Radiator's not bleeding water

nivedx

We've just turned our system on and wanted to bleed the air out of the units all of our 1st story units bleed air then water, on the 2nd story the units bleed a little air but no water no matter how many times we bleed the units and they only heat up about half way up the radiator. Also the PSI is at 5 which seems low but I don't know much about radiant heat.

As far as I know it's an HB Smith g210-s-4c0n
I've attached some images of the boiler system

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STEVEusaPA

First of all, you can add the photos into your post.
I always use my reliable stand alone gauge to make sure the boiler gauge is correct, many times they are not.
You'll need to get the pressure up by adding more water to the system. I'd get it up to 20 psi. Let one person bleed and the other person stay at the boiler and keep the pressure up. Your boiler feed appears to have a fast fill.
When your done, drain some water from the boiler to get it down to 12 psi cold.

nivedx

What do you mean stay at the boiler to keep the pressure up? What does the person at the boiler have to do?

STEVEusaPA

Just make sure the pressure stays up at 20 until you're done bleeding. If you get on the second floor, start bleeding, and your pressure drops down below 12-15, you'll be introducing air back into the system.
Sometimes the auto fill can't keep up, which is when you would lift the fast fill lever.
Keep in mind sometimes when the fill adds water to the boiler, it doesn't seat properly and may continue to fill, then over fill the boiler.
It's the fill pressure (static pressure) that lifts the water to the top of the system. The circulator just moves it around.
Important, make sure the system is off when filling/bleeding. No circulator(s) running.

JohnNY

nivedx

thanks for the help guys was able to get the pressure up and bleed out the radiators upstairs

STEVEusaPA

Don’t forget to check the pressure once in a while.

nivedx

I brought it back down to around 12psi (system was cold) what range should I be looking for while it's hot?

STEVEusaPA

If your expansion tank is properly sized and working, it shouldn’t drift up much more than 15 psi.
If it goes up much higher, that would indicate other issues.