I have about 12 psi on syatem with 3 zoine valaves followed by a shutoff valve and bleed - what do I do? I tried opeining the blleed and get lots of hot water
2007-01-01 01:37:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Certainly any valves at connections is a valid choice, but I offer this as well. Somewhere that water is "heated" to run the course through the base moldings. I'd go to the lowest point of the lines, IE: Water heater, and bleed from there.
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2007-01-01 01:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The circulation of the water is supposed to transport the bubbles to an automatic bleed valve, which is mounted on an air separator. The bleed valve has a float that hangs down into the air separator. When it get low, that opens a needle valve and lets some air out. If you have high mineral content in your water, some of that may have clogged the valve. If so, it needs to be replaced.
If this description doesn't match your setup, then in the generic sense, you need a way to get the bubbles to the bleed valve.
2007-01-01 09:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by Neebler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need a circulation pump. a [clean]fifty gallon garbage can,and you may need glycall[antifreeze] fill the 50 gallon bucket up half way up with watter ,on the bottom of the boiler there is a watter valve that you hook a garden hose up to,[ this is where the circulation pump comes in ]hook the pump up so it is going to feed water from the can through the pump and in to the boiler through the watter valve.above on the manifold there is another place where you can hook up a garden hose this will go back into the garbage can. shut off all of the zone valves accept the one that has air in it {girgaling} open the bottom and top watter valves turn on the pump and the system should let all the bubbles out into the can and only suck up pure watter let this continue until you dont see any air bubbles being sent back into the can. shut off the top watter valve first then quickly shut the bottom and turn the pump off. that should do it.
2007-01-05 00:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by Big C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to hire a heating guy to do this right, sorry, there's a way to do it but it's not easy and by you letting water out you're making it worse. They will shut the system down, let all the water drain to the bottom, then go area by area to clean the air out. It's complicated to get it done right. :)
2007-01-01 09:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look for bleeder valves at the ends of the registers.
2007-01-01 09:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by bob j 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋