Gas Water Heater Exhaust Pipe

Apollopex corrugated the 3 4 in.

Gas water heater exhaust pipe.

The vent system must be installed by a qualified person. Apollopex corrugated stainless steel water heater connector was designed for the fast and simple installation of hot and cold water lines to water heaters using pex connections. Failure to properly vent a gas fueled water heater can result in severe injury or death from carbon monoxide poisoning. These vent pipe kits include storm collar kits vent adapters connectors and elbows.

Shop grainger for rugged gas pipe fittings. All water heater venting systems use a vent duct or pipe also called a chimney or flue to bring exhaust gases from the water heater to the outdoors. After applying pipe thread tape to the mnpt nipples on your water heater thread the fnpt end of the. The difference is that a power vent water heater pulls in combustion air from the space.

Instead both systems typically expel exhaust through a pipe that runs outside through an exterior wall. Natural draft gas water heater vent pipe system is still dominating and as long as the property has favorable structural conditions and a chimney dedicated for use with gas burning appliances you can use this type of venting.