Install Instructions

Venting & air — general (continued)
Figure 23 Vent and air piping materials — Use only the materials listed below, ensuring that all materials meet
local codes (see Figure 110, page 127 for part/kit numbers)
ALL vent and air pipes require a BIRD SCREEN at each termination. Most kits do not include
the bird screens. Purchase bird screens separately from Weil-McLain or vent kit supplier if
not included. [Note — bird screening is integral to the 3" PVC Weil-McLain sidewall vent
cap,
available for purchase from Weil-McLain
. No additional screening is required.]
USE SWEEP ELBOWS FOR ALL VENT AND AIR PIPING — DO NOT use short
radius elbows for vent or air piping. Boiler performance could be a ected.
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gas-fired water boiler 70/110/155 Boiler Manual
Item Material
Standards for installations in:
United States Canada
(Note 2)
Plastic piping materials Vent or air piping
Vent
piping
Air
piping
Vent or air pipe
&
ttings
PVC schedule 40 ANSI/ASTM D1785 ULC S636
PVC, PVC-DWV,
CPVC or
polypropylene
PVC-DWV schedule 40 (Note 1) ANSI/ASTM D2665 NA
CPVC schedule 40 (Note 1) ANSI/ASTM F441 ULC S636
PVC & ABS pipe
cement & primer
PVC ANSI/ASTM D2564/F656 ULC S636
Use only cement
and primer
suitable for piping
material used
CPVC (Note 1) ANSI/ASTM F493 ULC S636
Polypropylene
vent pipe, fi ttings,
terminations and
cement
Simpson-Duravent — Obtain all materials from M&G
Simpson-Duravent
Centrotherm Eco Systems InnoFlue
®
Single-wall —
Obtain all materials from Centrotherm
Note: See page 127 for correct appliance adapters to be used.
See manufacturer’s literature for
detailed information
MUST USE LOCKING
COLLAR ON EVERY JOINT
ULC S636
PVC, PVC-DWV,
CPVC or
polypropylene
AL29-4C stainless steel piping materials
Vent pipe
AL29-4C
stainless
steel
Heat Fab, Inc. — Saf-T-Vent
®
Z-Flex, Inc. — Z-Vent II
Dura-Vent — FasNSeal™
Metal-Fab, Inc. — CORR/GUARD
Centrotherm Eco Systems — InnoFlue
®
Certifi ed for Category IV and
direct vent appliance venting
Certifi ed for Category IV and direct
vent appliance venting
Weil-McLain stainless steel bird screens, 2" or 3" (purchase separately) — see Figure 110, page 127 for part numbers
Note 1: Weil-McLain concentric vent kits are made from PVC pipe
and  ttings.
Note 2: System 636 PVC concentric terminations utilize PVC
pipe/ ttings certi ed to ULC S636.
If ULC S636 compliance is required, use only System 636
pipe,  ttings and cement.
DO NOT mix piping from di erent pipe manufacturers
unless using adapters speci cally designed for the purpose
by the manufacturer.
Every joint on polypropylene vent piping must include
a locking collar.
DO NOT use cellular core PVC (ASTM F891), cellular core
CPVC, or Radel
®
(polyphenolsulfone) in venting systems.
DO NOT cover non-metallic vent pipe and  ttings with
thermal insulation.
ADAPTERS — AL29-4C piping — Install a PVC-to-stainless
adapter supplied by the AL29-4C stainless pipe
manufacturer at the 3" PVC boiler vent connection
and at the termination (if using Weil-McLain plate or
concentric PVC termination).
ADAPTERS — Polypropylene piping — Provide adapters
from polypropylene pipe to the 3" PVC connections at
the boiler and at terminations, if required (Weil-McLain
sidewall plate, for example).
ADAPTERS — If using 2" piping, where approved for
the application, provide adapters for the 3" PVC boiler
connections and at the terminations, if required (Weil-
McLain sidewall plate, for example)