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WTF?!?!? Nice one. I like the last pic. Very creative stack job to whomever originally installed it.

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Originally Posted by 71CHOPS

ohhh, if I could count the times I've heard that one!

Lol well played sir!

I wonder what the minimum clearance to combustibles is when using gutter vent?

Originally Posted by SBKold

And its been this way for 20 years.

ohhh, if I could count the times I've heard that one!

Originally Posted by 71CHOPS

actually......it IS YOUR CALL!! You were the last tech. to touch that.

If anything happens to the occupants, it will be your butt on the line. your boss will say "he should have shut it down, and didn't" when the lawyer is pressing him against the wall.

It took me awhile to realize that as a field tech. dealing with some BS from the boss is MUCH easier than dealing with being the last person that actually could have saved some lives.....but didn't.

Boss was at the job with me. And its been this way for 20 years.

I was not in any way asked to look at heater. I did quickly notice issue and lobbyd to install new direct vent.

Also after I repaired sleeve issue it was spilling less. I feel that I did all I could at this point.

actually......it IS YOUR CALL!! You were the last tech. to touch that.

If anything happens to the occupants, it will be your butt on the line. your boss will say "he should have shut it down, and didn't" when the lawyer is pressing him against the wall.

It took me awhile to realize that as a field tech. dealing with some BS from the boss is MUCH easier than dealing with being the last person that actually could have saved some lives.....but didn't.

Originally Posted by sweat hog

I wonder how many times that has been shut down. Is there a pile of red tags around there?.
Now your finger prints are on it.

I wore gloves that didn't fit.

I wonder how many times that has been shut down. Is there a pile of red tags around there?.
Now your finger prints are on it.

Would you hook it to the gutter?

Leave the bottom open for rain.

I would have sold them on a new down spout lol

I would have red-tagged it. It is illegally venting into a vent pipe that aint in the book. lol.

Im glad you moved the pipe back. You have 5 minutes to establish draft.

Hopefully the vent in the space is keeping enough positive pressure and helping with draft.

Hey guys - I have actually talked the boss into getting them a CO experts low level detector. This is a older couple who in addition to the heater have a gas oven and dryer. I definately see a high probability of low level continuous CO.

The heater is in a vented crawl space. Half has been excavated to a little workshop/storage area.

Above the heater is actually the living room where the couple spends most of their days.

Gravity - I did move that sleeve and now heater vents the majority out. But I still get slight spillage out of DHood.
Sure don't like it but since Its not my company I really cant do much else except learn and wait for when I have a license and own the buisness.

Every day is a new chance to do my best and try and make combustion appliances safe as I can.

I thought "G" vent wasn't rated for hot water heaters.

The problem is, the pipe is pushed to far into the stack(gutter). Pull the pipe back a little and it should vent just fine. Do they make a starkap for 4" gutter? lol

Good find.

The plastic rings should never have any signs of melting.

I've seen those plastic rings on top a little melted but that's just nuts, they must have a ton of air infiltration that no one died from co poisoning

Speechless.

Nice post! Suggest a CO detector for the basement?

And everytime I think I've seen it all till I see something like this!

Wow that's just fuked up, x2 on the last pic

I thought I had seen worse till i saw the last picture ha!

X2.