Can you vent a gas water heater and furnace together?
Can you vent a gas water heater and furnace together?
Vent connectors serving equipment vented by Natural draft (typical water heater) Shall Not Be Connected Into Any Portion of Mechanical-draft systems (80% and higher efficiency gas furnaces). This Means: With Any New Furnace Installation — A Gas Water Heater Must Then Be Separately Vented.Sep 1, 2021
Can a tankless water heater use the same vent as furnace?
No common venting. The tankless heater cannot share vent piping with any other appliance, and it cannot use a masonry chimney flue for venting.Jan 23, 2014
Can you put a water heater next to furnace?
Re: distance between water heater and furnace? You need 24” clearance to the front of each appliance.Jan 25, 2019
How far does a water heater have to be from a furnace?
As a general recommendation, your heater should be 30 inches away from furnace room walls on all sides. This allows our service experts to comfortably replace it. You also need to check the space has enough airflow and ventilation, especially if you have an aging furnace with a metal flue.Nov 5, 2019
Can you vent a furnace and hot water heater together?
Most homes have a shared vent (serving both the furnace + water heater) when the furnace efficiency is up to 80% (which is today's standard efficiency gas furnace). A High-E furnace has separate venting. So, the existing vent pipe is too large for proper venting and must be replaced with one of a smaller dimension.Apr 25, 2019
Does the water heater have anything to do with the furnace?
Your furnace or boiler will have a pipe attached to the water heater. This pipe circulates hot water from your boiler to a heat exchanger within the water heater. This exchanger then heats the water in the tank and gives you anywhere from 30-100 gallons of water to use when you need it.Feb 4, 2016