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Posted by Speedy Jim on January 9, 2007, 7:31 pm
michalis0@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there is an air vent on the stream riser pipe in my apt.
> The vent usually goes bad and starts producing loud noises (like
> banging
> with a hammer). That I assume happens because the pressure on the
> stream riser
> pipe can be quite high at times.
>
> I don't even know why the air vent was placed there on the first place.
> There is just a whole drilled in the pipe and in this whole the vent is
> screwed in.
> I presume they placed the vent so that the stream rises faster.
>
> Can I remove completely the vent and just place/screw a bolt
> where the air vent was? I am hoping that would remove the loud banging
> problems. Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
> michalis
>
LOL Yes, can do anything you like.
(The landlord may just have an opposing view.)
The owner probably found out that steam distribution
on start-up was a problem and the main vent was the fix.
They are usually designed in and not simply "tapped"
into a riser.
The vent will have a tapered pipe thread so you'll want to
get a pipe plug with that thread. Small vents are 1/8" size,
but it may be larger. And that's "trade" size, not the apparent size.
Good luck. You might want to read your lease first....
Jim
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