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Air Vent Maintenance

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GuyWithPuns
GuyWithPuns Member Posts: 1
in Strictly Steam

I have one pipe steam system. I just bought the house and a number of the air vents on the radiators need maintenance or replacing. Do I need to shut the whole system off to work on an air vent or can I just shut off the supply valve for that radiator?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 27,355

    Either will work — but It's much easier just to turn off the boiler while you are working on the vents, and then turn it back on when you are done.

    No need to drain anything or anything else — just flip the switch.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    GuyWithPuns
  • dabrakeman
    dabrakeman Member Posts: 1,007

    What kind of maintenance are they needing?

  • exqheat
    exqheat Member Posts: 213

    These vents need changing if they do not get hot, or they hiss when hot.

    John Cockerill Exquisite Heat www.exqheat.com Precisions boiler control from indoor reset.

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