GE AP13787 Horizontal Vent Installation, Vertical Vent Termination Location

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NOTICE: All pipe, fittings, solvent cement, primers and procedures must conform to American National Standards Institute and American Society for Testing and Materials (ANSI/ASTM) standards.

Safety Instructions

Mortar or

Silicone Caulk

Vent Pipe

From

Water Heater

Pipe Coupling

2' x 2' Sheet Metal Shieldon Brick or Masonry Walls

Vent Terminal with 1¼2" Mesh Protective Screen Inside

Outside of

Building Wall

Horizontal Vent Installation

Once the vent terminal location has been determined, make a hole through the exterior wall to accommodate the vent pipe. Vent pipe must exit exterior wall horizontally only.

Insert a small length of vent pipe through the wall and connect the coupling as shown to the left.

Place the 1/2" mesh metal screen inside the terminal fitting and connect it as shown to the vent pipe on the exterior of the building.

Seal any opening around the vent pipe or fittings with mortar or silicone caulk as shown to the left.

Complete the rest of the vent pipe installation to the water heater's vent connector fitting on the blower outlet.

If necessary support horizontal run as previously mentioned.

Installation Instructions Operating

Insert 1/2" Mesh Protective

Screen Inside Terminal Elbow

Short Piece of Vent

Pipe

Min. 12" Above Roof

 

 

 

 

Vent Pipe

 

 

 

 

Through

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Min. 12" Above

 

 

 

 

Roof

 

 

 

 

 

Anticipated Snow

 

 

 

 

 

Level.

Elbows

 

Max. 24" Above Roof

 

 

 

 

 

(Without Additional

 

 

 

 

 

Support)

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical Vent Termination Location

The location of the vent terminal depends on the following minimum clearances and considerations (see illustration):

Minimum twelve (12) inches above roof.

Minimum twelve (12) inches above anticipated snow level.

Maximum twenty-four (24) inches above roof level without additional support for vent.

Four (4) feet from any gable, dormer or other roof structure with building interior access (i.e., vent, window, etc.).

Ten (10) feet from any forced air inlet to the building. Any fresh or make-up air inlet such as a dryer or furnace area is considered to be a forced air inlet.

Instructions Care and Cleaning

Vertical Vent Installation

Once the vent terminal location has been determined, make a hole through the roof and interior ceiling to accommodate the vent pipe.

Complete the vent pipe installation to the water heater's vent connector fitting on the blower outlet.

Support vertical or horizontal runs as previously mentioned.

Install adequate flashing where the vent pipe passes through the roof.

Determine the vent terminal height and cut vent pipe accordingly. Refer to the above section for proper vent terminal height.

Connect vent elbow onto vertical pipe through roof.

Connect short piece of vent pipe (approximately 3" long) to elbow, then insert 1/2" mesh metal screen into terminal elbow and join it to the short piece of vent pipe.

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