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3 OF 7 NOT HOT

COOPER
COOPER Member Posts: 1
in THE MAIN WALL
HELP !!! 3 OF MY HOT WATER RADS ARE NOT GETTING HOT. TRY TO BLEED THEM AND COLD WATER COMES OUT. WARM WATER OUT OF ONE. THERE IS PRESSURE AND WATER GETTING TO ALL OF THEM, BUT THESE FEW ARE NOT HOT -- AND THE LEAD PIPING TO THEM ISNT EITHER.

IS IT POSSIBLE THERES AN AIRLOCK IN THE PIPING?
ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THANKS, COOPER

Comments

  • Chuckles_2
    Chuckles_2 Member Posts: 52


    I think it is possible that your CapsLock key is stuck.
  • Dale
    Dale Member Posts: 1,317
    Water pressure

    When I see this and it's often unless there is a bad zone valve or pump the problem is water pressure. Go down the basement and make sure the gauge is at least 12# cold, put in water to 14# to make sure the gauge works.
  • jim sokolovic
    jim sokolovic Member Posts: 439
    Sounds more like...

    a flow problem than pressure - he's got water at all the radiators. Are the cold rads on a different zone? Or some could be getting heat just from gravity flow, if a pump or zone valve is no good. Be careful not to add cold fill water to a hot boiler that could be way low on water, if it is pressure (let it cool)!
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