Painting Roof Furnace Vent

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Painting roof furnace vent.

Your choice of colors unless the city or hoa has restrictions on what colors to use. I used krylon satin finish spray paint in ivory. Adhere to them even if you are building the vent on your own. These pipes can be easily painted to blend in with your roof color.

Run the vent pipe up through the roof and install a metal or pvc flashing collar over it. This is also often recommended for water heater or furnace vents if pvc material. Gas furnaces usually come with their own specifications. There s no need to do the sides since they ll be hiding inside the hole.

I did 4 light coats with about 5 minutes of drying time in between. Some are plumbing vents others serve as vents for appliances. Starting at the furnace connect the various pipes by using the elbow joints working your way towards the chimney. 2 coats coming from one direction and then 2 coming from the other direction to get under all the slanted bits.

Watch this video to l. Those pipes you see on your roof serve an important purpose. Pvc and abs vents through roof exposed to sunlight should be protected by water base synthetic latex paints. Match the vent pipe to the furnace maker s recommendations either sheet metal or vinyl.

The paint helps protect the pipes from the suns uv rays.