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Bleeding hot water system in home

Renee_2
Renee_2 Member Posts: 1
in THE MAIN WALL
How to you bleed a hotwater heating system when "all" the water has been drained to replace copper pipes (leak) between to basement radiators?

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  • Louis_4
    Louis_4 Member Posts: 4
    Converting Hot Water Radiator to Steam

    Hi,
    I have an old house with a steam heating system. One of my rooms does not have a cast iron radiator, so I decided to buy an old hot water radiator which I will be converting over to a hot steam radiator. Is this a safe and common practice?

    Also, is it safe to use galvanized steel parts to make the conversion?

    Please advice... Thanks-
    Louis-
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    The radiators should have bleeder valves on them. Run pressure up to 20#, then bleed out the air. This should do it, but you may need to purge. As for the other post about the steam rad conversion, you should start a new post and post a picture of the rad. Only certain rads can be either steam or water. Depends if it has a top & bottom pipe, or just a bottom pipe...

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    Just re-read your post. A HW rad will work fine for steam, and galvi is fine.

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Louis_4
    Louis_4 Member Posts: 4


    Thank you Timco. Your reply is very helpful.

    Louis-
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