I just received a call from my aunt who lives in a trailer, it was -18 last night and her pipes are frozen. She has heat tape around the pipes which usually takes care of this problem but it didn't stop them from freezing last night. How can she get these pipes thawed out and is there anything she can do to prevent this from happening again? Thank you. Pat

Hello all: Last weekend my grandfather was complaining he was getting no heat in sections of the house and he bled the radiator. He then said he had heat in the bedroom, but not in the bathroom. I went over there Sunday and I eventually got heat out of the bathroom radiator by bleeding it (although I never got water out of the valve, only some air). As I let the heat run, the radiator would eventually get hot progressively from the bottom to the top. I also took the radiator apart and used a shop vac to clean out the layers of dust that had accumulated on the fins and inside the units. My questions: 1) What is the proper procedure to bleed radiators? Originally, the house was oil, but in 1979 the house was converted to natural gas. Each room has a radiator with a bleeder tap screw in it. So, now I'm assuming it's really "Hot water baseboard" now that it's fired by gas. 2) One of the valves is leaking (the inlet) on the bathroom radiator. Easy to change? 3) Any other tips would be appreciated. Any other trouble spots. I'm thinking that maybe I need to bleed the system at the boiler? I know in my house (which is hot water baseboard) the only place one can bleed the system is by turning up the heat and then turning on the faucets at the boiler draining out a bucket or so of water. Any and all suggestions welcome. Again, the problem seems to be lack of heat in certain rooms. Or, as my grandfather has said, if he gets heat in the bedroom, none in the bathroom, etc. Thanks!