Straight is good, but if you can rotate the 90 elbows where they are more like a couple of 45 degree els it should work fine. Most elbows are made so rotating the ends will change the degree of bend. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] flue (not the swine one) problem
I think so, but is that going to cause a problem? I thought the flue should go straight up or as close to that as possible. Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Yearns To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] flue (not the swine one) problem Do you have room enough above the heater to put a couple of elbows in the flue. It doesn't have to be double wall as long as it is in free air. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 9:54 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] flue (not the swine one) problem Just recently installed a new gas water heater. I've got a flue going up through the roof. Problem is it doesn't line up with the water heater. The old water heater had no problems lining up because of an angled piece, but this new heater is about 5 inches bigger around. And it can't be moved or it would cause a problem with the gas valve. Also, the heater is on a stand which brings it 18 inches off the floor. Right now, we have a piece of the flue bracing the other pieces so they line up. Is there any flexible materials you can use for a flue? If not, any suggestions would be helpful as I really don't want to have that brace there forever. Thanks. Shane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
