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Author Message   mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4370 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 1:18 pm:        My kitchen radiator has been clanging away. No leakage as far as I can tell, just loud knocking noises. I thought I would check here before I called my plumber, thanks.   ken (the other one) Citizen Username: Ken Post Number: 223 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 1:37 pm:        Do you still have the tax man chained to the pipe in the basement? That could be the cause....   bobk Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 7052 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 2:00 pm:        Mem, there are a bunch of threads on this. I would suggest looking back on them. Since you posted you had work done recently it is possible that the radiator is level. It should be tilted slightly towards the supply valve.   mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4372 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 2:12 pm:        Ken, That tax man was Sunday dinner years ago! Bobk, I checked the other threads, their problem was leaking, which I don't have. How do I tilt it?   grw Citizen Username: Grw Post Number: 332 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 3:11 pm:        Put something under the two legs furthest from the shut off valve, put a level on top of the radiator, I think a half bubble is good   mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4378 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 10:46 am:        Thanks all. The radiator is set into the wall (must have been very "modern" 100 years ago). I'll just call the plumber.   mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4425 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:19 am:        CT Williams is the best. One of his employees called, talked my fiance through some procedures with the radiators (god knows what, it's like a different language to me), and no more banging, and no bill either. Cheers and Happy New Year to Todd Williams!   newtoallthis Citizen Username: Newtoallthis Post Number: 177 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:44 am:        We cured our banging by putting a couple pennies under the legs of one end to tip it toward the return.