We’ve had a few issues with the heating system over the years…the largest being a complete new system being needed, but the other thing that happens is that parts wear out and we need them replaced.
Years ago there was one instance where we couldn’t figure out why we weren’t getting heat upstairs sometimes but downstairs was fine. Turns out that the valve supplying the hot water upstairs was stuck open and it would only deliver hot water upstairs whenever the downstairs called for heat.
Back in 2020 we had a similar thing happen and we found a hydronic heating guy in Orleans to come and check it out. I wasn’t around but Vero made it sound like he said something like “This was a pretty small job. You’re lucky I came out for it.” or something to that effect. Vero can’t remember the exact words but it got me thinking that maybe I should try my hand at fixing things with the heating system again.
Now…I tried my hand at this for many years before and I really messed up big time at one point and I decided it wasn’t worth it. We’re talking ‘pressure build up in the boiler and the pressure release valve blowing and water going everywhere in the storage room’ kind of issue.
This week the heating has been sporadic upstairs and it’s either the motor going on the valve or as before, the teeth in the gear wear down and the gears skip which sometimes makes it impossible to open up the valve.
But now, armed with the knowledge that the previous heating specialist hinted that this was a pretty easy job, we did some searching on YouTube and it sure looks like it’s easy to replace the motorized valve. I ordered on from British Columbia so here’s to hoping I don’t update this blog in a week’s time saying we broke something!