Show t Home Heating beating Hints HI By John Joh Barclay III I Heating HC Expert r Keep Air Out of Steam and Hot Dot Water Radiators So Heat Can Circulate Freely FREQUENTLY I get complaints from tram owners home-owners about fail fail- failure failure ure of steam or hot water heating systems to keep radiators com corn completely hot This condition is often orten due to air being in the coils coBs of the radiator This air must be released before I II I I I II II I the th coils can fill with steam This usually is simple being remedied by automatic air valves If your radiator r has such valves and the radiators remain bound air-bound un un- unscrew unscrew screw the little plug at the top of the valve tightening the plug again when all the air escapes from the valves Putting the vent valves for a few hours in a con con- container container container of kerosene k rosene also helps to eliminate the air However if neither of these op op- operations operations orations corrects the trouble trouble trouble-or or j should the coils fill fin with water water water-it it would be a good policy to have an expert check the valves and remedy the difficulty It is possible also for hot water radiators to become air To overcome this open the air valves once in awhile with a valve key and leave them open until water starts flowing ng from them |