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Finding Steam Pipes behind DryWall
Dairon421
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The problem is one radiator out the whole house not getting hot. Its a one pipe system. I took off the air vent no action. I crack the radiator valve and got constant air and gurgling sound. Main return vents are good and all the supply riser on the main is hot. I suspect that a pipe in the drywall have a negative pitch and condensate is blocking it. The home been under alot of construction so I think someone moved a pipe or bump it while working. My question is are their any tools or techniques to find the piping inside the walls. The radiator is on the 3rd floor so im going to have to go underneath.
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have you tried lifting the whole radiator?
or, if you open the valve to rad union, does that supply pipe have slack in the floor and can it be pulled up?known to beat dead horses0 -
Is it that the pipe can't be pulled up because the radiator can't be lifted, or that the pipe can't be pulled up when disconnected from the radiator? If it's the former, try again. Only don't strain your back -- use a 2x4 as a fulcrum and another one as a lever. Or a pry bar as the lever. Try the end without the pipe first -- that will verify that you can, in fact, lift the radiator, so if you can't lift the end with the pipe, you will know that it's the pipe.Br. Jamie, osb
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