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Old Horizontal Ceiling Radiators not warming up
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annie2001
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Those are one pipe steam -- they will never have water come out, you hope. First thing to check, though -- is the inlet valve, with the wooden handle, actually open?
The silver metal thing is called the vent, and it is possible that it is not working. But -- don't unscrew it from the radiator if you are not sure that the boiler is off. If the boiler is on, you may get steam out, and that you do not want.
Does the horizontal pipe under the radiator feeding it get hot?Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0
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