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| BRUCEY
 |  "Rheem Heater woos"
, posted Sun 19 Oct 09:15  
I live in a 45year old rancher we just moved into back in July this year. We have a Rheem hot water circulating to baseboard radiaters.
PROBLEM 1)When the circulating pump starts up, the pusating water causes the copper pipes to humm (best I can describe it)OR at least thats what I think. Its ever so faint but noticable compared to our 125+ year home we moved out of that had full size radiaters. Can some replumbing be done to the pump motor to isolate it with some type of vibration isolating coupling. OR does anyone think the pump needs replacng?
PROBLEM 2)The copper pipes running to the baseboard rads are in places resting on wood. This wood can be where the pipes go thru floor joists, touching the mounting strips for the fully tiled ceilng in my finished basement. THIS MAKES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN THE FURNACE FIRES UP :-( I do think the only way to silence this issue is to remove the basement ceiling tiles (stapled) and address where the copper pipes rub.
My question also in this , Am I correct in beliving te copper pipes expand and contract when heated(ever so little tho)????
Here in NJ we have PSE&G for our gas and electric supply. I also had them come out to the home and got a good report when the tech inspected our heater. We did not know of the above issues when he was here, I'm strongly considering calling them back
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| yuri
| "Re(1):Rheem Heater woos" , posted Sun 19 Oct 10:33
Your pipes will expand and contract and need room to do so. The sound of the pump may be normal (cannot hear it from here) and may just be a new sound that you are not used to. Best to call an experienced plumber/tech who works on hot water heating for a checkup. The expansion tank should be drained/checked etc etc.
Yuri
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| | BruceY
| "Re(2):Rheem Heater woos" , posted Sun 19 Oct 10:44
YURI, What I have found out is the plumbing was installed on the bottom of the floor joists above when looking from the basement. Then the stapled ceiling tiles were installed. strips of wood were nailed perpendicular to the floor joists as far as I can tell only as thick as the OD of the pipes resulting in NO room for expansion. In places the pipe is making contact with the tops of the tiles, and others where wood joits and/or blocking is in direct contact with the pipes. ugh
First thing I'll do is get pse&g back in for advice
Thank You Bruce
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| | BruceY
| "Re(3):Rheem Heater woos" , posted Sun 19 Oct 11:03
OY i'm sitting in the same room where the furnace is located and I thought I'd take a look for the model number and noticed it wasnt a Rheem but rather a WEIL-MCLAIN how embarrassing LOL
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| | BruceY
| "Re(4):Rheem Heater woos" , posted Sun 19 Oct 11:58:
DO baseboard rads have shutoff valves at each location someplace?? Or are the plumbed (borrowingFrom electrical terms) in series
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| | yuri
| "Re(5):Rheem Heater woos" , posted Sun 19 Oct 15:57
Don't know. Cannot see them from here. Sounds like everything is too tight, needs room to expand. Saw an episode of This Old House show and the plumber had special slip sleeves with nail hole mounts to allow the pipes to move. Sounds like you need a similar setup.
Good Luck
Yuri
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