Enclosed Hot Water vent?

I recently moved into a new house. Upstairs in a coner of the room the propane hotwater vent runs through the floor up through the ceiling. With the hotwater heater running the pipe never gets to hot to touch. Can I enclose the pipe with a couple of 1x8s in other words box the vent pipe in the corner?

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ronney
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This is a new house and they did not enclose the water heater vent. Where did you buy it, at Wal-Mart? Yes, you can enclose it, the builder should have enclosed it not leave it exposed in a corner. What other corners did your builder cut, I would take a close look before your warranty runs out, if you have one.

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ronney

Since it doesn't get hot to touch it is reasonable to assume it is B type pipe. You can enclose as long as you leave at least 1" clearance between the pipe and any combustible materials

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jolt

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