Heating Help

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@ October 15, 2004 12:35 PM in Problem with Monoflo System

I looked everywhere, the one cold baseboard is at the hight point with another one (which is now hot). The house is 1955 house with all convectors and about 10 yrs ago the kitchen, master bath and main bath were all updated. They are now outfitted with baseboard heaters and no bleeders. I checked everywhere as well as the heating guy. Two of the baseboard I can acesss from the bottom and see where they are connected to the monofo main and still no sign of bleeders. And of course the one that is cold I have no access at the bottom :( Monday the installer is comming back to install bleeders on the 3 baseboards. My guess is when they converted the 3 baseboards and fire the system up all was well (maybe because the pump was on the supply?) and they never had to drain the system again. On a separate question, I have the water temp @ 185-187 now, should I lower it to say 160? for savings? Thanks again, Neil

@ October 15, 2004 10:04 AM in Problem with Monoflo System

Wasn't paying much attention before conversion, I kinda got more involve durning and after the conversion. I have increased the pressure from 12 to 25 PSI but still can't get that one baseboard to fire up. Neil

Problem with Monoflo System after Conversion

@ October 14, 2004 3:34 PM in Problem with Monoflo System

I recently converted from oil to gas, hot water monoflo system. I have convectors throughout the house and 3 baseboard heaters (recently purchase the home). After we fire the system up all the convectors heated up, however the 3 baseboards didnt and there is no where to bleed them. Do I have to add bleeders to the 3 baseboards? I also raised the boiler temperature from 175 to 185 and noticed two of the 3 baseboards heated up. Is there anything I can do or my best course of action in to install bleeders on the baseboards? Boiler pressure is at 15 PSI, this is a split level ranch and the 3 baseboards are on the 3rd floor. I have noticed that 2 of the 3 baseboards are now running ok (hot) but the third unit in the bathroom is still cold. All the remaining convectors are nice and hot and the system is running great. The system is Burnham Series 2 gas system, converted from oil and I noticed the pump is on the return side. Would I be able to convince my installer to move the pump on the supply side? Doubt it. Would the bleeder valve on the baseboard fix my problem? Just found this site, great folks and great information! Thanks, Neil