question - i have an a/c that is leaking out the back and down the side of my building. is it likely leaking because the unit isnt level in the window or is it just a cheap piece of crap? i bought it last year so it isnt old.
(dave, I dont have an answer.. but someone told me once that ac water can cause legionaires disease. ahh, Summer in the City...)
well, im not a legionnaire so i dont see how that could effect me.
didnt quite answer my question but obviously related to condensation. im just wondering if because its poorly "installed" if thats creating more condensation than it would otherwise.
Another urban myth debunked.
Most A/Cs drip condensation; I wouldn't worry unless it's just pouring out of there.
i wouldnt care but my landlord is complaining. its dripping on the steps in front of his store. fortunately, he hasnt had a real customer since 1979 so its not like im driving away his business. but im sure its annoying. it may not be pouring out but it is a steady trickle.
alot of a/c's drip. its condensation. its a problem though that the landloard is responsible for someone who might slip and fall because of it. check and see if you can attach a tube to the outlet where its dripping from. plumbing a/c supply or hardware store ? run the tube to redirect dripping away from the steps or onto someone elses steps. leveling it prob wont help.
Your landlord is complaining? Mr "no heat" guy? Seriously, drippage is inevitable, about all you're obligated to do, courtesy-wise, would be find where the drippage is coming out and steer it a foot two to the left or right of his steps with a rubber tube. And tell him to fuck off, you have a right to AC.
What Bill and Tom said (except for the part about you having rights which I personally don't think you should have any of) and underscoring that no you don't want it level, it's supposed to drip out the back.
he didnt threaten to evict me, he just asked if there was anything i could do about it. he suggested the tube as well but i dont see one specific point where the condensation is coming from. i thought i recall the old school a/c having a place where you could twist on a hose but im not seeing it.
im still guessing that if it were more level, it would be less inclined to leak but i dont want to pay to box in the window only to find out that it wont make a difference.
i hate sites that wont let me cut and paste.
so yes, you dont want it perfectly level but that doesnt mean it might not be pitched too much.
i think ive come up with a temporary solution. the a/c is over the fire escape. i just need to get one of those planter boxes and grow some toxic plants under the a/c. i think this would catch a good percentage of the runoff. either that or build a weather machine that would constantly rain over my building so that the condensation would just blend right in.
My landlord on 5th St had the same complaint, he told me to drill a hole in the front of the housing {preferably a lower corner )and attach the tube there. I had it working like a charm, water leaking neatly down the corner of the building rather than poolijg up in the wooden window sill, but he thought a slightly larger hole would be even better, that's when I nicked the freon tube with the carbon drill bit. Pfffffffffffffffftttttttttttt!.
He ended up replacing the unit with one he lad kicking around in the basement.
a brick or right sized piece of wood wedged btwn the ac and the sill ledge is a common remedy, short of installing an official bracket. just dont make matters worse clobbering someone with the brick by mistake. they also mention checking drip pans and weep holes. but there should be a nozzle fitted to the weep hole for that tube. if that home repair site doesnt cover your plobrem another one ill.
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- dave 8-13-2004 7:12 pm
(dave, I dont have an answer.. but someone told me once that ac water can cause legionaires disease. ahh, Summer in the City...)
- selma 8-13-2004 7:25 pm [add a comment]
well, im not a legionnaire so i dont see how that could effect me.
- dave 8-13-2004 7:54 pm [add a comment]
didnt quite answer my question but obviously related to condensation. im just wondering if because its poorly "installed" if thats creating more condensation than it would otherwise.
- dave 8-13-2004 7:59 pm [add a comment]
Another urban myth debunked.
- selma 8-13-2004 8:01 pm [add a comment]
Most A/Cs drip condensation; I wouldn't worry unless it's just pouring out of there.
- tom moody 8-13-2004 8:02 pm [add a comment]
i wouldnt care but my landlord is complaining. its dripping on the steps in front of his store. fortunately, he hasnt had a real customer since 1979 so its not like im driving away his business. but im sure its annoying. it may not be pouring out but it is a steady trickle.
- dave 8-13-2004 8:10 pm [add a comment]
alot of a/c's drip. its condensation. its a problem though that the landloard is responsible for someone who might slip and fall because of it. check and see if you can attach a tube to the outlet where its dripping from. plumbing a/c supply or hardware store ? run the tube to redirect dripping away from the steps or onto someone elses steps. leveling it prob wont help.
- bill 8-13-2004 8:18 pm [add a comment]
Your landlord is complaining? Mr "no heat" guy? Seriously, drippage is inevitable, about all you're obligated to do, courtesy-wise, would be find where the drippage is coming out and steer it a foot two to the left or right of his steps with a rubber tube. And tell him to fuck off, you have a right to AC.
- tom moody 8-13-2004 8:18 pm [add a comment]
What Bill and Tom said (except for the part about you having rights which I personally don't think you should have any of) and underscoring that no you don't want it level, it's supposed to drip out the back.
- jimlouis 8-13-2004 8:30 pm [add a comment]
he didnt threaten to evict me, he just asked if there was anything i could do about it. he suggested the tube as well but i dont see one specific point where the condensation is coming from. i thought i recall the old school a/c having a place where you could twist on a hose but im not seeing it.
im still guessing that if it were more level, it would be less inclined to leak but i dont want to pay to box in the window only to find out that it wont make a difference.
- dave 8-13-2004 8:30 pm [add a comment]
i hate sites that wont let me cut and paste.
so yes, you dont want it perfectly level but that doesnt mean it might not be pitched too much.
- dave 8-13-2004 8:37 pm [add a comment]
i think ive come up with a temporary solution. the a/c is over the fire escape. i just need to get one of those planter boxes and grow some toxic plants under the a/c. i think this would catch a good percentage of the runoff. either that or build a weather machine that would constantly rain over my building so that the condensation would just blend right in.
- dave 8-13-2004 8:52 pm [add a comment]
sounds smart.
(And do let us know if you start to feel a bit feverish.)
- selma 8-13-2004 9:01 pm [add a comment]
My landlord on 5th St had the same complaint, he told me to drill a hole in the front of the housing {preferably a lower corner )and attach the tube there. I had it working like a charm, water leaking neatly down the corner of the building rather than poolijg up in the wooden window sill, but he thought a slightly larger hole would be even better, that's when I nicked the freon tube with the carbon drill bit. Pfffffffffffffffftttttttttttt!.
He ended up replacing the unit with one he lad kicking around in the basement.
- steve 8-13-2004 8:59 pm [add a comment]
a brick or right sized piece of wood wedged btwn the ac and the sill ledge is a common remedy, short of installing an official bracket. just dont make matters worse clobbering someone with the brick by mistake. they also mention checking drip pans and weep holes. but there should be a nozzle fitted to the weep hole for that tube. if that home repair site doesnt cover your plobrem another one ill.
- bill 8-13-2004 9:13 pm [add a comment]