In most of the disasters caused by hot water heater pipe leaking from the top the trp valve is involved.
Hot water heater discharge pipe.
Instead it is attached with a discharge pipe link with hot water heater.
The valve should be connected to a discharge pipe also called a drain line that runs down the length of the water heater tank.
You may have an issues with the hot water coming out of overflow pipe.
This pipe is responsible for routing hot water released from the tpr to a proper discharge location.
Brush pipe joint compound on the threads on the tpr valve using the brush supplied with the pipe joint compound.
Hold the tpr valve with the slip joint pliers.
1 the discharge pipe cannot be directly connected to the home s plumbing drainage system but an air gap located in the same room as the water heater can used to connect to the drainage system.
How to install a discharge pipe on a water heater step 1.
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Turn the valve clockwise one additional turn to point the tpr.