No heat or hot water

Tony_23

Could be debris lodged in the valve body of the faucet. Common thing to happen when working on older piping.

Anna_2

We bought a 5 floor split level a year and a half ago with three zone heat. Up until about 5 months ago, the heat and hot water worked great. We then had our middle floor bathroom redone. The guy ended up not being the pro we thought. He flooded the basment when he tried to unconnect the radiator and put in baseboard. Anyway, the baseboard unit has no heat AND he didn't put in a bleeder valve. We have been tring for months to get him back but he keeps stalling. Is there a way to bleed the whole system to get the air out that is trapped in that one baseboard or does it have to be taken apart and a valve be put in. Also is it possible since this has air trapped that it could be the reason we are not getting hot water when we try to take a shower on the floor above? My husband says the two have nothing to do with each other but I think it is odd it happened at the same time. I have always had hot air and a separate hot water heater so steam or hot water heat is totally foreign to me.

kevin coppinger_4

bummer...

Sounds as if you had someone there who did not know what was going on. generally speaking baseboard cannot replace radiators.you most likely are air bound but may have a more complex issue...hard to say when I can't see it. Strange that if he made the issue why he would not want to make it right...you may have to get in a true professional...got any pictures? kpc

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Anna_2

I can take pictures of whatever you need. The baseboard? The old radiator. This is an oil system since I didn't say that before. I think perhaps he wasn't sure of what he had gotten into with the heat and that's why he is taking his sweet time coming back. But I am tired of cold showers!

jp_2

move on!!!

sounds more like the guy is clueless, don't call him again.
unless you want more problems.


find a better person.

burnerman_2

hubby is right

the domistic hot water is normally (i say this becase if someone was really bad they may tie a line into a loop ok) on a seperate loop. cold into coil and hot out he may have installed it backwards.or the settings to low(aqustat) if you have some hot water but not enough. if u are willin to pay xtra get someone else this way they can fix it and you can be happy royboy

Anna_2

I know my husband also said it is on a separate loop, but since this has happened I noticed the psi went down (or at least I think it has) There is a metal arrow on the gauge that points to 30psi which I think may be the max but should it also be on that arrow? It is only at about 19psi. Anyway I thought because the psi is low it may not have enough pressure to get the hot water to the top floor. Does that sound ridiculous?

Tony_23

19 psi

Is plenty for the boiler side, and that's what it is indicating. Domestic hw is on the same pressure as the cold water. He probably shut a valve and it's not fully open now, if at all. Do you have hot water at any other fixtures ?

As far as the guy who screwed it up, move on and find a professional.

Anna_2

Thank you for that answer! Yes there is hot water at others bathrooms and kitchen, and there is hot water on the top floor bathroom too but for some reason the shower just isn't getting that hot since all of this started. I think I will have to call someone else.

Anna_2

Ok then we will look into that possibilty too! Thanks again for your help.

Jim Cogger_2

No heat / hot water

How many handles for the shower valve? A single lever shower body might need an adjustment to allow a hot shower, not an uncommon call come winter months. You mentioned steam in your post. Do you know whether it is steam or hot water? As mentiones, pictures of the shower body, the boiler, the baseboard and, an orginal radiator would help.
Jim

Anna_2

It is a single lever shower faucet. I have it turned all the way to the most for hot water and it gets very warm but not hot. I took a picture of an original radiator (in another room of the house), and the baseboard, I will take one of the boiler and post later on today.

Anna_2

Here are the pictures I promised

ed m

rad

your rad is not getting hot because you cant bleed it ,you probally have a venturi tee system, you need to be able to bleed that rad. if you have hot water every where else in the house there probally is some problem with the shower body like mentioned before,there are scald prevention adjustment inside the handle which probally have to be turned up. or solder or dirt stuck in the cartridge.
sorry about the spelling
good luck
ed

Anna_2

Ok I will check out the shower head cartridge for debris. Isn't there a way to bleed the whole system to get all the air out?

Jim Cogger_2

shower temp

Anna, if there is an adjustment for the domestic water temp it will be at the handle for the shower.Not at the shower head. Your radiators are "convectors" small difference I know. A bleeder vent will need to be installed to get the air out of that piece of baseboard most likly. Jim

Anna_2

Ok Thank you all for your help!

Anna_3

Ok we installed a self tapping screw on the baseboard and that corrected that problem. We tried to look at the faucet in the shower and found it does have a temp-rite valve but we cannot figure out how to adjust it? Any hints?