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I'm all set. I too thought it was frozen but now I'm begining to wonder if heating the pipes just warmed the water and created enough expansion to push some water out... I had an air lock which I was able to overcome by increasing the system pressure from 18 to 23PSI. Thanks for the help...

I'm starting to think it's not frozen. I've applied heat all along the circuit. Today I used a 30,000 btu salamander type heater and heated the walls closest to the open valve and worked my way backwards. I had the basement up to 90. Some water would drip out occasionally. I'm thinking there...

The next week is going to be colder than it has been the last two days. I haven't been able to get it to thaw yet. I keep moving heat along the zones by the walkout wall. I've been able to get water to drip out due to the heat applied-about a gallon but I can't pinpoint what is frozen...

Thanks for the reply. The water supply will not flush the zone. It flushes the other zones but not the basement zone.

I live in Michigan, it's cold here, cold enough that my water line to my outdoor spicket froze and burst. My house has 4 zones. I have a Slant Fin Galaxy boiler I've had my walkout basement zone freeze (so I thought) in the past The basement zone valve motor went bad Upon receiving parts...