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I have HW baseboard-hate the look. Years ago, I had a friend who was remodeling and had baseboard heat. He hated the appearence and the way baseboard interfered with furniture placement. House had a basement, which made piping easy. He added a zone for the 2 new rooms and I built him 4...

Thanks, CHH. I should have been more clear. The leak is from the atmospheric vent on the b.f. preventer, not the pressure relief valve on the boiler. Today the leak seems to have stopped on its own, no thanks to me.

leaking b.f. prev Tank was installed new after the leak started but I had checked the pressure anyway just to be sure. It was at 24 lbs. Thanks - will change relief valve just in case.

Have 4-zone h.w. baseboard system. Hydro-Therm furnace piped according instructions has worked fine for 15 years. Recently, the backflow prev. atmospheric vent began to discharge a small but significant amount of water. City w.p. is 60psi (regulated). Supply goes to backflow preventer > auto...