Tom your serpentine tube for heating water will not work, you have an air trap in the pipe, you must not have a high point that you can't get the air out of it, a pump will not do it in a ring circuit. Your pipe should be in at the bottom and out at the top without traps, even bleed valves will cause problems as when water is heated, gases are given off, then you will have a trap again and no circulation. Remember also hot water rises and cold water falls, natural flow, so if you put some radiators on the next floor above, you will need no pump as long as you do what I said about rise and fall. hope it helps regards Mike
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