Hot Water Heat Question

Can you run a hot water heat system with the water turned off at the main for a week or 2 if you're away?
Thanks
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as long as it doesn’t leak!
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Thanks that's what I was thinking
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A closed loop system should never need water once it's established, so unless you have a terrible leak (which is a much larger issue), there is no harm in running the system with domestic water turned off. I have hundreds of systems installed out there with no connection to the domestic water at all.
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Needs to have a backflow device, turn off the supply to the boiler
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
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Most glycol systems are just a water an antifreeze system. All the ones I installed had no city water connected for make up and no glycol make up system. And I am talking systems with 6" pipe and larger.
We had emergency valve so you could fill the system with water and dilute the glycol only by intentionally attaching a hose in two places.
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