Loving these videos. I'm a maintenance tech in multifamily housing but someday plan to "retire" as a home inspector, and there is so much to learn in order to do that. Finding examples like this of what to look for is great
As a home inspector, I've been taught to pay attention to grounding of the lines when it comes to CSST. There have been issues with static charge build up when CSST is used.
MoneyManHolmes gotta say, lot harder to know your electric wiring is bad. Well, right up to the point your house catches on fire. Respect both, and they’ll respect you. Half ass the job and it’s going to bit you in the ass one day.
I'm amazed at all that copper line for gas. Up where I live at one time gas had to be black iron pipe all the way to the furnace and water heater. Cut and thread it the correct length to fit, no flex pipe or copper allowed. Flex line was only permitted on an appliance that is intended to be moved by the owner like a stove or gas grill. Now, recently when I replaced the water heater I saw the big box, orange and blue, selling water heater install kits with flex pipe. I asked the local building inspector about that and he said they are approved, but only for the last few feet and if properly sized.
Ya wanna hear about incompetence? True story: Back in the 1980's, a friend of mine was employed at a fast food restaurant. He and his coworkers smelled gas near the fry stations, so they called the manager over to look at it. There was an audible hissing sound emanating from the hookup area. As she wiggled the gas flex, the hissing got louder and softer. She called the local utility company. A utility serviceman came out to the site, looked at it, and told her that there was nothing wrong with it.
OMG, another job awarded on the basis of the cheapest bidder. Piss poor installation. Here in Michigan, copper tubing is NOT allowed on NAT gas. Simply amazing.
In our area we have to use rigid iron pipe for gas supply. None of that copper tubing can be used as a feed with the exception of those yellow colored gas connection hoses from the device to the main feed and on/off valve. I have to agree, water heater vent and all of the fittings used to use up small lengths of copper vs. provide the job with a new roll of copper tubing from its source is just totally lame. So much more chance for leaks etc. I'm sure glad I don't trust many contractors and don't give them final pay until I see the finished installation.
Here in Oregon most everything is solid black pipe then a short piece of flex to appliance. Don’t think I could sleep well if my place had all that spaghetti copper stuff everywhere.
My favorite gas leak was a drip leg on a furnace that I tightened three quarters of a turn with my thumb and index finger. It had been installed over two years before and no one had noticed it. I found it because I started getting sick as soon as I went into the basement where it was. I'm still amazed that the place didn't blow up. Had to ventilate the house before I could stay in it. And the homeowners thought something in the ductwork was making them sick.
Actually natural gas will kill you and I will get to feeling sick with either much quicker than most people. Don't try to tell me that natural gas won't make you sick. There's too many people who have nearly died from gas leaks who were getting sick long before the leak was discovered and got better after the leak was fixed.
Ronald Harrison Any gas that reduces the oxygen percentage to less than about 17% in the air will make you sick, and can kill you. Even nitrogen, and room air is about 78% nitrogen. Human life requires at least 17% oxygen in the air we breathe. Fire will burn with as little as 14%. So, yes, even natural gas can and will make you sick if it displaces the air. Carbon monoxide doubles up on the human body, not only does it displace the oxygen but the body thinks it is oxygen (O2) instead of CO and it attaches to the red blood cells like oxygen, starving the body for oxygen.
Almost required a replacement customer... Hate seeing stuff like this but am glad you're showing it. Hopefully the idiot that installed it will eventually see it and be humbled/educated.
But they did put their sticker right there in the middle of my video!! 🤣🤣 That's why i'm subscribed to your channel. As a HVAC student, I love watching your videos by the way. Full of good knowledge thank you.
Thats supplied by the manufacturer. Its just not vented properly. Should be sloping up not down like it is. They should have cut a new hole for the termination.
2 lb or oz system should be rigid black pipe to the appliance,then gas stop, then your Maxitroll limited relief reg for 2 lb system,then tee w/dirt leg, then flex connector to a 1/2" nipple that goes from gas control to aprox. 2-3" outside the furnace cavity. Inconvient but necessary in most states only the Gas Utility can turn on or work on the meter loop up stream of mtr.outlet.Gas Utility's are fining the customer for any tampering or interuption of service by plumber or customer.
In delaware, I wanted to be a home inspector to catch crap like this and protect buyers and sellers. I would have to work for and PAY a inspector 75 homes. To rake the test and get my license. Why 75 homes? Why stop there? Why not 75,000 homes? A instructor said if I pay them a 100 to 150 a house that they would sign off for me to take the course and test. I would rather run for office and restructure this good ole boy network. I have never heard of something like this. To get my HVAC credentials, I learned the trade (got payed to work in it) then passed my tests. Until things change bullshit like in this video will keep happening.
Not my real last name,hopefully it didnt offend anyone.Back when that happened I use to make my own fireworks and make things go boom,everyone started calling me that and it kinda stuck.I get the lowest bid and all that but natural gas and venting carbon monoxide with flexible dryer duct is crazy I wouldnt sleep well at night but I bet that home owner does.
Here in Texas copper is allowed with propane gas , not natural gas , and the copper for propane is very rarely used indoors, here indoors it’s either black pipe or csst only.
but...he had such a great price. I always tell people now it will cost you triple then if you just called the experts to begin with. People then get pissed at the bill to clean up their mess. I say you get what you pay for.
Is the new location for the drip leg going to make it difficult to replace a heat exchanger in the future? I would not have dropped it in front of the furnace. Sorry Ted.
I have a feeling someone “mentioning no labels”, sold them a new hot water heater which is probably a lot taller than the old one and had to use that flex! And I agree all that copper on the gas line needs to be replaced with CSST, craziness. Wouldn’t there be an issue with gas demand at any location if they all called the same time?
In the UK, copper is nearly always used for domestic natural gas internal installations. Also, most boilers these days have to be piped in 22mm (minimum) for adequate gas flow. How any of those items in the video worked together is beyond me!
looked like a section of single wall double ply aluminum chimney liner on the water heater and one terminator end at the wall, seems they did silicone the joints. It may have been pre-existing on water heater replacement, I'm guessing it would pass code since it's power vented.
Dropping names has come back to bite me in the past, but I am with you, if they loud and proud put their name on it I am not going out of my way to hide it for them.
All that copper isn't allowed here in Canada. We have to use "Gastite" with compression fittings. And, we can't have any fittings from Black iron source to appliance. All those fittings are a fire waiting to happen.
It’s mainly being rushed. Bosses say hurry hurry hurry it shouldn’t take that long to install a unit. Well guess what it doesn’t but when you have to go back to the job 5 times to fix what wasn’t done right in the first place is stupid. Some bosses don’t get it
It's interesting reading the comments about copper pipe used for gas as it's standard practice in Australia where I live. Why is it illegal in most US states to use copper for the gas?
All my 20 years in the trade have been in Idaho, not sure how common copper gas lines are in the rest of the states, all ours is black iron and/or csst. I know it’s lower pressure than refer but I gotta say that’s some scary shit! I’ve seen too many greenhorn mofo’s that don’t know how to use a wrench! Let alone a backup wrench...........
Thats not a dryer vent. Thats supplied with the water heater. Its a direct vent water heater. It has an inner flue pipe. The piece you see is the combustion air pipe.
Just curious in the state where I’m from it’s illegal to run natural gas through Copper is it not where you’re at that’s kind of odd if that would’ve been here or they would’ve read tagged it and turned it off just curious.
A lot of the newer homes built with gas appliances have 2 pound systems with individual regulators within 15 foot of the appliance. and to the rest of you copper is allowed and very common in the Carolinas and fine if done correctly. might be different where you live but we don't all live in the same state. waste of fittings and sloppy workmanship is all this is and a 2 pound system ran with copper is fine if sized correctly and access to the flare fittings are available.
Nothing wrong with your way but I would have eliminated that nipple inside the furnace as well. We use Gas-tite and black iron only. For a comment below, I was taught only refrigerant oil to be used on flare to prevent galling, never pipe dope. What is your opinion Ted?
CSST is not allowed to pass through a partition, i.e the furnace casing. Black iron only. With brass fittings no lubricant is needed. Galling will not occur unless you over tighten.
Good job, I don't know why these guys insist on using copper foi gas line. The copper oxidizes on the inside and WILL eventually cause a problem. Also, when the gas company turned the gas on to the house, the service man should have caught the venting of the water heater.
The water heater was probably replaced after the gas turn from the gas company. Also domestic natural gas is dried and does not cause inside corrosion on copper, also with no oxygen in the line nothing iron does not corrode either.
Hmm.... You would never see 2 PSI in a residence up here.. I get the idea and think it makes more sense to bring it in, distribute at a higher pressure then reduce it at the appliance. No different than electrical distribution a way. Then again you do not see 480V or 600V ( canadian) in a residence either.
Since this is natural gas why do you need a regulator at the furnace and water heater? Some weird gas pressure? Water heater control/ gas valve on furnace have built in regulator?
I'm not a 'professional', just your average DIY hacker seeking some education (mainly so I can make sure the pros around here don't give me the same sh** show of a job). First: why lengthen the drip leg? It looked pretty long already, at least compared to the drip legs the "professional union plumbers" put on on all my gas appliances here in PA. Second...by 'direct vented' do you mean it's not power vented? Then I can definitely see the problem..it won't draft right if the vent pipe's not rising all the way out. But could it be power vented? I don't know what that other pipe coming up the side of the water heater is for so that's why I think it could be power vented.
Does no one know how to properly do a dirt leg? You have to go vertically down. Always. That’s how natural gas works. And it’s in the international mechanical code book. Just had a job where the plumber (should’ve been a gas fitter) failed because he ran gas like that, knew he’d fail but didn’t wanna listen to me.
Flue/combustion pipe just needs to be moved up. Its a direct vent water heater. You would not want to use 26ga single wall pipe on it. Its got an inner flue pipe and an outer combustion air pipe.
Around here residentially you never see elevated pressure systems and copper is a big no no for natural gas here
Copper is too expensive and flakes off on the inside
Why the elevated gas pressure?
Same here. I've only ever seen black iron.
Copper wouldn’t pass inpection in KS or OK
It would definitely fail code in the big D in Texas.
@@lcampm2 it wouldn't in North Dakota either.
"They did put their sticker, right there in the middle of my video" LMAO.
Loving these videos. I'm a maintenance tech in multifamily housing but someday plan to "retire" as a home inspector, and there is so much to learn in order to do that. Finding examples like this of what to look for is great
Unless you have a gas licence you are not qualified to inspect any of the gas equipment.
Ronald Harrison true but a home inspector can alert the potential home owner to have something checked by a licensed gas inspector.
NY inspectors would give that house the John Taffer....”shut it down”
that whole gas line is a butcher job , i worked for a gas utility in new york state it would never pass inspection
As a home inspector, I've been taught to pay attention to grounding of the lines when it comes to CSST. There have been issues with static charge build up when CSST is used.
THIS IS WHY IM HAPPY TO LIVE UP NORTH where gas installs HAVE to be inspected prior to turning the gas on
If I ever buy I house, I think I’m going all-electric. This video scares the crap out of me.
Ditto. I live in Illinois and I have never seen a gas line that looks like an icemaker hookup inside a house.
@@MoneyManHolmes That's even scarier if you ask me.
MoneyManHolmes gotta say, lot harder to know your electric wiring is bad. Well, right up to the point your house catches on fire. Respect both, and they’ll respect you. Half ass the job and it’s going to bit you in the ass one day.
I’ve never seen a water heater vented like that in 53 years!
Needs to put it in a hole. And a flu regulator.
I'm amazed at all that copper line for gas. Up where I live at one time gas had to be black iron pipe all the way to the furnace and water heater. Cut and thread it the correct length to fit, no flex pipe or copper allowed. Flex line was only permitted on an appliance that is intended to be moved by the owner like a stove or gas grill.
Now, recently when I replaced the water heater I saw the big box, orange and blue, selling water heater install kits with flex pipe. I asked the local building inspector about that and he said they are approved, but only for the last few feet and if properly sized.
That water heater would have been left alone.
Those rabbits must be the sacrificial carbon monoxide detector.
Ya wanna hear about incompetence?
True story: Back in the 1980's, a friend of mine was employed at a fast food restaurant. He and his coworkers smelled gas near the fry stations, so they called the manager over to look at it. There was an audible hissing sound emanating from the hookup area. As she wiggled the gas flex, the hissing got louder and softer. She called the local utility company. A utility serviceman came out to the site, looked at it, and told her that there was nothing wrong with it.
Wow!!!
I would expect the gas company to be sensible at least
OMG, another job awarded on the basis of the cheapest bidder. Piss poor installation. Here in Michigan, copper tubing is NOT allowed on NAT gas. Simply amazing.
I’m enjoying your videos. I appreciate the care you put into your work.
In our area we have to use rigid iron pipe for gas supply. None of that copper tubing can be used as a feed with the exception of those yellow colored gas connection hoses from the device to the main feed and on/off valve. I have to agree, water heater vent and all of the fittings used to use up small lengths of copper vs. provide the job with a new roll of copper tubing from its source is just totally lame. So much more chance for leaks etc. I'm sure glad I don't trust many contractors and don't give them final pay until I see the finished installation.
Here in Oregon most everything is solid black pipe then a short piece of flex to appliance. Don’t think I could sleep well if my place had all that spaghetti copper stuff everywhere.
flex should only be used were there may be vibration, such as on a suspended appliance. Otherwise pipe directly with iron or copper.
My favorite gas leak was a drip leg on a furnace that I tightened three quarters of a turn with my thumb and index finger. It had been installed over two years before and no one had noticed it. I found it because I started getting sick as soon as I went into the basement where it was. I'm still amazed that the place didn't blow up. Had to ventilate the house before I could stay in it. And the homeowners thought something in the ductwork was making them sick.
Natural gas does not cause sickness, you are thinking of carbon monoxide.
Actually natural gas will kill you and I will get to feeling sick with either much quicker than most people. Don't try to tell me that natural gas won't make you sick. There's too many people who have nearly died from gas leaks who were getting sick long before the leak was discovered and got better after the leak was fixed.
Ronald Harrison Any gas that reduces the oxygen percentage to less than about 17% in the air will make you sick, and can kill you. Even nitrogen, and room air is about 78% nitrogen. Human life requires at least 17% oxygen in the air we breathe. Fire will burn with as little as 14%. So, yes, even natural gas can and will make you sick if it displaces the air. Carbon monoxide doubles up on the human body, not only does it displace the oxygen but the body thinks it is oxygen (O2) instead of CO and it attaches to the red blood cells like oxygen, starving the body for oxygen.
Almost required a replacement customer... Hate seeing stuff like this but am glad you're showing it. Hopefully the idiot that installed it will eventually see it and be humbled/educated.
Did you use any thread sealant? they look like bare threads
Lol. More fittings , more potential for leaks !! No good ! Great video
Wow ... Red tagging would being doing the lady a favor.
No copper allowed here . Only black pipe
But they did put their sticker right there in the middle of my video!! 🤣🤣
That's why i'm subscribed to your channel.
As a HVAC student, I love watching your videos by the way. Full of good knowledge thank you.
Great googly moogly, that is an obscene amount of joints
Thanks Ned
That hot water tank flu pipe should of been replaced and re-routed with a proper incline.
Just needs to be re-routed. Thats the flue/combustion piping supplied by a.o smith/state select for their direct vent water heaters.
Wah Tsai it mainly just needs to be 4-6 inches shorter. That’d be better than putting a horizontal s curve in it.
No dryer flex pipe for venting.
its scary how many times i see that. I look at people with wtf are you thinking.
its likely Z Flex vent pipe which is approved for furnaces and water heaters
Thats supplied by the manufacturer. Its just not vented properly. Should be sloping up not down like it is. They should have cut a new hole for the termination.
Wow! Potential leak city with no hope of finding it! Yikes!
That's what 500/ hr from Corely looks like 🧐
So that soft copper and the water heater vent meets local code? Looks like something you might see on a RV!
yes it does.
Is that Brown RTV sealing - or trying to - to the outside.
Wow.... needs a few more fittings🤦♂️.... and is that dryer vent tube???? Jeez what a mess
2 lb or oz system should be rigid black pipe to the appliance,then gas stop, then your Maxitroll limited relief reg for 2 lb system,then tee w/dirt leg, then flex connector to a 1/2" nipple that goes from gas control to aprox. 2-3" outside the furnace cavity. Inconvient but necessary in most states only the Gas Utility can turn on or work on the meter loop up stream of mtr.outlet.Gas Utility's are fining the customer for any tampering or interuption of service by plumber or customer.
Ted, Great video as always.
In delaware, I wanted to be a home inspector to catch crap like this and protect buyers and sellers. I would have to work for and PAY a inspector 75 homes. To rake the test and get my license. Why 75 homes? Why stop there? Why not 75,000 homes? A instructor said if I pay them a 100 to 150 a house that they would sign off for me to take the course and test. I would rather run for office and restructure this good ole boy network. I have never heard of something like this. To get my HVAC credentials, I learned the trade (got payed to work in it) then passed my tests. Until things change bullshit like in this video will keep happening.
All that has 2# of natural gas on it? Under a house?
Not sure how some people sleep at night doing crap like that.
Lots of untrained workers out there. Lowest bid always wins and the contractors will hire unqualified people to do the work as cheap as possible.
Because they are too thick to know when they have done wrong.
Not my real last name,hopefully it didnt offend anyone.Back when that happened I use to make my own fireworks and make things go boom,everyone started calling me that and it kinda stuck.I get the lowest bid and all that but natural gas and venting carbon monoxide with flexible dryer duct is crazy I wouldnt sleep well at night but I bet that home owner does.
13:05 you got the white death all over yourself lol
That water heater was even worse that that gas distribution system!
Here in Texas copper is allowed with propane gas , not natural gas , and the copper for propane is very rarely used indoors, here indoors it’s either black pipe or csst only.
but...he had such a great price. I always tell people now it will cost you triple then if you just called the experts to begin with. People then get pissed at the bill to clean up their mess. I say you get what you pay for.
Why are hoses square now?
I wonder if they saved enough by going down to 3/8 copper to pay for all those fittings and the labor to install them.
Your are following a hacker of epic talent!
Fitted by Old MacDonald. Here a joint, there a joint, everywhere a joint joint.
Is the new location for the drip leg going to make it difficult to replace a heat exchanger in the future? I would not have dropped it in front of the furnace. Sorry Ted.
You can slug the meter opening it that fast.
That's what I was thinking lmao
This copper hack loves him some couplings. Maybe he was practicing flaring?
00:55 Is that PVC in the meter output? Not allowed where I live
Hey Ted, why did you delete the 1 hour video? I watched half of it and wanted to finish the second half tonight
I have a feeling someone “mentioning no labels”, sold them a new hot water heater which is probably a lot taller than the old one and had to use that flex! And I agree all that copper on the gas line needs to be replaced with CSST, craziness. Wouldn’t there be an issue with gas demand at any location if they all called the same time?
In the UK, copper is nearly always used for domestic natural gas internal installations. Also, most boilers these days have to be piped in 22mm (minimum) for adequate gas flow. How any of those items in the video worked together is beyond me!
looked like a section of single wall double ply aluminum chimney liner on the water heater and one terminator end at the wall, seems they did silicone the joints.
It may have been pre-existing on water heater replacement, I'm guessing it would pass code since it's power vented.
Its no power vented but direct vented. Entirely different.
Its a direct vent water heater. Not power vent. Would not pass inspection does not have proper slope on flue/combustion pipe.
Dropping names has come back to bite me in the past, but I am with you, if they loud and proud put their name on it I am not going out of my way to hide it for them.
I wouldn’t have lit that water heater
can't use flare fittings inside walls or ceilings it has to be done using flux coated brazing rods if it'll be inaccessible.
Keep up the good work
I can hear the customer now. The water heater has been working fine like that for years
If other companies do shoddy work maybe you should call them out on it!
It's code acceptable where u live to use copper for natural gas? Especially on a higher pressure scenerio???????????
All that copper isn't allowed here in Canada. We have to use "Gastite" with compression fittings. And, we can't have any fittings from Black iron source to appliance. All those fittings are a fire waiting to happen.
I suggest you read the canadian gas code again.
How do I have a good ac/heating person in Knoxville
Nice work, in hopes they called you back for the Hot water tank ..
It’s mainly being rushed. Bosses say hurry hurry hurry it shouldn’t take that long to install a unit. Well guess what it doesn’t but when you have to go back to the job 5 times to fix what wasn’t done right in the first place is stupid. Some bosses don’t get it
The slope of the vent doesn't look quite right... Do they get a new hole in the wall or a shorter water heater?
either would work, as it is now it is really unsafe
Geez..... you could get $10 scrap value for all those fitting!
Man if I ran gas through copper they'd have my a$$ up and down town. Black pipe or bust where I live/work.
CMC .. same here, you won’t find any copper gas lines!
Would that water heater vent have blowback!?
that's dryer vent pipe, isn't it?
Is that a P-Trap on the water heater exhaust? Haha!
It's interesting reading the comments about copper pipe used for gas as it's standard practice in Australia where I live. Why is it illegal in most US states to use copper for the gas?
wickedxe copper and natural gas have a flakey relationship. Meaning the pipe deteriorates from the inside out by flaking the copper.
All my 20 years in the trade have been in Idaho, not sure how common copper gas lines are in the rest of the states, all ours is black iron and/or csst.
I know it’s lower pressure than refer but I gotta say that’s some scary shit!
I’ve seen too many greenhorn mofo’s that don’t know how to use a wrench!
Let alone a backup wrench...........
you think CSST is stronger than copper?
The flex exhaust is used for aesthetics.
that place needs a rework a manifold station for sure. yikes
U never should hav lit tht boiler with tht dryer vent nnot a doublwall vent
That is not dryer vent!
Thats not a dryer vent. Thats supplied with the water heater. Its a direct vent water heater. It has an inner flue pipe. The piece you see is the combustion air pipe.
Just curious in the state where I’m from it’s illegal to run natural gas through Copper is it not where you’re at that’s kind of odd if that would’ve been here or they would’ve read tagged it and turned it off just curious.
nothing wrong with copper. stronger than gas flex.
Did you say that is 2PSI gas going into the house? That's crazy. Why would you need that much pressure for a residential application?
What's the normal level? Sorry stumbled upon this vid try to learn about my new residence. Older HVAC in it lol.
I run just bout everything a 2 psi.
Not wise to just turn the MSA valve on like that. Surprised you didn’t blow the diaphragm in the regulator from slamming it.
Furnace is only take a max of 3.5 water column
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Which is nowhere near 2 PSI.?
A lot of the newer homes built with gas appliances have 2 pound systems with individual regulators within 15 foot of the appliance. and to the rest of you copper is allowed and very common in the Carolinas and fine if done correctly. might be different where you live but we don't all live in the same state. waste of fittings and sloppy workmanship is all this is and a 2 pound system ran with copper is fine if sized correctly and access to the flare fittings are available.
Water heater flu 😯😯😯😯😯 not good! Especially with what happened in Baltimore earlier today pretty much thinking that was a gas leak hack job!
The installer got a new flaring tool kit for Christmas.
Nothing wrong with your way but I would have eliminated that nipple inside the furnace as well. We use Gas-tite and black iron only. For a comment below, I was taught only refrigerant oil to be used on flare to prevent galling, never pipe dope. What is your opinion Ted?
CSST is not allowed to pass through a partition, i.e the furnace casing. Black iron only. With brass fittings no lubricant is needed. Galling will not occur unless you over tighten.
Copper gas line isn't even allowed by code anymore, it should be removed completely.
Good job, I don't know why these guys insist on using copper foi gas line. The copper oxidizes on the inside and WILL eventually cause a problem. Also, when the gas company turned the gas on to the house, the service man should have caught the venting of the water heater.
The water heater was probably replaced after the gas turn from the gas company. Also domestic natural gas is dried and does not cause inside corrosion on copper, also with no oxygen in the line nothing iron does not corrode either.
So where was the leak ?
Man those hackers are going to kill somebody some day!
Yes, have to trim that hose after installation.
The water heater exhaust!!! OMG!!!!
What a joke! Who was the inspector that approved that gas piping?!!!
why are there regulators before gas line enters appliances? usually just the meter has one to bring it down to 7" or whatever.
To save the cost of running the correct size pipping.
Hmm.... You would never see 2 PSI in a residence up here.. I get the idea and think it makes more sense to bring it in, distribute at a higher pressure then reduce it at the appliance. No different than electrical distribution a way. Then again you do not see 480V or 600V ( canadian) in a residence either.
If we can't isolate the leak, we wack them and and come back after fixed and test to 3 lbs.
Maybe they use the water heater to dry their clothes, too?
Should build a manifold where all those "t"s and couplings are.
Since this is natural gas why do you need a regulator at the furnace and water heater?
Some weird gas pressure?
Water heater control/ gas valve on furnace have built in regulator?
Because it is a 2lb system. Not something I like in a residence.
probobly a high pressure meter that has to be regulated down at the appliance.
@@mrofnocnon I don't think I like the idea of a 2# system at a residence either
I'm not a 'professional', just your average DIY hacker seeking some education (mainly so I can make sure the pros around here don't give me the same sh** show of a job). First: why lengthen the drip leg? It looked pretty long already, at least compared to the drip legs the "professional union plumbers" put on on all my gas appliances here in PA. Second...by 'direct vented' do you mean it's not power vented? Then I can definitely see the problem..it won't draft right if the vent pipe's not rising all the way out. But could it be power vented? I don't know what that other pipe coming up the side of the water heater is for so that's why I think it could be power vented.
no way we are allowed 2psi gas in a residence around here. they could have put reg outside and used 3/4 wardflex or something similar...
Some good homies right there.
Turn the service stop slowly to prevent service regulator damage!
Love your videos but you're opening the gas meter to fast...you're gonna break the regulator diaphragm
Nice job
Does no one know how to properly do a dirt leg? You have to go vertically down. Always. That’s how natural gas works. And it’s in the international mechanical code book. Just had a job where the plumber (should’ve been a gas fitter) failed because he ran gas like that, knew he’d fail but didn’t wanna listen to me.
Good vid Ted ...
Ted you are funny. But you get the job done right.
There ain’t no way I would have lit that tank. That flu pipe needs to be moved up and replaced with 26 gage hard pipe. So there is proper draft.
The vent material is right as that is a direct vent! But it should have the correct rise to vent properly.
Flue/combustion pipe just needs to be moved up. Its a direct vent water heater. You would not want to use 26ga single wall pipe on it. Its got an inner flue pipe and an outer combustion air pipe.