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Baseboards barely warm

Alexrush
Alexrush Member Posts: 5
in Gas Heating

Hey everyone,

So it’s our first winter at a new to us house. Thermostat is set to 71F and wife is complaining that it is cold in the house. I touched all the baseboards and they were indeed luke warm. Now downstairs I checked the water heater, and the radiator temp is set to 180F and the tap is set to 120F. However, the gauge out of the water heater is only showing around 115. The radiators do not have valves upstairs to purge air. What else should I be looking at to make sure it is working properly. Some pictures attached.

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  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 1,589

    Hello Alexrush,

    I could be way wrong here, but if that is a Intergas SuperFlow I think that appliance is for heating Domestic Hot Water (sink, shower, laundry, etc.), it is not a boiler intended for heating water for a Baseboard heating system.

    https://theintergasshop.co.uk/

    National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
    Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
    One Pipe System
    Mad Dog_2
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 7,506

    They still allow PVC to vent ? Neat installation..Mad Dog

    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • psb75
    psb75 Member Posts: 900

    This is a condensing on-demand gas water heater. Here is the confusing first line from their promotional literature: "Superflow combines all the advantages of a condensing boiler and cylinder in one compact wall-hung unit. " Like 109A_5 implies, this is NOT the right unit for your purposes of heating and domestic hot water.

  • hilltown
    hilltown Member Posts: 28

    I would say it it is a combi boiler, it appears to have tappings for CH HEAT and DHW piping. If this is a in the moment picture it just doesn’t appear that the thermostat is calling for heat. No red light on the taco switching relay

  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,727

    The first thing to check is not whether the baseboards are warm, but is the thermostat calling for heat? And if it isn't, and someone feels cold, what happens if you turn up the thermostat?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    ethicalpaul
  • Alexrush
    Alexrush Member Posts: 5
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1821933#Comment_1821933

    probably not, but this was a flipper home so go figure

  • Alexrush
    Alexrush Member Posts: 5

    At that moment, the thermostat was up to temp. But I can take another photo when it’s getting asking for heat.

  • Alexrush
    Alexrush Member Posts: 5

    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1821942#Comment_1821942

    when it’s calling for heat, they get barely warm.

  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 1,589

    Verify the appliance, please post the actual Make and Model and Model numbers. If it is only for DHW, which I suspect it may be, it will never do what you think it should. Unless you live in a very mild climate.

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    National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
    Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
    One Pipe System
  • Alexrush
    Alexrush Member Posts: 5
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1822407#Comment_1822407

    it’s a combi boiler, with max temp for space heating being 194F.

  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 1,589
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824535#Comment_1824535

    From what I can see in the picture "RFLOW" that is not true. The SUPERFLOW is just a DHW heater as far as I can tell. Also as far as I can tell, none of the other INTERGAS model names for actual Combi boilers are even close to "RFLOW".

    Actual Make and Model and Model numbers please.

    National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
    Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
    One Pipe System

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