Floor Noise From Duct Work

Is there anything we can do to stop the banging.

Floor noise from duct work. The size of your ductwork. Install the correct size furnace so that your appliance isn t pushing through more air than your ducting is designed for. In some cases excessive air flow can cause. Let s go into more detail about each of these factors and how you can reduce the popping noise with each.

Ducts don t make much noise on their own. The easiest way to identify the duct work is to stand over the room where the duct produces the noise and locate the duct work going into the room. Rectangular ducts are the loudest. With me in the chair it probably weighs 400 pounds or so.

If this is the case then locate it via the basement. The air moving through them makes noise and a variety of factors can make air movement more or less audible. Anyways the heat duct runs under my bedroom floor the livingroom and my mother s bedroom which is on the other end of the house. Right outside my son s bedroom there is a spot on the floor when you step there you can hear the duct work make a loud tink noise.

The metal ductwork in the ceiling of our finished basement pops and bangs every time the furnace comes on in the winter then makes more noise after the furnace shuts off. When you step off of it you hear a loud thunk noise. Some homes have their duct work in the basement. I m in a power wheelchair as i ve had muscular dystrophy all 38 years of my life.

Metal ducts make all sorts of noises. The shape of your ducts. Before getting into the nuts and bolts of ductwork and noise levels let s consider a few noise reduction basics. Climb into the attic and locate the duct work with the noise problem.

Round square and rectangular. Firstly i m new here so i beg mercy on the court if i posted this in the wrong area. Duct work comes in 3 shapes. Ductwork rubbing against the framing may even cause a noise when someone walks on the floor above and rubber pads will work here as well.

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