Burgher
New Member
Hi. We just moved into a newly built house in Canonsburg PA (south of Pittsburgh). Our Bradford White powered vent water heater is vented through a 3” PVC pipe in two 20’ sections to the outside vent. There are 3 elbows on the way out. About 3 feet from the point where the two horizontal pipes join (23 ‘ from the last elbow) there is a clicking noise that we hear whenever the exhaust fan is running. It’s not loud but it reverberates through the floor into our bedroom and drives us crazy. The clicks vary in frequency from one every 15 seconds or so to maybe up to a minute. My wife thinks it’s a dripping sound but to me it’s a clicking or a tapping sound.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this or how to eliminate this noise?
Any ideas as to what could be causing this or how to eliminate this noise?