am over cold weather
We replaced the furnace a few years ago with one of the high-efficiency ones. These things somehow also collect moisture out of the air, that drains down into the condensation pump that the A/C also utilizes in summer, which has to be pumped up and out from under the house (where the furnace is) via a little hose/tube thing that goes out the side of the foundation. Guess what . . . the stupid little hose/tube thing froze up just outside our foundation, and we had a minor flood on the basement floor. Argh. HVAC guy said I was his second call that day for the same problem. (he said it was 4° at his house that a.m.) We are learning that the little drain hoses all freeze up when it is 10° or lower outside, so the pump was running and the bit of ice on the outside end had it blocked, so it ran all over the basement floor, soaked an oriental rug we had rolled up down there (that was cleaned 2 years ago,,, guess what,,,) I am SO OVER the cold weather.I dread the day I have to buy a new washing machine. The new current generation of HVAC units are bad enough these days - they don't last - .... washers are worse. Ack.
JANE IN NC - Good to see you post! Looks like you are healing at a good rate and recovering nicely. I don't envy you living in the mountains, on the slopes, with the driveway and all, when it is this time of year. I am sure summers are gorgeous and make it all worth it.
posted by Doris W. in TN @ 12:13 AM
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Doris- sure wish you had contacted me! I don't know a thing about it, but DH does own a heat/AC business, so he could have advised you.
He mostly sells Carrier products, but also Trane and some others. We generally don't have weather below 20, and no basements, but the products are all the same.
I clean the drain line of ours (in our garage) once a month with a cup of bleach. Or, if you don't like bleach, a cup of white vinegar will do.
Our E is sashauer@comcast.net if you need any more info.
So sorry about the rug! Stay warm. It was 70 here today and I have a raw throat.
Sara - the line froze from the cold weather. I do the same with the bleach, every year, to clear the line of any mold or yucky stuff. The part of the condensation line that drips out side is what froze from the cold, then the next time it pumped water, that residue froze, until the ice in the line became 'enough' to where it was completely blocked and backing up at the condensation pump.
My HVAC people are coming out MOnday (which reminds me . . . I need to check that big garbage can it's been re-routed into and empty it...) to install it properly. At no cost to us. They're really good company and always take care of us with the "911" calls.
I think these new HE furnaces and such were so new when we put this in 5 years ago, the installers weren't familiar with them and the consequences of pumping water out during winter.
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