Water Heater Leaking From Top Vent

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Water heater leaking from top vent. Open a nearby hot water tap to allow the air to flow into the tank. Allow the water to cool then drain the tank to a level that is lower than the t p valve. If your valve is located on the top of your water heater like in the picture below check to see where it s leaking from. 1 turn off the water heater.

Relief valve and none of the water connections then you have a bad tank. That is a pressure release valve that sometimes leaks when overheating occurs. The drain valve may get leak sometime when handle hit on drain valve it become leak. At the bottom of the tank there must drain valve in every cold hot water heater leaking from top.

The water from the hot water heater overflow at the bottom of the tank. On the other hand water runs downhill so failure to fix the leak can lead to more serious problems including electrical shorts additional damage to the water heater and the possibility of water damage such as ruined carpeting or drywall. The first place to check is the plumbing pipes above the water heater. 4 shut off water inlet to hot water heater.

Two places it may be leaking from include. Electric switch or turn the gas control valve to off 2 attach garden hose to the drain valve. From its base where it screws into the water heater from the piping attached to the t p relief valve and also coming out of the open end of the pipe. That metal vent on top of your gas water heater extends through your house to your roof.

The pop off valve may have gone bad. 6 open the pressure relief on the top vent and cycle several times. Check if there are any droplets of water on top or on the bottom of the water heater tank or inside the combustion chamber. It is used to drain tank of water in order to plumbing or maintenance.

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. Under the right conditions rain drops can enter and come down the vent. Leak from the base check that the water heater s power and water are turned off. I suspect that it is not actually leaking at the exhaust vent.

Check the plumbing pipes above the water heater using a stepladder if necessary. 5 open drain valve. Rainwater can be blown in from outside. If you have a gas hot water heater leaking from the top one possibility is related to rain.

3 run garden hose to a safe place to dump hot water. A water heater leaking from the top is preferable to one from the bottom.