gluteusmaximus
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New member here...thanks for this forum. Long post incoming...
We have a 3 story rental property that has a commercial steam boiler and radiators in every unit.
We recently had a complaint that the room is not heating on the third floor and the room beneath it is super hot. The feed pipe from the second floor to the third floor is hot but once it reaches the third floor radiator valve the radiator itself is cold.
We have had multiple service calls from a large local HVAC company that only addressed boiler. First time, they kept the psi too low (the techs were residential and didn’t know ours was commercial) and it wS low water pressure shutting it off. Then we had a leaking trap on the second floor (not room under cold radiator) which was replaced. This radiator was completely shut off for 2 weeks since it was leaking. They identified the room under the cold radiator room had no trap and the third floor was double trapped?
We do have the thermostat on the first floor of this home set at 70. My theory (one of them) is this thermostat reaches its temperature and doesn’t allow the steam to adequately reach the third floor.
I just don’t know why no one has addressed the radiators themselves...I’m no HVAC pro but was curious what could be my problem. Thanks for any input!
Some details:
- 1910 home
- We took ownership this past July so don’t know maintenance history
- We moved said radiator earlier this year to the other side of the room so we can do renovations
We have a 3 story rental property that has a commercial steam boiler and radiators in every unit.
We recently had a complaint that the room is not heating on the third floor and the room beneath it is super hot. The feed pipe from the second floor to the third floor is hot but once it reaches the third floor radiator valve the radiator itself is cold.
We have had multiple service calls from a large local HVAC company that only addressed boiler. First time, they kept the psi too low (the techs were residential and didn’t know ours was commercial) and it wS low water pressure shutting it off. Then we had a leaking trap on the second floor (not room under cold radiator) which was replaced. This radiator was completely shut off for 2 weeks since it was leaking. They identified the room under the cold radiator room had no trap and the third floor was double trapped?
We do have the thermostat on the first floor of this home set at 70. My theory (one of them) is this thermostat reaches its temperature and doesn’t allow the steam to adequately reach the third floor.
I just don’t know why no one has addressed the radiators themselves...I’m no HVAC pro but was curious what could be my problem. Thanks for any input!
Some details:
- 1910 home
- We took ownership this past July so don’t know maintenance history
- We moved said radiator earlier this year to the other side of the room so we can do renovations