Aquastat replaced....now how to balance system

Ken_13

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I am attaching 2 pictures, one of the system (heater & pipes) and another focusing on the pipes above the heater.

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken

Ken_13

Now that the hot water is circulatingm how do I.......

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I am attaching 2 pictures, one of the system (heater & pipes) and another focusing on the pipes above the heater.

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken

Ken_13

Now that the hot water is circulatingm how do I.......

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I am attaching 2 pictures, one of the system (heater & pipes) and another focusing on the pipes above the heater.

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken

Ken_13

Now that the hot water is circulating how do I.......

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I am attaching 2 pictures, one of the system (heater & pipes) and another focusing on the pipes above the heater.

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken

Ken_13

Now that the hot water is circulating how do I.......

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I had trouble attaching photos so put them on my website:
http://www.geocities.com/irishkenj/heating.html

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken

Ken_13

Now that the hot water is circulating how do I.......

balance the heat in the house?

Thanks to all who helped with my aquastat inquiry.

Now that the water is flowing again I want to tackle the problem of "heat distribution". I have a number of rooms on one side of the house that are nice & warm, and on the other side much cooler, upstairs & down and I'm betting its bacause of the setup. Any ideas you have to improve the setup will be appreciated.

I had trouble attaching photos so put them on my website:
http://www.geocities.com/irishkenj/heating.html

Here's the deal:
I have 1.5" copper coming out of the oil burner which then T's to 2" galvanized pipe on both the feed & the return.

If you look at the feed where it T's, the pipe going to the right feeds 3 radiators and 2 short sections of baseboard. The pipe to the left feeds 9 radiators. Out of whack already?

Now the end of the feed to the left gets the radiator in the kitchen, a "cooler" one which then connects to the return. And the furthest pipe on the return to the left is the coolest in the house, upstairs in a bedroom.

I should also mention that the house is 140+ years old and has 3 additions. AND, I'd be willing to bet that the family in here before me (for almost 100 years) did all the piping work themselves.

Without elaborating further, is there anything "simple" that will help rectify the situation. The guy that was in yesterday told my wife tha the thought we had a "big" system but I don't knw oif he meant becasue of pipe size, house size or some other size........

Thanks in advance.......Ken