I have hot water heat; 9 radiators in a one story house. The house is 70 years plus, we've lived there for 26. 8 radiators are working fine, very hot. 1 is cold. It doesn't have a TRV, just a normal valve. There wasn't any air trapped, you get a steady stream of water when I bled it. There is another rad in the room, that had air in it but now it's working fine.
Spoke with my heating man, he thinks its a blockage of some kind, not attributed to anything mechanical since I'm getting heat in all my other rads. He thought that there might not be enough pressure to get heat to that radiator, but the pressure on the boiler is in a normal range.
I thought if I let water keep flowing from the bleed valve, maybe it would clear any blockage. I felt a small amount of heat by the main valve but stopped there. Could that valve be the problem? Does the rad need to be removed and flushed out?
Thankfully, we have heat, especially during this cold snap in NY. Just need to have a little guidance, step by step. Thanks, Joe
Spoke with my heating man, he thinks its a blockage of some kind, not attributed to anything mechanical since I'm getting heat in all my other rads. He thought that there might not be enough pressure to get heat to that radiator, but the pressure on the boiler is in a normal range.
I thought if I let water keep flowing from the bleed valve, maybe it would clear any blockage. I felt a small amount of heat by the main valve but stopped there. Could that valve be the problem? Does the rad need to be removed and flushed out?
Thankfully, we have heat, especially during this cold snap in NY. Just need to have a little guidance, step by step. Thanks, Joe
