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philosurfer
philosurfer Member Posts: 2
edited January 12 in Strictly Steam

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,993

    Try raising BOTH ends of that radiator about an inch and see what happens.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    philosurfer
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,551

    I find a 2x4 and a block of wood allow you to gently lever a radiator up without much effort and minimum strain on the old pipes

    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
    philosurfer
  • philosurfer
    philosurfer Member Posts: 2

    Wait a second, that last picture in the photo series. The boiler is off screen to the RIGHT, but that middle pipe, which feeds the hammering radiator, is pitched slight at the joint to the left (you can see it leaning on the bottom pipe). I wonder if I simply raise that up a tad, maybe it would fix water hammer?

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 15,983

    Try turning that vent to its slowest setting. Even the slowest setting on a vent rite is pretty fast if i recall, might need to put a slower vent on it.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 15,983

    What vent was on the radiator before?

    Also it looks like the dry returns all connect together at the boiler above the water line, that is incorrect and can cause a number of problems but might be sort of ok.

  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,993
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1876503#Comment_1876503

    It might indeed. In fact, that might be the whole problem…

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England

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