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wrote:
If your radiators are bleeding, there is most likely a dead body
under
them. Call the police immediately and report a murder in your home.
You will want those bodies removed quickly or the smell will drive
you
out.

radiators are bled from the inside using the valve. your attempt at
humor leads me to beleive your momma dropped you on the floor as an
infant.

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 12:19:27 GMT, "Tom Ingle"
wrote:

You probably don't have enough pressure in your boiler. Check your
pressure
gauge to see how much you have. Every pound of pressure is equal to
2.31
feet. So if your highest radiators are 30 feet above the boiler then
you
would need at least 13 pounds of pressure at the boiler just to
raise the
water that high.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:55 PM
Subject: bleeding radiators

i start from the top floor working my way down to the second. 3
out of
5 upstairs are really hot but i get neither air or water from
them.
other 2 are luke warm - get some air but when air stops i get no
water.

moving to main floor i get air from all 3 and are working fine.
when
the air stops i should get water flow from the valve(?). any ideas
on
this?