Water shooting out of vents

headofsteam

I've got a property in Bay Ridge Brooklyn and am looking for a recommendation for a "stream guy" that knows what they are doing. I've had a few other plumber in but they have not resolved the issue and think may have made it worse.

I've got water coming out of my basement air vent and a few of the apartment radiators as well (on 2nd floor).
I know the pipes in the the basement need to be insulated (is this a plumber or someone else I can hire?), I need additional air vents as the basement only has one (some knucklehead seems to have caped the other run years ago).
I have checked steam pressure and tried cleaning the boiler but have not had much luck. I'm now out of ideas and don;t have time to work on it myself and any of the guys I have used before dont know what the problem is either.

JohnNY

You've probably got a clogged, or partially clogged return line. Also, check your pressure settings, you may have a clogged pigtail, faulty pressuretrol, etc.

headofsteam

how does the return get unclogged? do I break the pipe and snake both sides?
does gateway do any work in my area?

JohnNY

Gateway does lots of work in your area and it's mostly steam heating jobs. Most recently we did some major upgrade work on Marine Avenue. Give the office a call if you'd like. 718-980-0909

headofsteam

thanks for the quick reply. You guys are coming out tomorrow to have a look.

JohnNY

Thanks for the call!

vaporvac

Please let us know what happens!