Water Heaters - meltdown
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meltdown
01-05-08, 04:13 PM
Last night I saw a large spot on my wall bubbling out. I found it
hot to the touch . On the other side of the wall is the vent/flue? of our gas hot water heater. Where the collar? covered the vent pipe entering the wall the metal was too hot to touch. I would like some info about how dangerous this situation is so that when my 89 year old landlord comes to fix it himself I can have a few things to watch out for:confused:
hot to the touch . On the other side of the wall is the vent/flue? of our gas hot water heater. Where the collar? covered the vent pipe entering the wall the metal was too hot to touch. I would like some info about how dangerous this situation is so that when my 89 year old landlord comes to fix it himself I can have a few things to watch out for:confused:
chandler
01-05-08, 06:09 PM
There should be triple wall pipe in this area. It insulates against having the hot flue pipe against a combustible surface, and draws fresh air for combustion back into the heater flame.