(Thanks loads)

 

[holty]

who said it was your pipes. could be the neighbours pipes, seeming you live in a flat .if boiler is not on and running im pretty sure its not the heating pipes.

 

[angstrom]

who said it was your pipes. could be the neighbours pipes, seeming you live in a flat .if boiler is not on and running im pretty sure its not the heating pipes.

Thanks for your comment! This is maybe the problem. But my neighbour's heating is also off and they claim they had it fixed last year...

But it was definitely quiet earlier on, before the other half put the heating on. Now I've turned the heating off again it's still going.

I'm at the stage of thinking about taking up the floorboards and seeing whether we've even got pipes in that bit