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| ruddyboys |
 Oct 20 2009, 03:59 PM
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Hummel eigentümer  Group: Members Posts: 594 Joined: 3-March 04 From: Monroe, NY Member No.: 1,749 Region Association: North East States  |
My last house had an oil burner w/ forced hot air. My new house has a Burnham V7 boiler with baseboard heating. Every morning when the heat comes on I can hear the water filling the pipes, is that normal? I would thing it would be a closed system with the water heating in the boiler and the pump pushing it up thru the pipes.
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| type47 |
Oct 20 2009, 04:47 PM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
You may have to bleed air out of the piping system. With the circulating pump on, crack the little valves (should be somewhere in the system) to let the air escape. We have oil fired hot water radiators not baseboard but seems to me should be the same.
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| SLITS |
Oct 20 2009, 06:23 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
The air bleed(s) will be in the highest portion of the piping.
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| gasman |
Oct 20 2009, 07:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 21-January 08 From: Mooresville, nc Member No.: 8,602 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Oct 20 2009, 04:23 PM)  The air bleed(s) will be in the highest portion of the piping. With boiler off........You should have something that looks like a hose spicket on the copper line(s) at boiler returns (two spickets if two zone etc...) Above the spicket you should have a valve or a fitting with a screw in the middle. You have to lift up the water feed lever where the system feed is...(street water)it will put more water in system...close the valve above the hose spicket (or the screw flap valve) and open the hose spicket and let the water run into a bucket. do this to all zones...You should hear water filling the boiler as you bleed system. close the fresh water lever. bleed system down below 12psi..(look at gauge). The auto fill regulator will bring it back to 12 psi..Normal operating when cold. Remember..were not talking about the hose spicket at the bottom of boiler. With boiler on, you should not hear water running in the baseboard. I hope this helps.... |
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| ejm |
Oct 20 2009, 07:23 PM
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I can see the light at the end of the tunnel Group: Members Posts: 2,691 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 224 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Oct 20 2009, 08:23 PM) The air bleed(s) will be in the highest portion of the piping. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) My system has automatic air bleeds. There is a small cap that will prevent them from working if screwed down tight. They also stick once in a while and a little tap frees the valve and float. If the corrosion that made the valve stick then prevents it from sealing you find out why they provided the little cap. |
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| Sparky |
Oct 21 2009, 05:58 AM
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Mahna Mahna! Group: Members Posts: 1,134 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Spencer, MA Member No.: 847 |
QUOTE(ejm @ Oct 20 2009, 09:23 PM) ... you find out why they provided the little cap. The upside is the auto-bleeders are cheap and easy to replace. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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