Painting Roof Furnace Vent

The vent pipe must overlap at each joint to prevent gas from leaking.

Painting roof furnace vent.

Audio playback not supported. 2 coats coming from one direction and then 2 coming from the other direction to get under all the slanted bits. Those pipes you see on your roof serve an important purpose. There s no need to do the sides since they ll be hiding inside the hole.

Starting at the furnace connect the various pipes by using the elbow joints working your way towards the chimney. I used krylon satin finish spray paint in ivory. Watch this video to l. Your choice of colors unless the city or hoa has restrictions on what colors to use.

This is also often recommended for water heater or furnace vents if pvc material. The easiest way is to do this is to use a good quality spray paint. 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.

I did 4 light coats with about 5 minutes of drying time in between. Gas furnaces usually come with their own specifications. But they stick out like a sore thumb don t they. Run the vent pipe up through the roof and install a metal or pvc flashing collar over it.

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