Flow Problems

[Deleted User]

I have an apartment building that is heated by forced circulation hot water through baseboard radiators. Boiler room floor at same level as lower apartments. Bottom apartments are always cold and upper level always hot. Super raising temperature to keep lower apartments warm while overheating top apartments. Suggestions? Answers?

ed wallace

flow problems

the boiler probably needs work not more temp and pressure

STEVE N

More info needed

From what I understood from your post we are talking about single a single zone system? To cure your problem you may have to look at zoning the floors. Depending on how it is piped it could be fairly easy or a nightmare. You could try closing dampers on the upper floor to get a longer run time, thus giving the basement more heat. Heat rises, and as Dan would say... the laws of physics always over ride the laws of economics. With more info we may be able to figure out a way to improve your problem.

good luck
Steve

Mark Eatherton1

Consider...

Using the Enerjee non electric thermostatic bypass valve. I've used them before and they work GREEAT.

http://www.snipsmag.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,3374,68384,00.html

ME

Weezbo

Nice:)

> Using the Enerjee non electric thermostatic

> bypass valve. I've used them before and they work

> GREEAT.

>

> http://www.snipsmag.com/CDA/ArticleInfo

> rmation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,3374,68384,

> 00.html

>

> ME

Weezbo

Nice:)

tls_9

Balance

Sounds like a balance problem or your circulators are not working and your flow is gravety only, the hot water rising to the top floor. Did this start all of a sudden? always been this way or slowly work to this?

tom

grindog

are there flow checks

any flow checks on the system, they could be stuck open and you are getting gravitly circulation thrue the building