HandymanHowto.com » gas roof vent installation http://www.handymanhowto.com Home improvement, maintenance and repair projects. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:17:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Fix a Leaky Gas Flue Roof Vent – Part 4 http://www.handymanhowto.com/2009/12/30/how-to-fix-a-leaky-gas-flue-roof-vent-part-4/ http://www.handymanhowto.com/2009/12/30/how-to-fix-a-leaky-gas-flue-roof-vent-part-4/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:32:02 +0000 Bob Jackson http://www.handymanhowto.com/?p=4163

This repair is continued from Part 3. The HVAC contractor began the work by disconnecting the old vent pipe at the first joint below the roof deck in the attic. To disconnect the pipe, just slide the retaining collar up and wiggle/lift the pipe to separate. The shiny new pipe sections are shown in this [...]

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This project is continued from Part 2. The right vent stack in this photo continues to have a slow leak only when it rains. Resealing the storm collar didn’t fix the leak. I learned after the roofer resealed the vent stacks there was severe rusting under the rain cap that couldn’t be seen from the [...]

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