We've just bought a 50-year old home with baseboard hot water heating. I know how to bleed pipes and radiators to release air blocks, but I can't find any bleeder valves in the "usual" places at either end of the copper pipes. :rolleyes: Sounds silly, I know... Would they be located...

When I was a kid, every fall we would bleed the radiators to get the air out of the system. It stopped the pipes from banging AND made the system work more efficiently. Now I have baseboard hot water heat and suffer the banging pipes. Our heating contractor says he can flush the system with a...

I have a gas fired hot water boiler system. When the circulation pump comes on I can hear the water running through the pipes. I sounds like there is a lot of air in the lines. I have tried to blead out the air at the reqeristers but nothing comes out . When I have done this before at least water...

Hi, I have a hot water baseboard heating system and I hear a ridiculous amount of "dings" during the night. It's not the occasional "ding" but constant dings through out the night. I am thinking that there is too much air in the pipes, but not sure how to go about releasing it. How can I do...

I have hot water baseray baseboards and recently noticed a drip from the "bleed" valve at the end of the baseboard. Upon further inspection, it appears there is a crack in the twist off "bleed" valve. I stopped the leak for now but need to replace it. Does anyone have an idea where I could look...