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    can't stop the heat

    Here's my reply to everyones' helpful comments. I found our house records from the plumber. He said that he connected the heat from this new addition to the existing feed and return and to a thermostat, basically on the other side of the 1st floor. We got new flow valves before we knew this...
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    can't stop the heat

    did the photos upload?
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    can't stop the heat

    I think I did. If doesn't show later, will try again. Thanks.
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    can't stop the heat

    I didn't really know what to shoot. The last one is of the 'bad' zone. As you can see, the returns are off. So now we don't have heat at al in those zone. We had a plumber do the original piping. The HVAC folks said it was piped incorrectly and redid the connection from boiler to our water...
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    can't stop the heat

    hmm. this sounds pretty good. We have shut off the zones where the heat won't go off and now we don't have heat there. I passed on your thoughts about the controller to the guys working on the system. They have already replaced all the flow values, put in a new circulation pump. I don't...
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    can't stop the heat

    Ok. Thanks. Yes, we're checking that out.
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    can't stop the heat

    Right. No way to know since we can't get under house. As noted above, when I turn on thermostat in one room (zone), heat goes on in other zones. and does not go off. Our HVAC guy wants to start all over but lots of $.
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    can't stop the heat

    There isn't any crawl space. We had some renovation done and I found the plumber's note. He said that he connected the new pipes for the heat to the main return. He noted that he didn't have experience with these kind of radiators ( two pipes come up from flow- and radiators in between). It...
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    can't stop the heat

    Hello, I am new to this group. I have a problem with the heat in my house and cannot turn it off. I have 5 zones. One zone will not cool down. I don't have a leak. I have had a plumber, leak detection service, and now heating group (HVAC)working on this. New flow valves, new circulation...
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