Hey there.
\nI’m a newbie and this is my first ever post, so please bear with me… Just moved into an older co-op and I have a question about heating. The living room and bathroom have proper radiators, but the 3 bedrooms have only steam riser pipes. So far this has not been a problem as they are throwing off lots of heat (now wrapped in rope) but the valves at top — see photo — are also letting off lots of steam and making a lots of noise. I gather this is what they’re meant to do, but I question why they are needed at all. Since I have no radiator, can’t the vents be safely capped and let my upstairs neighbor suffer all the hissing? Of course I will hire a plumber for the actual work, but would love to know if this is a terrible and\/or dangerous idea before I make the call. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey there. I’m a newbie and this is my first ever post, so please bear with me… Just moved into an older co-op and I have a question about heating. The living room and bathroom have proper radiators, but the 3 bedrooms have only steam riser pipes. So far this has not been a problem…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-54102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/03\/steam-riser-pip\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Steam Riser Pipes Hissing","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/03\/steam-riser-pip\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/03\/steam-riser-pip\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Heating","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"gooberfish"}],"creator":["gooberfish"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-03-06T20:56:26Z","datePublished":"2011-03-06T20:56:26Z","dateModified":"2011-03-06T21:13:27Z"},"rendered":"