heating

My water heater breaker started tripping frequently and finding it was likely due to faulty thermostat and/or element, I replaced them all. During this I found one of the elements was destroyed! There's a hole in one section and in another it looks like, what would be, a heating coil blew...

I have 3 zones and the 2nd floor gets no heat, I bleed the lines and no water would come out. I filled the lines with a hose, still nothing. I added a Watts feed/pressure regulated and a few shark bites. There is no feeder in this furnace set up.

Hi Everyone, I have a question about central heating treatment components- filters and scale inhibitors. There's alot of brands out there offering these products - when doing a service or installing one of these, how do you know which one to use? Is there a manufacturer approved list? So for...

Hi, I have a two-pipe fully pumped S plan open vented system. When I drained it last time, I had the impression there is some sludge or dirt around it. I therefore am going to drain it again to install a magnetic filter. I was thinking of taking this chance to add a tee on the feed pipe (the...

I am adding radiators to my 2-pipe central heating (UK). The whole piping is copper 22mm and microbore, and I'm extending it with 15mm pex barrier pipe graded for central heating. I know that the first bit of pipes connected to the boiler must be copper, which is the case. However, I couldn't...

The problem: Our furnace will turn on when set and then sporatically turn off and stay off for a couple hours before turning back on. Our furnace has a safety mechanism, where if it doesn't get the gas to lite after 3 attempts, it will shut-off for 2 hours. My theory is that when we use...

Hello there, a complete noob here. I recently decided to implement Hydronic Radiant Heating in my house (NJ). I've read large portions of John Siegenthaler's book on the subject as well as consumed hundreds of hours on YouTube/internet researching. I need people that are more experienced than...

About a year ago I purchased and moved into an old two story 1989 Victorian home in Kansas and now I am in process of restoring this grand old home. Over the winter I noticed some of the heating radiators were working well but others did not seem to get hot. The gas hot water boiler in the...

Hi, I'm having problems understanding the exact configuration of the CH/HW piping in my house. In particular, I have to understand where and how to place piping for additional radiators at the upper floor. My configuration is the classical one: loft cistern, indirect cylinder on the upper...

Hello all! Amateur question: What are these? I have a boiler heating system, and these are at the front end of two of my heating water loops. It looks like a brass valve, but there's no handle. As you can see, there is a screwdriver-turned bolt. Is this correct? Or is the nuts-looking...