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    Afraid to start boiler...

    I agree 12PSI should be plenty to get me up to the fourth floor. The plumber at the home center told me I'm looking for 12-16PSI. I agree the gauge is old and likely not accurate. But I'll assume this is enough pressure to start the system, and I'll listen closely for gurgles and burbs...
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    Afraid to start boiler...

    How concerned should I be about letting cold water into the heated system? I assume opening the manual feed valve while the heat is on will cause death and dismemberment. I was thinking this might be a good approach: Can't I use the heat to fill the pressure, then bleed the hot vapor, then...
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    Afraid to start boiler...

    Ok so here's the story... We are remodeling a room and needed to remove a radiator. The system has a cold water inlet (with manual override), an AMTROL FILL-TROL expansion tank (1) in basement near "American Air Purger" (2) and float type air vent (3). It feeds a...
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