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Upstairs Radiator chirping every 1-2 minutes aaronboock 02-23-2008
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Posted by on February 23, 2008, 6:50 am
I recently was without heat, my inspection (very amateur) of the
boiler led me to believe we had a frozen water paper somewhere.

My house has two zones, upstairs and downstairs. Both set to auto,
once I set to manual the heat began working and appears to still be
working.

However, the radiator upstairs has been chirping. It has been about
12 hours since I set to manual. I did promptly set back to auto
seconds after setting to manual and hearing what sounded like hot
water pumped out from the boiler.

Is this something I need to worry about? I have tried bleeding this
radiator and there was a bit of air, but not alot. Do I need to let
it bleed for a long time?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Aaron

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Posted by RBM on February 23, 2008, 9:06 am

>I recently was without heat, my inspection (very amateur) of the
> boiler led me to believe we had a frozen water paper somewhere.
>
> My house has two zones, upstairs and downstairs. Both set to auto,
> once I set to manual the heat began working and appears to still be
> working.
>
> However, the radiator upstairs has been chirping. It has been about
> 12 hours since I set to manual. I did promptly set back to auto
> seconds after setting to manual and hearing what sounded like hot
> water pumped out from the boiler.
>
> Is this something I need to worry about? I have tried bleeding this
> radiator and there was a bit of air, but not alot. Do I need to let
> it bleed for a long time?
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron

Bleed it until there is no more air



Posted by Bob M. on February 23, 2008, 9:59 am

> Is this something I need to worry about? I have tried bleeding this
> radiator and there was a bit of air, but not alot. Do I need to let
> it bleed for a long time?

Call a heating co. and have them install an automatic bleeder. No more
worries.


Posted by mm on February 23, 2008, 4:18 pm
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:50:05 -0800 (PST), aaronboock@gmail.com wrote:

>I recently was without heat, my inspection (very amateur) of the
>boiler led me to believe we had a frozen water paper somewhere.

WAs it that cold in the house? It takes a long time for the pipes and
the water in the pipes to get below 32.

Even if it froze, as long as it didn't crack any water pipes, that's
not a problem, afaik.
>
>My house has two zones, upstairs and downstairs. Both set to auto,
>once I set to manual the heat began working and appears to still be
>working.

Interesting. I don't have hot water heat, but for some reason it
takes 2 or 3 minutes for my oil/forced air furnace to turn on, after I
turn it on. I don't know what it's doing during that time.

But if the upstairs was cold, the heat should have gone on eventually
on automatic.

>However, the radiator upstairs has been chirping.

An electronic radiator? :)

We're talking about hot water heat, right. I had that for 2 years and
it never made any noise. When the radiators needed bleeding, they
were cold but quiet. I guess maybe -- I forget -- there was a bit of
pounding when bleeding the air let water in quickly.

> It has been about
>12 hours since I set to manual. I did promptly set back to auto
>seconds after setting to manual and hearing what sounded like hot
>water pumped out from the boiler.

Why did you not want to hear hot water pumped out from the boiler?
BTW, and here I could be wrong, is it called a boiler if it is a "hot
water" system? I thought boilers made steam, but of course
nomenclature is not always perfectly logical.
>
>Is this something I need to worry about? I have tried bleeding this
>radiator and there was a bit of air, but not alot. Do I need to let
>it bleed for a long time?

Until the water comes out. I suppose you could wait a day and try
bleeding it some more, but bleeding is not the goal. A hot radiator is
the goal. Feel the radiator and see if it is hot, or at least warm,
all the way to to the top. Has the room warmed up? I guess that is
the ultimate goal.
>
>Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Aaron


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