Theres this old house im in, theres a furnace that you have to keep re filling in order to stay warm, if the water goes down you have to go down to the basement and re fill it. You cant even go anywhere or leave your home for more than a couple days in the winter because if you do the water will go down and the pipes will burst and youll come home to a dangerously ice cold home and have to call a repair man. Why did the landlord do this? they just installed a new one and its the same kind , are they cheap or something? what do they expect? you not to go anywhere during the winter and stay attendent to the heater?
2007-09-13 02:45:47 · 3 answers · asked by jr 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Most home furnaces with either circulated or gravity systems try to maintain 15 lbs pressure.This can be maintained with manual feed or an auto feed,in this case I would ask the landlord to install an auto feed valve. One thing that bothers me is if the system is full and all the radiators/baseboard have been bled of air where does the pressure go, it should maintain for a reasonable length of time. This leads me to believe theres a leak, theres a problem with the relief valve or the expansion tank. I would present this to the landlord any good boiler tech should be able to solve this problem. Worked on boilers for years in CT
2007-09-13 03:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by petethen2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like you have a boiler heat system, with radiators. I have one of those, too, in my old house. The reason that the landlord didn't get something different was because he would have had to rip out all the radiators and their pipes and then install duct work and grating. Nobody could live in the house while this was happening, and yes, it's very, very expensive. Boiler heat has its advantages. It feels warmer and cozier than either electric radiant heat or forced air (gas). There's no dust blowing around through the ducts like in a forced-air system, either. The new boiler probably will not need refilling the way the old one did. That's certainly why he bought a new one. Our boiler in our older home is only 5 years old. We don't have to refill it. If your new boiler needs constant refilling, there is a leak somewhere in the pipes or radiators -- you can ask your landlord to help you find it so he can fix it and then you won't have these problems any more.
2016-05-18 05:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you have a hot water heating system, why isnt there a automatic fill on it, if your in the usa, thats code, if your renting , i would move,
2007-09-13 03:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋