Obviously I had to drain the water. Now that it is done the pipes will not refill and I have I no heat or hot water.
2007-12-14 16:03:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You have to bleed the air out of the lines. Make sure your furnace breaker is on. Make sure the pilot light on the furnace is lit.
2007-12-14 16:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by kdean 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
any luck thus far?
there should be a quick fill valve, that is a supply line the feeds the boiler system and an isolation valve.. or if there is an auto fill valve.. a pressure reducing valve there will be a metal handle to pull up.. this should allow the water too flow in... if this isn't working... sounds like it is stuck.... you may have too replace this.. possibly just wiggling and tapping with hammer could get it too function again...
also, you will have to vent the system at each base board, there should be a coin vent at each baseboard...
of course NEVER fire the boiler off untill your system is full of water.... you can possibly turn the pump to manual and get it circulting once the system is full and work most the air out, but you will find that it will take a day or two to fully remove from system after the boiler is running, thus the need to have your pressure regulator valve supplying water too the system, about 12 pounds is about right... there should be a pressure relieve valve set at 30 psi (been awhile) any way,
get your supply valve to feed water by taping or jiggling the manual fill lever... this will allow water too flow into system faster then normal, get it too stabalize at 12 psi, turn on pump and let it circulate, fire boiler and warm up and watch temp. and pressure...
good luck... also try,
heatinghelp.com the "Wall" for future questions... good hydronic section that is great for dyi and professionals..
2007-12-15 03:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by Maken trax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attach a small hose to the boiler drain and hold in a 5 gallon bucket , Fill the system and close the boiler drain when air bubbles stop. Your automatic bleeders may be blocked by the flux from soldering so replace it also. If you installed everything correctly this should bleed the system.
2007-12-15 07:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by lenzix5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well Doug,one of two things are happening. 1.your watervalve is stuck or 2.if you added a water reduceing valve,it might have been installed backwards.the reducer has an arrow on it to let you know the direction that the water should flow.check both of those items.
2007-12-15 00:16:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋