Furnance/AC condensate pump, exterior

[47WDXPW]

My current pump has a 1/2 or 5/8" clear plastic flexible hose running from the pump through a 5/8" hole drilled into the side of the home and just hanging unsupported. Over time the hose from weathering and UV Im sure gets brittle, breaks and gets shorter and shorter and now is a stub that needs replacing what is the correct way of installing and running a drain line like this. The basement is as dry as a bone so there is no sump pump installed in a sump that's never been wet over the last 20 years. Would cutting it into the sanitary sewer line be correct ?

 

[rkevins]

we have a 1/2" pvc pipe ran out the back of the house the pump hose runs up and into the pipe

 

[47WDXPW]

Sounds like a good idea thanks.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

It's not legal to dump condensate from a furnace/boiler outside. It has to be neutralized and sent into the waste line...

Tommy

 

[47WDXPW]

Where would I find the set up to do this correctly ? I take ownership of not paying attention to these details when it was installed but there are some slippery contractors out there.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

It's not legal to dump condensate from a furnace/boiler outside. It has to be neutralized and sent into the waste line...

Tommy

really? I never heard of that. Around here (in most cases) it gets dumped on the basement floor close to a floor drain which in turn is hooked into the sump pump and then pumped into the storm sewers. The storm sewers are not filtered and go right back into the lake.

Or in my case (since I don't have storm sewers) it just gets pumped outside.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

really? I never heard of that. Around here (in most cases) it gets dumped on the basement floor close to a floor drain which in turn is hooked into the sump pump and then pumped into the storm sewers. The storm sewers are not filtered and go right back into the lake.

Or in my case (since I don't have storm sewers) it just gets pumped outside.

It's code. All condensing fuel burning appliances must have a neutralization filter and cannot dump onto the ground or into a storm sewer.

Tommy

 

[Climatecreator]

First off. If you're only discharging condensate from your AC system it's fine. Some furnaces don't create condensation. Also if it discharges over flow from a humidifier or dehumidifier, that is also fine except if it freezes. However condensate from furnaces damages drain tubing, pumps, and sink traps etc if emptied into a sink without being treated. We use THIS pump http://amzn.to/2BpIs8j as it does BOTH the treating AND the pumping. Discharge is a clear vinyl 3/8 I.D.

If your furnace has plastic venting for flue or sealed metal flue, it probably needs to be treated. If just regular flue into a chimney probably not.



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