No heat second floor

Ben1977whyme

Old row house give to me by grandparents oil furnace basement whole house use this heating radiators upstairs and down stairs all radiators where bleed heat first level and basement no heat second floor any suggestions

EBEBRATT-Ed

You say oil furnace but then mention bleeding I assume you have a HW boiler. Go down to the boiler and look for a pressure gauge. They are usually a combination temperature /pressure gauge.

I would suspect you don't have enough water pressure in the system.

You need 12-15psi. If the automatic fill valve (pressure reducing valve ) is defective you can fill the system from an outside faucet or from the washing machine connection with a garden hose. Connect to the water supply and to the boiler drain valve and feed water into the boiler . Stop at 15 psi.

HVACNUT

Post pics..

EdTheHeaterMan

Depending on the age of the boiler, your pressure / temperature gauge may be square (older) or it may be round. The pressure will most likely have a marking at 30 PSI that may indicate DANGER. All that means is the relief valve will squirt water out if the pressure gets that high.  So don't add more water than you need.  

Now you will need to know the pressure on the gauge. If it is below 12 PSI, (sometimes it has feet on the gauge also, so you want about 30 feet or around 12 - 13 PSI). If the needle is below 12 PSI then you need to find the water feed valve to put more water pressure in the boiler. A picture of the boiler from about 10 feet back will help us find the valve for you.

Once you get the water pressure up to 12, then you can let more air out of the top floor radiators. As you let more air out, the pressure will drop at the gauge. I find if you have 2 people doing the job, one to let the air out and one to watch the gauge and add water as the gauge pressure drops, the job goes much faster.

If you still have questions please post a photo of your boiler (it’s not a furnace)

Steamhead

@Ben1977whyme , where are you located? We might know someone who can help……………