I have a hot water heating system question I hope someone here can help with. I recently purchased a home. The primary heat is oil hot water, but there is also a wood stove connected in to the hot water system. The system does work, and either the furnace or the stove can be used to heat the house.
The problem is this: When the valves are open connecting the wood stove to the system; the 2nd floor heat registers barely get warm. I tried bleeding the 2nd floor registers, but there was no improvement.
I examined the pumping between the furnace, and wood stove and I believe I know why this is happening. It seems to me that the plumping is not routed correctly, and the wood stove is basically in parallel with house heat registers. This is greatly reducing the pressure, and very little water is making it up to the 2nd floor.
I uploaded a basic drawling of the heating system (I can't really call it a diagram lol). Is system like this typically routed in this way? Why wouldn't the wood stove be connected in series? (furnace >> hot water system >> wood stove) I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.
Shen
The problem is this: When the valves are open connecting the wood stove to the system; the 2nd floor heat registers barely get warm. I tried bleeding the 2nd floor registers, but there was no improvement.
I examined the pumping between the furnace, and wood stove and I believe I know why this is happening. It seems to me that the plumping is not routed correctly, and the wood stove is basically in parallel with house heat registers. This is greatly reducing the pressure, and very little water is making it up to the 2nd floor.
I uploaded a basic drawling of the heating system (I can't really call it a diagram lol). Is system like this typically routed in this way? Why wouldn't the wood stove be connected in series? (furnace >> hot water system >> wood stove) I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.
Shen