This is my first winter in an old house with hot water heat. The heating unit does not look as old as the house, or as old as the newest addition (50+ yrs old), and the old radiators have been replaced with baseboard heaters. Unfortunately, the upstairs heaters are so much warmer than the downstairs heaters. Is there a valve to control the amount of heat to the different heaters like there are on hot air ducts? I also noticed that my thermostat has to be set about 4 degrees higher than the temperature I desire. I have limited knowledge of this kind of thing, but also have a limited income. Did I mention the basement floor is half dirt? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
2006-11-17 08:52:47 · 6 answers · asked by KB4K 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You may well have a gravity feed boiler and that is why the 2nd flr. registers get hotter. If there is not a circulator pump on the system it would explain the problem. If your system still had radiators it would balance itself, but baseboard units dont act the same. Heat rises naturally and that would explain the diff between the 2nd flr. temp and the 1st flr temp. If there is no circulator pump, then have one installed. Your boiler is wasting a lot of energy without it.
2006-11-17 10:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by bob j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
examine inclusive of your residence affiliation, it would look which you have a drain which you may use. only open the valve on the backside of the water heater and the water will run into the pan, and down the drain. verify that's what the drain is for. If that's no longer a possibility, get a stable high quality hose (or 2) and hook them to the valve and run the water out the window. verify to run it onto an area removed from the commencing place, and removed from residing house windows. that's rather useful to coach OFF the water heater for some hours earlier you are trying this, so as which you're actually not working 'scalding' water by way of your hose and into the backyard.
2016-10-15 16:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by mickelson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a very gopod chance that you have and "air build up" in the new baseboard heaters. There should be a "bleeder valve" somewhere near the baseboard units... sometimes hidden in the end caps. If you find them, take off the small valve cap (like the kind on a bike tire only metal) and depress down on the little nipple with a pen or your finger. Air will come out first and then when water comes out, let go. This should fix it.
2006-11-17 09:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Norm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you do have air in the 1st floor base boards. Bleed it from the end caps. You say you have to set your thermostart 4 degrees higher...thats beause of a few things...one, the thermostart may not be balanced, which you would need a tech to fix it. The thermostart may allso be on a fake wall, meaning like a chimmney wall, or an outside wall. If so, remove thermostart to an interrior wall. Good luck !
2006-11-20 21:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by speeding04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our house has these but I have never noticed a valve that you can change. Ours also vary in temperature from room to room. I would bet that it has to do with the distribution of the water.
One other suggestion is to look at your hot water heater...maybe an adjustment can be made there.
I lived in the house 20+ years with ours and have never adjusted it.
2006-11-17 09:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by ÐIESEŁ ÐUB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually each heater has own regulating valve. Look closely sometime there is only stem visible and wheel is missing.
2006-11-17 09:11:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋