Posted by jtown on January 02, 2000 at 21:53:40:
In Reply to: Re: Leaking at Joints posted by jtown on January 02, 2000 at 21:45:47:
Sorry, I forgot about the leaking radiators. If you have a bunch of them that are leaking along with a bunch of air vents then my nickle is on that you have way, way tooo much pressure. The radiators can have the draw bolts undone and then separate with a couple of wooden wedges and a hammer and then permatex on the nipples. That is if the leaking side is where it separates. Get the pressure down and pray to the patron saint of steam heat, and hope it doesn't come to that. The pressure should be so low that it can't push water out hardly.