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Posted by AKS on October 16, 2006, 4:06 pm
"Sorry" I have assumed that it was hot water system
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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