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Boiler problem
Nov. 18th, 2005 02:14 pmThe heat in our house went out today (I'm working from home). We have steam-heated radiators.
I got the heat going again by adding water to the boiler. It was hard to tell how much to add since the level in the tube was *above* the line. Where it has been ever since heating season started.
I had already noticed that water-level response in the tube had gotten sluggish. Now it appears to be completely cut off from the reservoir in the boiler, as a result of which my only way to know when to add water is when the heat goes out, and I fear adding too much.
Is there any way to fix this that doesn't involve trying to get a heating contractor to visit us right at the beginning of heating season, when *everyone* is discovering that their heat is broken?
I got the heat going again by adding water to the boiler. It was hard to tell how much to add since the level in the tube was *above* the line. Where it has been ever since heating season started.
I had already noticed that water-level response in the tube had gotten sluggish. Now it appears to be completely cut off from the reservoir in the boiler, as a result of which my only way to know when to add water is when the heat goes out, and I fear adding too much.
Is there any way to fix this that doesn't involve trying to get a heating contractor to visit us right at the beginning of heating season, when *everyone* is discovering that their heat is broken?
