Gas Hot Water Heater Pipe Insulation

If the draft hood that came with your water heater has a top opening diameter designed for 3 vent pipe and you have 4 vent pipe installed use an adapter increaser to join both of them together.

Gas hot water heater pipe insulation.

Our gas water heater flue is kind of close to a wood panel in our attic. With gas heaters be careful not to. Insulation and pipe sleeves should be kept a minimum of six feet away from the flue. For electric water heaters pipe sleeves made with polyethylene or neoprene foam are the most commonly used insulation.

Wrap your gas water heater all the way around and from the top to just below the controller. Dave mars shows you how to insulate an electric or gas water heater to save energy and money. I was looking to close up the small gap where the exhaust pipe goes into the chimney because the gas and electric company said carbon monoxide was detected around the opening. There is one part of the hot water pipes that should always be insulated.

For electric water heaters pipe sleeves made with polyethylene or neoprene foam are the most commonly used. In this case you ll need to buy a fiberglas pipe wrap without facing. If pipes are within 8 inches of the flue your safest choice is to use fiberglass pipe wrap at least 1 inch thick without a facing. For gas heaters the safest choice is fiberglass pipe wrap if your pipes are within 8 inches from the flue.

With the pipes attached to the top of the tank hot water in the tank moves up into the pipes by thermosiphon. Don t worry if the blanket seems a bit short. If you have a gas water heater. Hot water in the tank often floats into the pipes when hot water isn t being used.

I really have no other way of calming down her nerves other than finding out if i can wrap it with something. Gas water heater draft hoods come in different sizes and if you are replacing water heater make sure that the draft hood and the water heater vent pipe match each other. On gas water heaters insulation should be kept at least 6 inches from the flue. The bottom of the tank is several inches above the very bottom of the water heater a couple of inches below the drain valve.

I recently used spray foam from a can around an exhaust pipe coming from a hot water tank in the opening of my chimney. In some cases hot water pipes may be installed closer to the flue than eight feet. Use wire not tape or plastic to secure the insulation every foot. Don t wrap the top of a gas water heater because the insulation could catch fire from the heat being exhausted.

Its about a 7 ft tall piece of the flue pipe from our water heater down in our garage. Gas water heaters need to be wrapped differently since insulation is flammable. Insulation costs only 30 or so. My wife is paranoid that it may get too hot and cause a fire our first home.

Here s how to wrap your water heater with an insulation blanket.