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Posted by AKS on October 15, 2006, 4:20 pm
Steve
I am not there to tell you what is and what isn't
but if I was you I would make sure that you
don't have any air in the system, perhaps you
can check this you self by track the line that
comes of you heating system high pressure side
and follow it see if is hot all way through,
if it isn't hot all the way it is possible that you have air
in the system that air must be vented otherwise
pump will not prime properly and you would not have
full circulation
Good luck Dido
> You need to find someone experienced with steam systems, which the
> plumber you're dealing with isn't. You might try looking at
> www.heatinghelp.com I'm sure someone there will get you pointed in
> the right direction.
>
> wrote:
>
>>We are having problems with the heating system in our house -- it is
>>not heating the house adequately and hasn't done so since we moved in!
>>This is our 3rd month in the house and the previous owners converted
>>from an old oil system to gas just before we bought the house and we
>>now have steam in the old part of the house and a hydronic/baseboard in
>>the newer part of the house, all being run by one new gas boiler with a
>>heat exchanger on it.
>>
>>We asked the plumber to come over today and have a look at it since we
>>weren't getting enough heat. He said that there was sludge that had
>>built up in the steam system from the old pipes and that it had
>>destroyed one circulator. He claimed that he couldn't guarantee the
>>circulator since he was not responsible for the pipes that were in the
>>old part of the house that he had never worked on. I told him that that
>>was not acceptable since he had told me (before I bought the house,
>>when I asked him if it made sense to do more work and upgrade the
>>system further at that time, and he said absolutely not!) that it was
>>a brand new system which he was very proud of and which he told me
>>would be more than adequate
>>for our home. When I asked if he could prevent/limit this from
>>happening again (maybe flush the lines a few times?) he said that he
>>couldn't guarantee it and that he couldn't flush the lines in a steam
>>system (I don't understand that).
>>
>>He left my house before I returned from work this evening and so I
>>didn't actually speak with him after he worked on the system today. He
>>did however mention to Jenny that we might have a more substantial
>>problem.
>>
>> Right now, we have very little heat in many of the rooms/radiators in
>>the house and it is cold and I don't know why?
>>
>>Any thoughts/comments/advice for me for when I speak with him
>>next/tomorrow?
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> 'If you can read this, you're too
> close to my car.'
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