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alliance
alliance Member Posts: 3
in Strictly Steam
i have a steam boiler, when the heat goings on all radiators in the house are fine. when the heat goes off and radiators start to cool, 1 radiator makes this loud sucking noise. what can be done to stop this or what could be causing this?

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  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    Radiator Vent noise?

    Is that radiator the first or last radiator on that main? Have you tried switching out the vent to see if that changes anything? If it's the first vent to open after the boiler shuts down there will be a small vacuum in the system as the steam condenses and if that is the first vent to open, it may be the only one that breaks that vacuum and sucking all the air in until others open. Are you sure your main vents are working ?
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,502
    What model air vents

    do you have on the radiators and steam mains?



    It's normal for a vacuum to form when the system shuts down but having large enough main vents could help.



    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
    3PSI gauge
  • Paul_11
    Paul_11 Member Posts: 210
    radiators that suck

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