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Steam Vents

Phil Barden
Phil Barden Member Posts: 8
in THE MAIN WALL
How can you determine if a vent has been damaged due to water hammer?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,154
    Difficult to be

    absolutely sure, but... if it lets air out, but not steam (or water), and lets the air back in when things cool... it's working. Maybe not as well as it should -- that takes some fancy gauging to be sure about -- but it's working.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Phil Barden
    Phil Barden Member Posts: 8
    Steam Vents

    Thanks for the reply. I hadn't thought of taking the vent off of the main and trying to blow air back through the vent to see if it was allowing air to return into the main after the sytem cooled down. That was my main concern.
    The forward direction (venting out the cold air)I could easily check by determining how long it takes for the main to get hot down to the vent. Thanks again.
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