Case of the cold apartment

One apartment in the tall building heated with steam was cold. The rest worked well. The apartment had four cast iron radiators, living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bath and all four were cold. The apartments next to and above this one worked.

[@toma5153]

Came here from the Heating Help newsletter. Very informative. Thank you.

[@boilerroomdetective]

Thanks I appreciate it

[@CommercialGasEngineerVideos]

This channel will get big one day once people realise it's out there.

[@boilerroomdetective]

Thank you very much

[@BigMouth380cal]

Another good one! I love your videos, please keep them coming. These should be part of the course syllabus for tech schools.

[@boilerroomdetective]

Thanks I appreciate the feedback

[@Joop5000]

Wow! Now that's one i have never run into in the nearly 40 years in the trade!

[@boilerroomdetective]

It was my first time too Never would have thought of it

[@NROhvac]

Wow what a find

[@boilerroomdetective]

Yes sir I guess seeing the temps on the thermal imaging camera helped me find it I still can't believe it was the only apartment with issues

[@vvegas9221]

Dan H's favorite line: Its usually not the boiler, go out and check the system.

[@boilerroomdetective]

Yes sir He taught me so much Thanks

[@rupe53]

Funny how old Dan is still influencing the trade. I attended one of his seminars circa 1990 and his main thrust was to think outside the box, but always go back to basics. He also stressed the importance of looking for changes made, because everything probably worked well... until something changed.

[@boilerroomdetective]

Dan and his writing helped me on so many projects

[@davidlampe4153]

Thanks Ray

[@boilerroomdetective]

You are most welcome sir I appreciate it

[@randyjardee7024]

One would think that other apartments would have the same problem. Unlikely the caulking fell out on only that one. @@boilerroomdetective

[@boilerroomdetective]

@@randyjardee7024 I know Im not sure why it happened but we checked the other apartments and they seemed fine. Just strange.

[@rupe53]

@@boilerroomdetective likely there was just the right combination of issues to add up. My guess is there's still a restriction (dirt?) in the return pipes, so only a matter of time before more work is needed. There's also the matter of longer lines to certain apartments, plus working on a timer instead of at actual call for heat on a t-stat.

[@boilerroomdetective]

@@rupe53 You are probably right I think it was just a strange phenomenon that occurred and IM sure with colder weather the problem goes away because the boiler is running more. Thanks for your insight