Can I use the vent from a gas water heater for range hood
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Can I use the vent from a gas water heater for range hood
I will be replacing my gas. water heater with a tankless electric one. Can I use the vent from the old gas water heater for my range hood?
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Most water heater flue are about 4" while range vent hoods use 6" - 10". I would say you can not use it for a stove vent hood.
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Usually the water heater flu is hooked into the furnace flue and that would be a definite no no.
As stated earlier a 4 inch is too small for a vent. A 4 inch has an area of 12.6 where as a 6 inch has an area of 28.3.
That is a big difference.
As stated earlier a 4 inch is too small for a vent. A 4 inch has an area of 12.6 where as a 6 inch has an area of 28.3.
That is a big difference.
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Water heater vents are b-vent which is double walled pipe, and the inside of the pipe is even smaller than the outside. Around here gas b-vent is usually 3".