All,
The DW and i recently bought a 1960s house. There are a lot of cosmetic things that we initially thought we'd want to update ($$) but after living there aren't caring so much (woo hoo!). However, the one thing that isn't getting off the list is the baseboard heaters.
They are super loud with the clink clink clink clink noise. it drives me crazy and it can be super loud, and i'm a really light sleeper (it also annoys the dog, who then annoys me). Google tells me there are two reasons for loud, air in the system and thermal expansion. i vented the air and it seemed to help the low pitch stuff, but not the high pitch clink.
i've been looking into it and it seems there are new models out there that have little plastic things that prevent the fins from touching or clinking, and are perfectly quiet. One problem though is the covers are so dented and coated in 10 layers of they aren't coming off in one piece, so if i replace anything i'm throwing out everything, cutting it down to pipe stubs, and replacing all of it. it seems for the tube with fins and the cover itll run about $50 / foot, so if i do the entire upstairs it would be a few thousand (i'd probably just do the bedroom to start however).
Has anyone does thing before? How hard is it? Did it work? Any other ideas other than total replacement?
