Hot water heater vent pipe installation 

Your right like there is here. Thanks!

Could have been half price, but probably not.

Wooow! Yeah, could have been heavy rain and wind. I will be honest though and have not had that problem before but have seen rain water drips down vent pipes. Usually not to bad, just a few drips and the heavy wind and rain stop and maybe only happens a couple times a year. I would probably rig the cap with something like your saying or just keep it in mind and dry it up a time or two a day with a towel during bad storms. But I can’t see your actual situation, just thinking what I would do if it wasn’t a bad drip on a windy day. If it is a bad drip and soaking everything around it and getting into the sheetrock and insulation-wiring, you will have a whole new set of worries! And would need to rig the cap. Hopefully this helps and if anyone knows a simple fix for this issue please chime in!!

Good question! I’ll bet there is water getting in through the roof around the vent pipe, where it kicks out the top of the roof. Hopefully this helps!

There is clearance here and I stuffed foil around it and it goes into a hard pipe not a PVC pipe as well. There is special fittings were you go into the attic but in my situation, I had an asbestos pipe. So I went a different route, but you want some clearance!

The home-flex pipe goes to the home-flex floor flange are you talking about going through the ceiling?

@@GrantKeysProperties yes.. haha.. sorry.. yes celling

@@rosswmccallister4866 No worries!

Just make sure it’s not touching anything that can burn and seal it off with something that doesn’t burn! Hopefully this helps!

@@GrantKeysProperties it has to attach to something tho...

@@redsresearch I believe there is a special fitting that is for the ceiling and you would just attach it to that at the ceiling and on the other side in the attic and keep going. In my case there was a gap already at the ceiling and the pipe I put in was slightly smaller than the other pipe that was asbestos so non flammable but I still wanted to seal the area around it for bugs and rodents. So I used aluminum foil.

@@GrantKeysProperties what you mean you used foil? do you have a video of this?

@@redsresearch I did it on this project but maybe I didn’t video it. It would be at the end of the video if I did but it’s a 1940’s home and originally had asbestos vent pipe going from the water heater all the way through the ceiling, then the attic. But there was already a 1 in gap all the way around going through the ceiling. Instead of leaving it open like that l, I put the new vent pipe in and it’s very good and doesn’t get as hot. It goes through the ceiling in the same hole and I put aluminum foil there all around it, like cooking foil and wadded it up and shoved it all around the space to keep dust and bugs-rodents from coming in, from inside the attic.

Correct but lots of DIY homeowners know it as a hot water heater. It’s a more searchable topic

That's a cold water heater 😅

I used the cold one through an Oklahoma winter and an extra 8 months before I got that gassy gas but this here water heater is hot sir!! None of that cold service on a cold day now, nooo sirrrii. Come and get it while the gettin is good ummmkayyyy! Cheaper than Walmart and halve price after midnight 🕛 see you soon sunny gym!

The reason tape does not pass city inspection is that it can be used to hide an incomplete connection between B pipe and fittings. I’ve seen it.

@@Thomas63r2 Thank you for checking in and giving a reason why tape isn’t necessary. I do believe in my case I will leave it because I know it’s connected well and the tape will keep it from sliding around any. I may not next time and make a new video when I get an opportunity again. Hopefully not soon though! I just replaced another one.

Although that was an electric water heater.

@@GrantKeysProperties No gas vent pipe on an electric water heater.

No vent at all on an electric tank, water heater

I guess I didn’t catch it or couldn’t live without it haha. But I know a few videos I have done get Ecco’s because of me doing fast forward. Then it gets behind. But I like to do it still because most of the time it does work, so I gamble for it. And that is what she did today.

Haha omg 😳 this video, okay so your right. I am not a code plumber, I know a lot but still learning things every year. So thank you for checking in here. I’m a house flipper that tackles anything that comes at me wrong or right. But always my best. That was my first b-vent install. I’ve done single wall and you put screws in that. Anyway, learning curve and as mentioned in another comment. Tape is not necessary. I don’t believe it’s bad but not necessarily needed and there is an actual connection fitting that goes from the B vent to the flange (Quad Hat) I do in my case feel comfortable with this result and I’m gonna leave it till it’s time to sell this property. If I fail the inspection I will fix it then. Thanks again Daniel much appreciated. I’ll do it better in my next 30 years !

Screws are allowed so the pipe can be hold strong

@@oscarguerreromusic Thank you that is what I was thinking myself! It makes sense to me anyway that It can not twist and then the tape is even more support and extra sealant. Thanks for checking in.👍

Well luck would have it I don’t have to pass any inspections and it’s working well and much safer than it used to be. Also it would be a very easy fix now at this point to remove the tape and add in the connection your talking about to the flange luckily. Thank you for chiming in here I believe your comment is very helpful and as I mentioned in another comment, I will be making a new vent video when I get an opportunity to do so. I am not a code plumber, I’m a house flipper learning everything that comes my way to save money on my flips. I learn new things all the time. Thanks for helping us out here Mike.