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Need some help with a forced hot water heat problem
A contractor had to drain and cut part of my two-zone forced hot water
baseboard heating system to do a bathroom remodel. He said he bled the lines, purged them of air, then refilled the reserve tank with fresh cold water. Upon firing up the gas boiler, the system was loud and the upstairs zone was extremely slow to heat. He said this was because he couldn't get all the air out of the upstairs baseboards (said there were no purge valves) that the water had yet to heat up to the proper temperature. He suggested we let it sit overnight and try it again. Today the noises are gone, but there is now no heat in either zone. One of the two circulation pumps gets quite hot, the other only tepid, but no heat flows into the baseboards Any help would be appreciated! |
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wrote in message Today the noises are gone, but there is now no heat in either zone. One of the two circulation pumps gets quite hot, the other only tepid, but no heat flows into the baseboards Any help would be appreciated! Probably air bound. Is there a valve (or two) that you can open to drain the system? Open it slowly and see if you get some air out. Often , it takes a couple of tries to get it all. |
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RayV wrote: I hope when you said "refilled the reserve tank with fresh cold water" you weren't talking about the expansion tank. They need to have a certain amount of air in them. Yes, that is my own ignorance in terminology...I meant that he re-introduced fresh water into the system. |
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water going through my hot water system gives of loud sounds of flowing
water through the copper pipes. what causes this? |
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Need some help with a forced hot water heat problem
Jmilton posted for all of us...
water going through my hot water system gives of loud sounds of flowing water through the copper pipes. what causes this? Air in system - google it next time. -- Tekkie Don't bother to thank me, I do this as a public service. |
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