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DanHolohan
DanHolohan Posts: 16,736
in THE MAIN WALL
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Retired and loving it.

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  • eddie_6
    eddie_6 Posts: 3
    need help

    Guys,
    I'm new to steam heat.
    Is their a problem with curtains touching the radiator?
    Most say that it wont get hot enough for a problem.
  • Vermonter
    Vermonter Posts: 57
    If everything's working right then you're fine...

    If you've got spitting air vents you might have a problem with staining... other than that I can't think of a problem.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Posts: 16,736
    This is from the Library

    Fire from Steam Pipes

    It pays to wander off the Wall.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Great article Dan

    and I should venture off the "Wall" more than I do! I wonder if those old steam train "firemen" ever caught on fire? LOL.

    Dave
  • Dave Yates (GrandPAH)_2
    Dave Yates (GrandPAH)_2 Posts: 377
    If you

    stitch em to the floor, they can't catch on fire(G).
  • zeke
    zeke Posts: 223


    You need 450 deg F to burn paper, so at the low boiler pressures you have, it will not get much hotter than 212, the boiling point at atmospheric.Drapes and curtains would need temps much greater than 450 to burn.
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