If you have a boiler (for a hot water or steam heating system), the heat will be distributed throughout your home via pipes and radiators. When they are all working properly, you probably don’t give your radiators a second thought. But, when you hear noises, or when the radiators don’t heat up evenly, you can sometimes do some simple maintenance to improve the functioning of your system.

First, you need to determine just what kind of heating system you have, steam or hot water. (If you have steam heat, you’ll usually see a sight glass on the side of your boiler showing the water level.) Here are some common boiler system problems and how they are corrected: (Read more….)