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What were they thinking?(House Doctor)(water heater installation)(Brief Article)

Home Energy, January, 2004 by Fitzpatrick, Scott Lee

Doug Carlson, weatherization coordinator at the Five County Association of Governments, Cedar City, Utah, sent me these photos of a water heater installation that a weatherization crew found in Cedar City, Utah. What I want to know is, why didn't somebody die in this situation?

The water heater draft hood was connected to an old dryer hose and vent, and the gas line was a rubber hose. Fortunately, we took care of the problem. The third picture shows the end result.

Michael Johnson

Weatherization Program Director

State of Utah, Division of Community Development

Salt Lake ...

 

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