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Terrorized by a bad bleeder (baseboard radiation)

weedhopper
Member Posts: 59
in Oil Heating
So with the new boiler installed on Monday I helped the guys run the house and bleed the radiators. Today I found a cold unused bedroom that needed a little more bleeding so I got my trusty screwdriver, the bleeders have screw heads, not a key. Successfully bled the air out and turning the screw would not stop the flow. I was able to turn the screw tight enough to stop the flow. I don't dare open it again and don't need to. I attached a warning note to the wall inside the radiation.
So in an emergency is there a way or trick to stop the water flow? It's a first floor bedroom so the idea of draining the system "a little" is out.
So in an emergency is there a way or trick to stop the water flow? It's a first floor bedroom so the idea of draining the system "a little" is out.
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When your bleeding turning the screw CCW is supposed to open the bleeder to let water and air out. CW should shut it off. I don't see the issue0
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Clockwise to turn off would not stop the flow. Jamming it shut as hard as I could, did. It's abnormally tight and the cheap screw slots wear open.0
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Had same problem on Monday. Gets to the point where you got to suck it up and just replace them0
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Some contractors include new air vents with a boiler change out for this very reason.0
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BDR529 said:
Some contractors include new air vents with a boiler change out for this very reason.
100% correct! Any monoflow boiler replacement you get new vents. Remember the little dutch boy? Or ever been the little dutch boy?1 -
BDR529 said:
Some contractors include new air vents with a boiler change out for this very reason.
100% correct! Any monoflow boiler replacement you get new vents. Remember the little dutch boy? Or ever been the little dutch boy?1 -
Rita Mae Brown sums it up with this quote.
Good Judgement comes from Experience... Experience comes from Bad Judgement.
I wonder if @weedhopper will include new air vents on the next job? (or at least an option for them)Edward F Young. Retired HVAC ContractorSpecialized in Residential Oil Burner and Hydronics0 -
No. I was the homeowner. I actually thought about changing the vents when the system was empty. They were fine when I bled the system in the past.
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