remove completely (?) air vent on steam riser

[michalis0]

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

[Speedy Jim]

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

[bamboo]