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Household Hints & Help

no_hypocrisy

(49,389 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2014, 01:24 PM Aug 2014

Steam heating via radiators [View all]

I live in a house built in 1932. A radiator in every room.

But I'll only be using a fraction of the house during the winter.

How do you "turn off" the radiators in the rooms not used so I don't pay for unnecessary heat?

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Steam heating via radiators [View all] no_hypocrisy Aug 2014 OP

That little black handle should shut off the hot water to the radiator. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #1

Turning the black valve clockwise (when viewed from above) should shut down that radiator. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #2

Thanks. If it's stuck, how do you loosen the little black knob? no_hypocrisy Aug 2014 #3

There should be a screw in the middle of the top of the knob. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #4

If it's stuck, I wouldn't mess with it then. Kaleva Aug 2014 #5

Old black plastic knobs will tend to crack easily when you try to use force on them, PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #6

Frozen pipes break and leak. Plan a head. kickysnana Aug 2014 #7