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Old 8/30/06, 10:10 PM
Christopher Rich Iii Christopher Rich Iii is offline
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Default Water heat vent pipe??

Hello All... I am trying to upload a pic from today that had a water heater vent pipe that was behind a furnace vent pipe. It was my understanding that the smaller btu gas fired appliance should be in front of the larger for backdrafting issues..?? If I could compress the pic..Arg...I would show you! This is correct is is not??

PS .. How the #@$$% do you compress a pic to below 100kb for this message board.................................?

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Old 8/31/06, 2:08 PM
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A smaller flue pipe from a natural draft water heater ideally would be best installed on the chimney ( breach) above a larger FAU natural draft flue pipe..

Yet as we all know each and every installation is different due to all the variables the installer encounters like space , current installations, different appliances, location , other pipes, walls...and so on.

Best practice is what the MFG installation instructions recommend.
I highly recommend this web (Gas) Association of Appliance and Equipment Manufacturers. site:

http://www.gamanet.org/gama/inforeso...y?OpenDocument

Go to venting done right for a fantastic video on proper venting methods.

These guys make the appliances so they are key in understanding what happens.
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Old 8/31/06, 2:11 PM
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Chris try this.

http://www.tangotools.com/jpegsizer/index.html
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.. How the #@$$% do you compress a pic to below 100kb for this message board.................................?
Chris
Chris, if you use XP dowmload this. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exeIt free from microsoft. After install you can right click on any photo file or folder and have the option to resize the photos.



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Old 8/31/06, 10:01 PM
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Thanks Mike, Bruce and Patrick...I will try to upload the pic now.

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