nelaco
Jan 17, 2009, 08:57 AM
Hello, I've been trying to figure out how to bleed one of my heating zones. I think it has air because I've been hearing a gurgling noise for the last two weeks. It is just one or twice a day. I've been in this house for 3.5 years and I never bled the system. It's been serviced by the oil company once a year but when I called them about this they said they don't do this part. The furnace is about 12 years old.
I don't see any valves on the baseboards themselves. I read instructions here but I thought I would post some pictures for someone to tell me which valve is which.
The top, blue valve on the right is the shut-off for the main water pipe coming into the boiler, along with the one right below it. Not sure what the blue one at the bottom is for. All 3 blue ones have some kind of bleeding round knobs and I am not sure what they are for either. There are also 4 black ones that go to all the baseboards and I assume receive the hot water from the boiler. They all feel hot. They all have knobs underneath pointing down. Don't know what these are for. All 4 have hose attachments.
This system has 3 Zones as shown in the picture and the valves have "auto" and "open" on them.
The boiler pressure is at 20psi right now.
The expansion tank as you can see has the valve to pump more pressure into it.
Below this tank, on top of the boiler, there is a pipe that goes into it and has some kind of relief valve. I don't know what this is for either.
I assume the device by the blue valves is to relief pressure? (shaped like a bell).
I drained a bit of water from one of the black valves to make sure it was water and not antifreeze.
I am not sure what other info I can give you. I would appreciate if you can tell me how to bleed this specific system, or if you think I should just call a plumber. Please let me know if you need more pictures. Thank you in advance for your help.
Nelson
I don't see any valves on the baseboards themselves. I read instructions here but I thought I would post some pictures for someone to tell me which valve is which.
The top, blue valve on the right is the shut-off for the main water pipe coming into the boiler, along with the one right below it. Not sure what the blue one at the bottom is for. All 3 blue ones have some kind of bleeding round knobs and I am not sure what they are for either. There are also 4 black ones that go to all the baseboards and I assume receive the hot water from the boiler. They all feel hot. They all have knobs underneath pointing down. Don't know what these are for. All 4 have hose attachments.
This system has 3 Zones as shown in the picture and the valves have "auto" and "open" on them.
The boiler pressure is at 20psi right now.
The expansion tank as you can see has the valve to pump more pressure into it.
Below this tank, on top of the boiler, there is a pipe that goes into it and has some kind of relief valve. I don't know what this is for either.
I assume the device by the blue valves is to relief pressure? (shaped like a bell).
I drained a bit of water from one of the black valves to make sure it was water and not antifreeze.
I am not sure what other info I can give you. I would appreciate if you can tell me how to bleed this specific system, or if you think I should just call a plumber. Please let me know if you need more pictures. Thank you in advance for your help.
Nelson