Water Heater Making Noises. When this occurs, it causes a popping sound. If your water heater is making noises, don't ignore it — it could be an early sign of a problem.
What happens is after any amount of hot water has been run, a loud snapping/clicking noise can be heard from the water heater. The heater is in the basement right below my bedroom two things happened on the day it started making noises: If the noise is louder or occurring frequently, then it.
In fact, the problem may not be your water heater at all.
Water heater noise is common and can be annoying if its installed in or near your living space. Many times a water heater will make more noise(crackling, pinging, like a camp fire) when there is sediment lining the bottom of the heater where the burner if you hear noises like water between a burner and pan on an electric stove top(with an electric heater) there is sediment around the elements. I flushed both of my state select 50 gallon water heaters (m#gs650ybrt, installed in 2004) after reading several online instructions about what is causing the knocking noise. I've only been in the house a few months and did not notice this noise until after being there a few weeks.
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