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Tweetlots of help here bro

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TweetOkay. I don't know what it's called, but there is a small PVC pipe that runs out the ceiling of my back porch. It started dripping water non stop, and when it first happened it hadn't rained at all. I roofed for many years, worked my way up to commercial foreman and ran reisdential jobs as well, but I knew for a fact it was a roofing issue because there was no piping penetrations in the area, and not even close to a valley. So I figured it to be related to the AC since it runs all day.

I called a local AC/HVAC company and they sent out a guy. He checked the piping for blockages, couldn't find any. Opened up the AC from in the house upstairs and found the pan to be cracked at where the PVC pips run out. The main and secondary pipe connections were cracked, but weren't leaking. Water was about a 1/2" from spilling over the pan though. The guy said the build up of water was because the 2 pipes were set high, and water couldn't flow properly, which he showed me. He said that when the water starts dripping,it is something like a visual warning sig or something like that.

So I paid to have the pan replaced (which he had to take out the big ass coil piece), have a floating deal installed that wold shut the whole system down if the water got to high, and he secured the 2 pipes down with metal bands to put a little angle in them so the water would flow. Everything was good until yesterday, when it started dripping again. I'm going to open it up tonight again when the kids and baby are settled down, but not really sure what to look for. No water damage on the inside at all, even around the unit is dry.

I hope that makes sense...

Tweeteither the slope on the condensate pipe(pvc) is inadequate or it's blocked the latter might be highly unlikely he was supposed to clear the pipe out the first time

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Originally Posted by wutlisstrice

either the slope on the condensate pipe(pvc) is inadequate or it's blocked the latter might be highly unlikely he was supposed to clear the pipe out the first time

I agree . however I don't see replacing the pan as a fix. the pan did what it should ,it collected the water and sent it out of the house. theres a blockage somewhere cause the condensate shouldn't be doing that..

how old is your place. good rule I go with when I cant fix the problem .get at least 3 quotes a lot of a/c guys work on piece work. took me a while to find a honest dude.

TweetHouse was built in 2008. I'm kinda pissed because it already cost a lotof money to fix, and now to chase another symptom but same problem would suck. I'll see what's up when I open up tonight. Maybe ill be better to explain it to you guys.

THANK YOU FOR THE HELP THOUGH, MEANS A LOT!!!

TweetI'll take pictures too.

TweetBIG BUMP!

Do any of you guys know of anything I can put in the tray to clean the pipes out? Or even anything I can put in the pipes to clean it out? I opened eerything up again, because it seems that every times the guy comes out, all he doesis clean the pipes. Well when I opened everything up, I saw this slime like substance in the tray, which was all in the pipes as well. I this little wire snake deal, but it cant really get into the 90 degree angles.

Tired of calling the guy out, even if it is free. I used a rag and removed pretty much all of the slime build up in the tray. Cleaned the pipes out the best I could, but the primary is still clogged, and all the water is going to the secondry pipe and dripping outside again.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Tweetthere is a product called PRO TREAT condensate drain pan cleaner tabelets we use.........in your case put it in the pan where the water collects before it goes through the pvc pipes ,what it does it prevent the water from turning into the slimey/sludge that will eventually block up the pipes,it works for me

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Originally Posted by wutlisstrice

there is a product called PRO TREAT condensate drain pan cleaner tabelets we use.........in your case put it in the pan where the water collects before it goes through the pvc pipes ,what it does it prevent the water from turning into the slimey/sludge that will eventually block up the pipes,it works for me

THANK YOU!!! Is this something Home Depot would carry?