Gorton Air Vents

Brad White_203

I assume that you have the angle pattern with the threaded nipple in the horizontal.

The top of the vent has to point upward, the actual venting hole is out the side of that top protrusion, so the hole itself is horizontal, that little cap in which it resides is vertical. There is a float inside (as I was told) and alignment guides so that it works properly, which is why it needs to be plumb.

You may want to get straight-pattern air valves or use brass street els to make the attitude adjustment. (To the vents, not you. You are fine.)

If you had straight pattern valves before, were these installed in thermostatic radiator vent valves? Or are you talking about main vents?

Jeff_123

Gorton Air Vents

I just bought some Gorton air vents to replace maid-o-mist vents. The Gorton vent is horizontal vs. the maid-o-mist being verticle. Does it make a difference whether the opening on the Gorton vent is up or down?

Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff_123

The gorton vents are for the radiators themselves. They are straight vapor equalizing valves and look like a stopwatch. So, is the "stop watch" supposed to be vertical(in this case I would need an elbow to do this) or do they work horizontally with the air whole facing up?

Al Hendrickson_33

They need to be oriented with the disc part vertical, like a clock on a wall. There is a float inside that needs to be able to rise and fall. They come in a couple of styles. See the attached photos for the proper orientation. If the ones you bought have the threaded part sticking out the wrong way, you'll have to adapt them with street elbows . . . or exchange them for the right ones.

Jeff_123

Thanks

Thanks Guys. I bought the "wrong" ones being straight instead of angled. I will have to get some elbows to make them work since I bought them at pexsupply.com online and don't want to go through the hassle to return them. Gotta love the cost of ignorance.