About the floor baseboard bleed valve, it will work better if the finned pipe in the radiator is not quite level with the bleed valve at the high end There may be some vertical wiggle room in the pipe runs below the floor to adjust the level.
If you don't have bleed valves on baseboard radiators then you have to use the brute force method, isolating the zones and running a continuous stream of tap water turned on high through the zones one at a time (basement drain valves needed). It may take a few minutes to be reasonably sure the water flow has become established and bubble free. Then go on to the next zone.
Steam radiator air valves might not work well for FHW systems since the latter run on higher pressure and break the valve mechanism..