Bleeding boiler and hot water heater

I have a 3 family house in Bed Stuy with baseboard heaters along the walls. One of the rooms doesn’t get enough heat. 1) is the best bet here to pay someone to bleed the boiler? 2) if so, who do you recommend to do this right, at a reasonable price? 3) if bleeding the boiler is NOT the answer, what is? Thanks for your help here.

slopebob2233

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 4 months ago

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handyrenny | 11 years and 4 months ago

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Hi we can help.

curiositykilledthecat | 11 years and 4 months ago

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Eman is spot on. To add to that, know that your “not enough heat problem” may or may not be caused by air in your heating system. But bleeding, as described by eman, is a good and cheap and logical place to start. As for metalwork, he seems to hang around recommending his friends and/or himself, but the lack of accuracy in his replies leads me to caution you about working with him. Good luck.

eman134 | 11 years and 4 months ago

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first of all. you do not bleed the boiler, you bleed the air out of the baseboard radiator out of the room that is cold. Remove the end caps on the radiators and see if there is a bleeding valve installed on that run. If so, go to your local hardware store and purchase a radiator valve key. Using the key, open the valve and release the air until you get a smooth trickle of water. If there is no bleeding valve you can contact me via email provided on my profile.

slopebob2233 | 11 years and 4 months ago

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Thanks, you did. I emailed and haven’t heard back. I welcome any other helpful suggestions.

metalwork | 11 years and 4 months ago

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If i am not mistaken, i sent you and email with my guy contact info, he is very experince in the field and solved many issues relating to boilers/water heater etc. for many of my customers. coresolutionsnyc@gmail.com