https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7bedbe98-56fa-41a6-b2e7-e012ff61f387 In this video, This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey takes the racket out of noisy heating pipes. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Richard helped a pair of homeowners quiet their noisy hot water heating system, which was keeping them awake at night. Richard removed the cover from a convector in their bedroom and determined that the noise was being caused from copper pipes expanding as they heat up and rubbing against the wood floor and framing in the basement. To fix the problem, Richard installed plastic sleeves called "mickeys," which support the copper heating pipes and isolate them from any wood. Shopping List for How to Quiet Heating Pipes: plastic 'Mickey' pipe clips, used to isolate hot-water pipes from surrounding surfaces, 1-inch screws, for fastening plastic pipe clips, Tools for How to Quiet Heating Pipes: pliers, for removing metal pipe clamps, drill/driver, used to install plastic pipe clips, "Mickeys" can be found at most home centers and plumbing supply houses. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Quiet Heating Pipes | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:50:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7bedbe98-56fa-41a6-b2e7-e012ff61f387 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.