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What is the difference between a Hot water and Steam radiator valve?

Mar 16, 2007 by b_bop_fletch | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I have to replace a radiator valve. I have a hot water system, but all I can find are steam valaves in the size I need. Looking at the valve, it looks pretty much the same. It seems like it would work, but it is a Steam valve. Will it work in my hot

A steam valve on a residential radiator is usually a cylinder valve, the steam rises up through the cylinder inside the valve and out through a port cut in the side of the cylinder when the port on the cylinder and the valve outlet are in line the steam

Eamonn S | Mar 16, 2007

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