Temporary vent help

Gojimbo

hello, im moving oil burner to opposite side of chimney and would like to know if i can extend the 7” flue pipe around to the opposite side of the chimney temporarily (a couple weeks) while were building the new boiler system this way we have the new hole all ready to go?

Larry Weingarten

Hi @Gojimbo , I don't think we have enough info to give you good and safe advice. Please post some photos of how it is and how you want it to be, along with measurements. Then we can probably help. A question, can the job wait until the heater can simply be shut off for as long as it takes to get the job done?

Yours, Larry

EdTheHeaterMan

I’m gonna take a while guess here. You’re going to refinish the basement and you want the boiler on the other side of the chimney to give you more space on the refinished side of the basement. If that is the case, be sure to consider the new boiler location. That new location after the walls go up may be considered a confined space. That would mean the new location would not have enough combustion air for the heating system to operate properly.

if I guessed right, then you’re going to have to make arrangements to get sufficient combustion air to the new boiler location.

Gojimbo

Yea thats it but the new burner area will be part of a utility area with plenty of air and space for the burner.

i got someone that will be able to take care of it on changeover day so no temp vent needed.
thanks for your input guys!