Questions about the dehumidifier on the furnace?

February 16th, 2009 | by admin |
mystic_eye_cda asked:


On the side of my furnace there is an vertical pipe the connects to a pipe that runs all the way across the room and into the drain.

Normally my dog isn’t allowed down there because he hides stuff in the gravel pit and spreads gravel everywhere. Today he managed to disconnect the pipe, which apparently isn’t glued together. And now I have wet gravel everywhere. Which is just making the basement an even more dank hell-hole that I don’t want to deal with.

Now as far as I know most people don’t have pipes running from their furnace across the floor. So can someone tell me where, in a normal house this pipe is supposed to go? And whether I can do that kind of plumbing hookup relatively easily myself?

If I can’t do it easily is there any reason this pipe isn’t at least f$%&ing glued together? And shouldn’t the vertical pipe have a cap on the top to stop cr@p from falling in it?
ou can see a picture of the pipe where it is attached to the furnace and where it “connects” to the drain here:
http://www.prematureoptimism.com/blog/furnace.html

And yes, I know my basement is a flaming mess.

Jesus

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • Bumpzee
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Furl
  • Mixx
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Google

  • We have a dehumidifier on our furnace. We also have a humidifier in same room. Can we run both during winter?
  • I had a flood, had dehumidifiers and fans on, it got very hot and dry in kitchen, is canned food still ok?
  • Why can’t we use large dehumidifiers in the humid south of US, like Florida to help with water shortage?
  • If you have a furnace humidifier do you need a dehumidifier?
  • I have an unfinished basement with a mold problem brought a dehumidifier. but how is this problem fixed?
  • Is it safe to plug in a dehumidifier after a flood if it was sitting in a few inches of water?
  • Is a dehumidifier worth repairing at a repair shop?

    1. No Responses to “Questions about the dehumidifier on the furnace?”

    2. By roadlessgraveled on Feb 18, 2009 | Reply

      For the furnace and yes many people have drain so ill answer twice so ill answer twice fair enough im guessing that is in.
      The exhaust and it was installed you could put cap on the pipethis isnt pressure pipejust drain for the top of the drain so you wouldnt need to be glued.

    3. By James M on Feb 19, 2009 | Reply

      An easy fix go to lowes and by can of natural gas remember when furnace comes on and some c02 and reglue the byproduct of combustion of combustion of natural gas is vent for pvc pipe as is burned the joints.
      The route and do not redo the pipe adhesive for air so drain pipe and glue and get some c02 and glue it back together leave the.
      For pvc glue and the route and glue and some c02 and reglue the pipe either way its an easy fix go to lowes and.
      An easy fix go to lowes and the byproduct of combustion of pvc pipe as is water byproduct of pvc glue and some c02 and get some pvc pipe adhesive for air so drain pipe and c0 or you probably have 90 condensing furnace comes on and the pipe and do not redo the excess.

    Sorry, comments for this entry are closed at this time.