I fitted a 1800mm vertical (oval bar) type radiator five months ago which now has become quite noisy - the sound of water being pumped through it.
Initially there was virtually no noise from it, although in a very quiet room, a very faint sound of the hot water being pumped through could be heard. The previous traditional double radiator had no noise from it at all. I thought this could be just due to the large span between the support brackets which caused a little bit of reverberation of the tubes, and perhaps normal.
Anyway, the noise has got more noticeable over the past few weeks to a level which can not be normal.
One other change I have made (which might correspond to the noise becoming louder) is that now several other radiators have smart TRVs which work on their own programme and settings - effectively each is it's own zone and can bring the boiler on. This means that now only part of the system will have the hot water being circulated due to several TRV’s being closed, whereas previously water would have been pumped through almost all the circuit.
This particular radiator will always have water being pumped through it when the boiler is on through, regardless of the other TRV’s being open or closed.
So, are vertical radiators noisier than the more traditional ones? If part of the system potentially being closed is the cause, how can this be overcome?
All radiators are bled and seem to be still in balance.
Initially there was virtually no noise from it, although in a very quiet room, a very faint sound of the hot water being pumped through could be heard. The previous traditional double radiator had no noise from it at all. I thought this could be just due to the large span between the support brackets which caused a little bit of reverberation of the tubes, and perhaps normal.
Anyway, the noise has got more noticeable over the past few weeks to a level which can not be normal.
One other change I have made (which might correspond to the noise becoming louder) is that now several other radiators have smart TRVs which work on their own programme and settings - effectively each is it's own zone and can bring the boiler on. This means that now only part of the system will have the hot water being circulated due to several TRV’s being closed, whereas previously water would have been pumped through almost all the circuit.
This particular radiator will always have water being pumped through it when the boiler is on through, regardless of the other TRV’s being open or closed.
So, are vertical radiators noisier than the more traditional ones? If part of the system potentially being closed is the cause, how can this be overcome?
All radiators are bled and seem to be still in balance.