What is Z Flex venting?

Insul-Vent® is a double-wall insulated vent connector, designed to make insulated connections between appliance and common vent (i.e. B-Vent, masonry chimney, or Z-Flex® chimney liner products), easy and economical. Single-Vent is a single wall flexible vent connector.

What is Z vent used for?

Z-Vent® double fail safe self-sealing Special Gas Vent System dramatically reduces installed vent system cost. Vent stack/breeching designed for use with boilers, high efficiency furnaces. Venting for both spa heaters and pool heaters, unit heaters, and water heaters.

Can Z vent be cut?

Can I cut Z-Vent® pipe? Yes, Z-Vent® Single Wall male end of pipe, Z-Vent® Double Wall Adjustable male end of inner pipe and Z-Vent® Smoothcore Flexible end (non-male end) can be field cut; refer to the Z-Vent® installation instructions.

What is a Category 3 water heater?

Category III Appliances in residential use are mostly tank-less water heaters that are vented through the wall with stainless steel. These appliances operate with positive vent pressure and, therefore, cannot be adjoined to a gravity-vented water heater.

What is Type C vent?

Type C vents are used only as connectors. They are single walled galvanized pipes, and as such often called “galvanized pipes”. They are used only for venting gas or oil. Using a C vent with solid fuel appliances can cause extremely toxic fumes. This is the least expensive of the pipes.

What is UL 1738 vent pipe?

UL 1738 PLASTIC VENTS UL 1738 is a complete venting system standard containing requirements that cover venting systems intended for venting Category II, III, or IV gas-burning appliances.

What is AB vent pipe?

B vent: This approach, also called natural vent, pulls air from indoors for combustion and vents it outside. It features a chimney with a double wall pipe which runs from the fireplace to outside of the home. This tightly-sealed system eliminates use of any inside air. This type of fireplace does not require a chimney.

What is al29 4C?

AL 29-4C® alloy is a superferritic stainless steel developed by ATI Allegheny Ludlum for extreme resistance to chloride ion pitting, crevice corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC), as well as general corrosion in oxidizing and moderately reducing environments.

Can you vent B vent horizontally?

No. Per the sizing tables, all orientations must terminate vertically with a UL listed rain cap, otherwise the appliance may not vent properly.

What kind of stainless steel is a Z vent pipe made of?

Z-Vent is manufactured using AL29-4C advanced ferritic stainless steel with unmatched corrosion resistance for use with condensing furnaces and boilers. Z-Vent was developed in the early 1980s and has thousands of field installations to date. Z-Vent is now manufactured utilizing a fail-safe gasket connection.

How big is a Z Flex 3 inch vent pipe?

• Category III • 5-3/4 Inches total length • Interchangeable with Z-Vent Part 2ZVB03 Z Flex NovaVent Horizontal Condensation Drain Pipe for 3 inch diameter Stainless Steel Vent Pipe – 2NVHD3 Z Flex NovaVent Vertical Condensation Drain Tee for 3 inch diameter Stainless Steel Vent Pipe – 2NVVDT3

What kind of stainless steel is zflex Cat 3 made of?

Zflex Cat 3 Stainless Flue Pipe – 4 inch Z-Vent is manufactured using AL29-4C advanced ferritic stainless steel with unmatched corrosion resistance for use with condensing furnaces and boilers. Z-Vent was developed in the early 1980s and has thousands of field installations to date.

What makes the novavent Z Flex vent system so good?

When compared to plastic and other resin based materials used for venting systems, NovaVENT displays considerably lower thermal expansion and contraction making it much more resistance to stress corrosion cracking. Novavent Z Flex has wall thimbles, vent terminators, straight vent lengths, elbows and more.