Figure 31 4ERMINATIONSFORMULTIPLEBOILERS
!LSO MAINTAIN MAXIMUMDISTANCES BETWEENTHE
VENTANDAIRPIPES FOR EACH BOILER ASSHOWNIN
Figure 30, page 27.
See notices on previous page.
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0REPAREROOFPENETRATIONS
1. !IRPIPEPENETRATION
a. #UTAHOLEFORTHEAIRPIPE3IZETHEAIRPIPEHOLEAS
close as desired to the air pipe outside diameter.
2. Vent pipe penetration:
a. #UTAHOLEFORTHEVENTPIPE&OREITHERCOMBUSTIBLE
or noncombustible construction, size the vent pipe
hole at least 0.4” larger than the vent pipe diameter.
b. Insert a galvanized metal thimble in the vent pipe
hole.
3. Space the air and vent holes
no closer than the minimum
spacings shown in Figure 23, page 24.
4. &OLLOWALL LOCAL CODESAND VENTPIPE MANUFACTURERS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ISOLATION OFVENTPIPEWHENPASSING
THROUGHmOORSCEILINGSANDROOFS
5. 0ROVIDE mASHINGANDSEALING BOOTS SIZED FOR THEVENT
PIPEANDAIRPIPE&OLLOWALLVENTPIPEMANUFACTURERS
instructions.
Termination and fittings
1. Prepare the vent termination elbow and the air termina-
tion elbow (Figure 30, page 27) by inserting bird screens.
Bird screens must be purchased separately. See the parts
LISTATTHEENDOFTHISMANUALFORPARTNUMBERS
2. The air piping must terminate in a down-turned 180-de-
gree return bend as shown in Figure 30, page 27. Locate
THEAIRINLETPIPENOFURTHERTHANINCHESFROMTHE
CENTEROFTHEVENTPIPE4HISPLACEMENTAVOIDSRECIRCU-
LATIONOFmUEPRODUCTSINTOTHECOMBUSTIONAIRSTREAM
3. The vent piping must terminate in an up-turned cou-
pling as shown in Figure 30, page 274HE TOPOFTHE
coupling must be at least 12 inches above the air intake.
The air inlet pipe and vent pipe can be located in any
DESIREDPOSITIONONTHEROOFBUTMUSTALWAYSBENOFUR-
ther than 12 inches apart (center to center) and with the
vent termination at least 12 inches above the air intake.
4. -AINTAINTHEREQUIREDDIMENSIONSOFTHElNISHEDTERMI-
nation piping as shown in Figure 30, page 27.
5. $ONOTEXTENDEXPOSEDVENTPIPEOUTSIDEOFBUILDING
more than shown in this document. Condensate could
FREEZEANDBLOCKVENTPIPE
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