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Modcon venting inside an insulated wall: Acceptable?

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16sail
16sail Member Posts: 3
edited March 2017 in THE MAIN WALL
We are swapping out an existing modcon boiler. The current system has PVC vent and air supply pipes which run up two stories within an insulated wall.

One of the plumbers who is quoting the job says we must reroute the pipes because "you can't run them through an insulated wall because the joints can fail."

Is this in fact the case? If so, is it best practice or local code?

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  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,859
    Never heard of that before. Ask your local code official.

    We've gone to using PPL on the vent piping of mod/cons just avoid the issues that come with high SW temps.
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
    Steve Minnich

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