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Re: Maytag Refrigerator Ice Maker Frozen
You seem to have ruled out almost everything but here's a long shot, but worth checking. On the top left outside of my fridge there is a small vented cover. Underneath the cover is where the ice tray water is fed from the solenoid into the ice tray. If your model is similar it is a least worth inspecting for leaks or misalignment of water flow to the tray. The plastic pipes do sometimes freeze which can cause unexpected issues.
Bill_17
Re: Piping from scratch
Do a heat loss calculation breaking it down by room and size your radiators that way. you may be able to use smaller mains once you size things to your actual load.
you can pipe it direct return as you describe, you can pipe it reverse return where the first emitter on the supply main is the last emitter on the return main, or you can home run small piping, usually pex, from each emitter to a manifold. On a small system like that they will all be about equal. Make sure you have a way to balance the system, either radiator valves or valves on the manifold if you pipe it home run. If you do the valving on the manifold right, home run will be easy to purge, direct or reverse return may not be able to get enough flow to purge the emitters and may require bleeding of each emitter.
your load will give you the flow you need in each emitter and branch and you can size the pipe and circulators or circulator and zone valves from that.
mattmia2
Re: Can fill valve cause water to leak into toilet bowl?
@orioncyg Your video shows that when you pull up on the float ball, the water stops.
You need to change the ballcock, AKA the fill valve. You should also check to see if the float ball is rubbing against the side of the tank. If it is, bend the float rod away from the tank wall. If it's rubbing, it will not fully shut the ballcock off.
Better to replace it with a Fluidmaster 400 series fill valve. That should solve the entire issue. The clear poly tubing on the old one might need a push-fit reducing coupling to adapt the new to the old, and/or the new fill tube that comes with the Fluidmaster should attach to the overflow on the flush valve.
You mention that you changed the flapper, where the flapper rests on the flush valve…check that there is no disfigurement on the flush valve. If there is, the new flapper will not seat properly.
Here is a picture of a Fluidmaster fill valve.
Intplm.
Re: Process to decomission a boiler and remove
~ Is it in a basement?
~ It is not strange to hire someone to remove a boiler.
~ Be sure to stay clear, and out of their way when they are doing it.
Intplm.
Re: Pricing on refurbished cast iron radiators
Stupid. Those buildings will never be comfortable again, and will use more energy in vain attempts at comfort.
Re: Piping from scratch
I have a house that is heated by forced air but i have a separate hydronic zone with a runtal panel radiator that was sized for low water temp. that room is far more comfortable than the rest of the house.
mattmia2
Re: Paint on black iron?
Lipstick on a pig? And since you are going to insulate them, I hope why paint at all?
Re: oops!!!!
Seems like the OP isn't happy.
If I understood the 3 wire aqustat was hooked up on all three terminals so that would be low limit and circulator. Fan relay to run circ.
Could be an old non-integrated system with a tankless coil. Circ relay pulled in by T stat through the fan center relay when circ control is made. Other switch on aqustat maintains water temp by firing burner.
S/B a high limit in the picture as well.