can you ELI5 the physics of bleeding radiators on an apartment building? - eviltoast

I live on the 14th floor of a 30 story apartment building and so far, I’ve been bleeding my radiators myself.

This usually worked and after bleeding I had a fully functioning radiator, 100% filled with water.

However, last time I tried bleeding, it would only fill up to 25% of its volume, it’s like there’s no pressure in the circuit.

Am I doing something wrong?

  • bluGill@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Older systems have been known to use the radiators as the expansion tank. this would not meet modern code but plenty of old systems exist.