webmonkey8
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Hi,
I'm living in an old apartment and I'm hearing some knocking and clicking noises from behind a wall where the heating pipes are. I've never heard them before in the fall, but now it's winter, I hear it everyday. It's to a point I cannot even sleep with the noise. I've already told the landlord about it, but he doesn't want to open up the wall to check it out. I'm thinking it'll cause him too much trouble.
Anyways, I've managed to open up the panel (see picture) to see what's behind the wall and how the pipes are like. As you can see, there's one pipe that runs vertically up from the ground. There's also some 2X4s in there that's part of the building's structure. But upon inspection, I've stuck my hand in the bottom right corner of the "hole" and felt a cold draft. Could it be perhaps the cold draft coming from the outside that's causing the wood to contract and expand which is causing this "knocking" noise? Or could it be the pipes? Would sealing this draft help with the contracting and the expanding of the 2x4 wood? If so, what kind of sealant should I try. I head that expanding foam sealant would be easy. I'm a beginner when it comes to fixing things like this. Please advise.
Thanks a lot.
I'm living in an old apartment and I'm hearing some knocking and clicking noises from behind a wall where the heating pipes are. I've never heard them before in the fall, but now it's winter, I hear it everyday. It's to a point I cannot even sleep with the noise. I've already told the landlord about it, but he doesn't want to open up the wall to check it out. I'm thinking it'll cause him too much trouble.
Anyways, I've managed to open up the panel (see picture) to see what's behind the wall and how the pipes are like. As you can see, there's one pipe that runs vertically up from the ground. There's also some 2X4s in there that's part of the building's structure. But upon inspection, I've stuck my hand in the bottom right corner of the "hole" and felt a cold draft. Could it be perhaps the cold draft coming from the outside that's causing the wood to contract and expand which is causing this "knocking" noise? Or could it be the pipes? Would sealing this draft help with the contracting and the expanding of the 2x4 wood? If so, what kind of sealant should I try. I head that expanding foam sealant would be easy. I'm a beginner when it comes to fixing things like this. Please advise.
Thanks a lot.