You are letting air into the plumbing system of the house.
Vent stack height above roof.
Vent pipes should extend to outdoors above the building roof and should terminate vertically not less than 6 above the roof surface nor more than 24 and must be at least 12 from any vertical surface such as a nearby sidewall.
It s 6 inches in many states but especially in northern states like minnesota it s 12 inches.
This may seem suitable since the only purpose for the stack is to provide air and expel sewer gases.
This does not mean a few smaller vents 1 1 2 2 connecting and then increasing to 3 through the roof it means at least one soil or waste stack extending through the roof with a minimum diameter of 3.
The leaking tee is about 6 to 8 feet below the roof.
Above the roof plumbing vent height.
The 6 you describe should be just fine.
The soil pipe also known as the vent stack or stack pipe provides air for the plumbing system.
A vent stack is not like a chimney which requires 2 higher than any roof within 10.
Its 3 vent and i ll be installing anotehr stack that is 2 as well.
Upc i 906 1 and 906 2.
Vent stack leaking 3 answers our house built in 1988 has a leak in its vent stack where one vent line tees into the vertical main vent before the main vent goes through the roof.
9 where a sleeve flashing is installed on a flat roof it shall extend at least 150 mm above the flood level and on a sloped roof shall be at least 150 mm high on the short side.
370 in i m putting in a new vent stack and like an i forgot to measure how far it extended above the roof.
Depending on your region the vent stack may protrude only a few inches above the surface of the roof.
Dubldare mn mn code requires at least one 3 vent stack carried full size through the roof.
Open vent pipes that extend through a roof shall be terminated at least 18 inches 456 mm above the roof or 6 inches 152 mm above the anticipated snow accumulation whichever is greater except that where a roof is to be used for any purpose other than weather protection the vent extension shall be run at least 7 feet 2134 mm above the roof.
Normally there is no problem with the vent stack no smells etc but when we get a.
10 no bore of a vent stack or stack vent shall be reduced or obstructed by the installation of a flashing.