tkyanks
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Hi, new member here. Appreciate any help I can get. We have lived for 15 years in an old house with cast iron radiators. The previous owners added an extension several years prior and it's heated with baseboard heating. We've always had to occasionally add some water to the system but that's never been a big deal.
This year our boiler has had some air locks which has caused it to generate tremendous noise and it sounds like it may burst pipes. I've drained air out of the system but it's happening too frequently.
We had two projects done by the extension this spring and I'm afraid something in the heating system has been damaged and I'm looking to see how leaks in a baseboard system can be located.
The first project was spray foam insulation put in the crawlspace under the extension. The pipes for the baseboard system go into and return from this crawlspace. The second project was a new vinyl floor put in the extension. That was in the den on the first floor but it was also close to the pipes.
Is there some sort of pressure test that can be used to see where a leak could be occurring. I look in the crawlspace but I don't see any signs of water. Apologize for this long post and appreciate any help someone could provide
This year our boiler has had some air locks which has caused it to generate tremendous noise and it sounds like it may burst pipes. I've drained air out of the system but it's happening too frequently.
We had two projects done by the extension this spring and I'm afraid something in the heating system has been damaged and I'm looking to see how leaks in a baseboard system can be located.
The first project was spray foam insulation put in the crawlspace under the extension. The pipes for the baseboard system go into and return from this crawlspace. The second project was a new vinyl floor put in the extension. That was in the den on the first floor but it was also close to the pipes.
Is there some sort of pressure test that can be used to see where a leak could be occurring. I look in the crawlspace but I don't see any signs of water. Apologize for this long post and appreciate any help someone could provide