Diesel Heater Exhaust Location

[Smiles79]

I'm going to be setting up a Vevor diesel heater in my two stall garage. The ideal location would put the exhaust above my deck in the location marked by the red dot in the attached picture. This location is the corner where my garage meets my house.

This location is 54.5" above the deck. The window is 60" from the corner and 41" above the deck. The dryer vent you see between the window and the corner is 27" from the corner. On the soffit is a vent that is 62" from the corner and 7" out from the wall. The soffit is probably 78"-84" above the deck.

Is this location too close to the window, dryer vent, and soffit vents to be safe?

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[toyotadriver]

I wouldn't put it there.




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[Smiles79]

I wouldn't put it there.




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That was kinda what I was thinking but I wanted to make sure I wasn't being overly cautious

 

[WildBill]

Can you run straight down and out below the deck? You can buy longer sections of exhaust pipe on Amazon and eBay. Then you could cover the pipe with something to make it look better. I would wrap it with header insulation all the way and put a mini-split line cover over it.

 

[Smiles79]

Can you run straight down and out below the deck? You can buy longer sections of exhaust pipe on Amazon and eBay. Then you could cover the pipe with something to make it look better. I would wrap it with header insulation all the way and put a mini-split line cover over it.

Would that be any better? The exhaust would still be wanting to go upwards in that same general vicinity.

I can put the heater on the other side of the garage which allows for a much better exhaust location, it just is on the opposite side form where I work when I'm out there.

 

[WildBill]

Would that be any better? The exhaust would still be wanting to go upwards in that same general vicinity.

I can put the heater on the other side of the garage which allows for a much better exhaust location, it just is on the opposite side form where I work when I'm out there.

I meant you could route it where you wanted it under the deck as well. But I wouldn't worry about having it away from you, those things put out a ton of heat and blow it pretty far. I can feel mine about 25ft away. Like a giant hair dryer, puts out a lot of 200F air. You can also run a longer heat output pipe to route it wherever, some guys run a long output pipe with multiple branches off of it.

 

[Smiles79]

I meant you could route it where you wanted it under the deck as well. But I wouldn't worry about having it away from you, those things put out a ton of heat and blow it pretty far. I can feel mine about 25ft away. Like a giant hair dryer, puts out a lot of 200F air. You can also run a longer heat output pipe to route it wherever, some guys run a long output pipe with multiple branches off of it.

Ah I gotcha. Yeah I think this location will work find and I figured I'd duct it around if I really needed to.

 

[toyotadriver]

Can you just put the heater outside somewhere and duct it in?






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[larry4406]

I wouldn't put it there.




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I like your signature! I don’t think it will protect you from banned camp.

OP - the manual should have a diagram showing clearances.

 

[Jackfre]

I took a Quick Look at the manual and did not find vent specs, only that it has to be a horiz termination. So many times folks begin an install with, “I want it to go here…” and then find themselves ******* in knots on the vent. In most cases you should begin the the vent termination and work the install back to the heater. It is kind of a package deal.

 

[86turbodsl]

One thing the manufacturer is going to be protecting for, is resistance to flow on the exhaust. They need a certain amount of fresh air intake. Exhaust flow affects this. When we installed a new boiler in my home, our exhaust plan did not fit the manual limitations. We called the manufacturer and they said as long as the diameter of the exhaust pipe was increased, we could increase the length. so in your case, if you can exit below the deck, and use a larger diameter pipe out to the other end of the deck you would probably be ok. if exhaust diameter is 2", you'd want 3" for example.

 

[Smiles79]

I ended up putting it in my original, but much safer location. Seems to be working ok.