I just bought a house and it has steam radiators heated by natural gas. Is there anything specific I have to do to turn on my heat.
It's been a while since I've worked on residential steam / hot water heat, but back in the day we used to convert steam systems to hot water all the time. It may take some minor modifications to include air bleeders / separators. As I think about it, if the radiators don't have ports near the top, it could be a problem to use the existing radiators......gotta have a way to get the air out. If bleeders can be installed, and it is a two pipe system, allowing for a hot water supply and a return back to the pump, then any other mods will occur in the basement, and should be no big deal. Get ready for some gurgling sounds on the new system, as it'll take a little while to get all the air out, which will quiet the system down. Hope this helps
I assume that you have a small boiler. If so, it may have been converted from steam to hot water. That is not a problem, but there is a difference. Go look at your boiler (furnace) look at the water pipe coming in (will come from your water supply system) and then look at your pipes going out to the radiators. If there is a pump with electric motor, you have hot water. Once the furnace is lit, it will take a little while for the water or steam to get hot. If you radiators get hot, you don't have too much to worry about it. If some radiators get hot and some stay cold, you might have to dig a little deeper.
