Water Heater Dripping From Pvc Pipe

Few things are more disconcerting than water on the floor near the water heater.

Water heater dripping from pvc pipe. How to fix a constant drip in a water heater. It is never used for natural gas or oil and as such these sources can be excluded. The first place to check is the plumbing pipes above the water heater. If water is rushing out of this pipe you should turn off the water valve located near the top of your water heater and call your local plumber for repair.

Your pvc pipe is almost certainly a drain and. Check the plumbing pipes above the water heater using a stepladder if necessary. You still want to keep an eye on it however and make sure the dripping stops. If the pvc is part of the drainage system don t run water into the drains during the repair.

Today i noticed water leaking from a section of the pvc exhaust pipe which travels upward from the furnace across the ceiling and out of basement wall where it vents into my backyard. Even if you have an overflow pan with a discharge pipe dripping. Pvc is used in newer construction homes for drain water and ventilation applications. Or may be leak in the drain pipes of the hot water system overflow pipe water heater running.

Leaking may be cause by the old pipes or by the water heater overflow pipe of hot water heater pipe leaking. Turn off the supply of fluid to the pvc pipe via the shut off valve if the pvc pipe is a supply line. A drip from above can easily leak down on top of the water heater and even work its way down the insulation and make it look like the leak is coming from the tank itself. Second possible case if this pipe comes off the exhaust flue usually pvc but sometimes stainless pipe or duct usually 2 3 inch on normal residential sized units coming off the top centered except if you have a heat pump on top of the water heater and leading outside meaning you have a high efficiency direct vent rather than gravity vent heater then this is condensation from the flue gases.

Water emanating from a pvc pipe on the side of your house may have a few sources. To be more specific the pipe that comes out of the unit is attached to this leaking section which is attached to a pvc elbow then another piece of pipe and so on.