Water Heater Goes Through Roof

Whenever we are installing a gas water heater building codes require that there should be a ventilator out of the room through the attic and out through the roof.

Water heater goes through roof.

Mythbusters discovery communication llc. To do this two critical measurements must take one on the ceiling above the water heater and one that is the distance from the attic floor to the roof. Aug 14 2008 updated oct 7 2011 0 phoenix a house in northeast phoenix was severely damaged early thursday by an exploding electric water heater which shot through the roof and landed on a. One on the ceiling above the water heater and one that is the distance from the attic floor to the roof.

If it is a natural vent type water heater you can not vent it through the side wall it has to vent above the roof. When installing a gas water heater building codes requires that they be ventilated out of the room through the attic and out through the roof. Other issue is the bathroom installation which isn t permitted as well unless the water heater closet is sealed from the bathroom area air tight doors and it has a separate fresh air supply from exterior or other areas of the house that can be used for this purpose. Mythbusters set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house.

In order to do this two critical measurements must be taken. Direct vent water heaters with a direct vent system air for combustion is drawn from a vent pipe that runs through an exterior wall or the roof. Atmospheric venting refers to a system in which exhaust from the water heater naturally rises out of the appliance s combustion chamber then travels up through a standard chimney style flue that. Exhaust gases are vented outdoors through a separate vent duct or through a separate chamber of the same pipe this requires a double wall vent duct.