Well, there goes the tax return

"and 100 more" (nth256) 04/28/2019 at 16:49 • Filed to: None

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I , like 75% of Americans, park my car in the driveway and use my garage for storage, so I don’t to in there very often. Found this in the ceiling today:

apparently, in a/c drain clogged and I’ve been dripping into the ceiling above the garage. The air return under the a/c unit is soaked.

Mother   fucker. Cleared the drain and poked some holes in the drywall to drain out.

What the actual fuck, man.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 17:06

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Drywall really isn't hard to repair or replace and doesn't cost a ton. Just make sure you get it dried out well first.

DipodomysDeserti > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 17:10

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Is there no shutoff valve for when the drain clogs? Mine has a little float valve that shuts the handler off if the drain is clogged.

The original owner of my house did a lot of weird shit, but I’m thankful they had the AC unit installed on the ground rather than the roof. Godspeed.

and 100 more > DipodomysDeserti 04/28/2019 at 17:12

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Yeah, mine doesn’t have a float switch, as far as I know.

and 100 more > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/28/2019 at 17:13

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Dried and bleached, for sure.

CB > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 17:34

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I’d wear a mask in there.

and 100 more > CB 04/28/2019 at 17:36

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Once i start tearing out the drywall, definitely.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 17:44

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I would wear one just in close proximity. 

and 100 more > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 04/28/2019 at 18:11

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Probably the smart move.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 18:39

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We had to  spend 400 dollars replacing a broken window pane caused by my carelessness with some of our tax return money. Obviously no where near as bad as mold but still a d'oh moment

and 100 more > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 04/28/2019 at 18:48

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The self-inflicted damages are the worst, i feel ya.

Brickman > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 19:27

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Run one of those drain unclog wire spool thingys down the drain pipe. Probably clogged with dirt and hair. Repair any leaking pipes too. 

E92M3 > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 19:30

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Why would you waste perfectly good garage space? There are unfortunate souls out there that would love to h ave that garage, and you’re storing stuff that should of went to G oodwill 5 years ago in there.

and 100 more > Brickman 04/28/2019 at 19:32

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I ran some hot water thru, and that seemed to open the drain up. I’ll run some bleach thru this evening a s well. The leak was coming from the ac unit itself, down into the air return chamber underneath, and leaking down into the space under the flooring and on top of the 1st-floor dr ywall ceiling .

So if the drain cleared so easily, now I wonder why it backed up inside the unit to begin with. 

and 100 more > E92M3 04/28/2019 at 19:34

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Yep, and cleaning out the garage has been on my to-do list since we moved in and staged everything in the garage , but other stuff stole my time . Parking in the garage simply wasn’t the priority.

Montalvo > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 19:52

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This is why drain pans and leak detectors are a thing. As long as the leak is coming from the unit you can catch it and shut it off before it does damage.

Brickman > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 20:00

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I had that problem, the coils were filthy and made the a/c run longer pulling more moisture.

TheRealBicycleBuck > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 20:11

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Install a float switch and secondary drain. Ours has the float on the primary pan and a secondary pan underneath the unit just in case. 

OPPOsaurus WRX > and 100 more 04/28/2019 at 20:30

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BrooklynEagle > and 100 more 04/29/2019 at 11:52

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+1 for pan and secondary drain under the primary. I once had the problem you have, except it was over the master bedroom in a 90-year-old house. And if overflowed the day we put it on the market. Ug.