What Is Breeching on a Boiler?

Breeching pipe is the exhaust duct that leads from your oil or gas fired furnace, boiler, or water heater to the stack or masonry chimney. You commonly see breeching pipe in your basement, in a residential single family home, or boiler room, in a multi-unit building/commercial building.

What is a breeching in construction?

breeching. 1. The duct or pipe connecting the exhaust-gas discharge from a boiler furnace, or other fuel-burning equipment, to a stack.

What is a boiler stack?

A stack economizer is an exchanger designed to recover the heat contained in the hot flue gases from boilers; the heat is transferred to a hot water system. In the case of a steam boiler, about 20% of the energy required for the burner ends up in the flue, often at high temperatures.

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