Top Floor Radiator
I have a one family house from 1908. We have gas boiler that heats the water in the radiators. The top floor radiators will not get hot. I have bleed them multiple times and air comes out but never any water. Any advice on how to get them hot?
I have a one family house from 1908. We have gas boiler that heats the water in the radiators. The top floor radiators will not get hot. I have bleed them multiple times and air comes out but never any water. Any advice on how to get them hot?
Yes, I do, but I don’t recommend you mess with this if you don’t have some experience with such things.
You probably have something on the small water piping leading to your boiler that looks like one of the things on this page:
http://www.pexsupply.com/Pressure-Valves-221000
If yours has a screw on top, screw it down until you hear some water passing through it.
If it has a lever, lift the lever slowly and for a few seconds at a time only. DO NOT LEAVE THE LEVER IN THE UP POSITION.
Watch the pressure gauge on your boiler and let it rise a couple of psi.
That might do it. If it doesn’t, you might want to call someone in.
Any idea how to get more pressure at the boiler?
If you don’t get water, you’ll need more pressure at the boiler.
Move the air out and you’ll bring the heat in.