Rust in the air?

Pete_35

Hey everyone, I have a health concern that I hope someone can clear up for me. My family and I are renting an old house and we have been living here for about 5 months. The weather has gotten colder so we have been using the heat. The heat is steam heat from an old steam boiler. For the last month, whenever we turned on the heat, all 3 bedrooms had very, very loud hissing noises from the pressure values on the radiators. It was so loud and there was so much steam escaping from the valves that it was filling up the room and we would have to turn off the heat when we slept.

One night it occurred to me that the steam was being created from the water in the boiler. That water being dirty brown water from all the rust and other nasty things from the cast iron tank. This is the same dirty brown water that I have been flushing from the boiler about once a week as regular maintenance. So my concern and question is: since there was so much steam shooting in the air by escaping from the pressure values on the radiators in our bedrooms. Were we inhaling rust particles and/or other nasty things in the steam? (rust either from the brown water in the boiler being heating to create the steam or rust in the pipes leading upstairs)

This has been on my mind for the last couple days and I've done research online but have not found any definite answers. If anyone is experienced in steam heat or has any great websites that will answer my concern, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Pete

jp_2

repost your question

something like " steam shooting out of vents, pls help"

sounds like you systems needs lots of help