I have a question about the water heater situation at my kid's new home. The heating unit is only two years old and when the gas guy came to turn on gas and check everything all is working.

He turned off the water heater though and said it cannot be turned back on until an issue with the venting is fixed. He said the venting pipe above the water heater was getting too warm and there wasn't the correct draft.

The house was inspected and as far as we can tell the chimney and all other thing are fine. I have not heard of such a thing on the water heater exhaust before. Any one hear have a Darko level of insight?

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Go tankless

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I'm assuming this is an atmospheric (natural draft, metal flue pipe)?

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Yes standard gray pipe sitting atop the water heater that then goes up angles then into the brick wall/chimney structure.

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brick wall, problem identified. Must be a stubborn water heater.

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yup

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The heat isn't a problem. It should be 350+ degree exhaust. The draft pressure is important though. Normally i drill a small hole in the flue pipe and use a draft gauge or a manometer to measure the draft pressure. Minimum should be 0.01 inches of water column pressure. If it doesn't do that there's yiur problem.

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Thanks

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Where did you get the manometer?

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Manhattan

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Isle of Mann.

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If he can, go on the roof and pull the cap off to check for blockage. I had these tiny chimney swifts that managed to squeeze through the screen and nest in mine. My CO detectors never went off and was still venting I guess. My only sign was a tiny drip at the base of the flue pipe.

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turn it on and sit next to it for a few hours, just to test out the venting

if there is a fire, try to die in it, as best you can

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