Hoffman Steam Angle Radiator 401440 Review

One of the heaters in the house was rattling in the living room, an awfully loud bang, to the point I had to turn the heater off at night so we could sleep. I found the culprit and checked the valve, a small metal lip fell off when I unscrewed it so I figured it might be a problem with the valve. This valve was the solution. I removed the old one and just screwed this in and it works great. No knocking noises. Problem solved. I ordered two to have on hand in case one of the old valves breaks. I

Many winters I've had a radiator that hissed angrily and gave off steam when the boiler ran for a while and heated up. I woke up and had to lower the thermostat to stop the noise, only for it to wake me up an hour after the cycle restarted. Thanks to a family member and reading online, I found out that these steam vents need to be replaced. no need to lower the thermostat ahead of time

Our house has radiators that are almost 100 years old and original steam pipes. I was told that the one furthest from the cauldron would always be "louder" than the others; but the constant hissing, which was more of a "Shhhhhhh" necessitating turning on the speakers, was very annoying. One of my old vents (about 2 years old and looks the same as the $6 vents) failed and I decided to replace it with one of these. No noise - nothing! Wonderful! So I ordered 2 more for another "noisy" radiator…