Noisy pipes

[garrymum]

When our CH is on there is a constant tapping from the pipes in the living room, sounds like a dripping tap!

Long shot I know, but is there anything I can do to quieten the tapping?

 

[meldrew's_mate]

Noise is most likely to be tight pipes across joists or under floorboards. Lift boards, relieve tightness, wrap in felt lagging across joists. Carefully re-lay boards.

Or it could be a dripping pipe!!!

MM

 

[garrymum]

Noise is most likely to be tight pipes across joists or under floorboards. Lift boards, relieve tightness, wrap in felt lagging across joists. Carefully re-lay boards.

Or it could be a dripping pipe!!!

MM

Thanks for replying. Noise is coming from the walls not the floor. Bit of a major task to remove the wall to get to the pipes. Don't think it is leaking, think it's just expansion / contraction of the pipe. When the heating goes off, the noise gets fast, sometimes 3/4 taps per second. Then after a few mins it stops.