"Clark" wrote in message
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"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:21:55 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
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"David" wrote in message
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Hopefully someone can offer some guidance on a problem I have with
my water heater.

It would seem that the boneheads that built my house 7 years ago
failed to put the hot water heater in a location where the T&P
relief valve can safely dump water to a drain.

About 98% of them are installed that way..


The one in my house has a copper tube going up along the vent (for gas
fumes) and draining on the roof, near the chimney.


Which is against code, if you live in an area where the outdoor temps
fall below freezing.
But, it's still not smart, unless there's a way for you to know whether
it's dripping or not.


Freezing temps and seeing a drip really don't matter


Yeah, so run them damn things outside in freezing weather... Idiot!