This long pipe is called the condensate drip line as well as it can naturally accumulate algae as well as fungal growth, which if neglected as well as not flushed out, could lead to a catastrophic leak in your house
I’m used to having service contractors as well as tradespeople labor completely independent of our input or advice. For anything like fixing our car to rewiring a light fixture in our residing room. I have always taken it for granted assuming that I don’t ever need to supervise or inspect labor I’m paying someone to do for me; and, I have followed this trend with our heating as well as cooling repair work. There are a number of odd expectations I have always had with Heating and A/C contractors when called over on routine service tune-ups. The evaporator coil should be checked along with the air as well as refrigerant pressure measurements. Additional coolant needs to be added if the plan is desperate for a top-off for any reason, however aside from other visual inspections of inner components, the condensate line for the central Heating and A/C plan needs to be flushed to keep it free of debris. As your cooling system runs, moisture is pulled from the air as it is cooled by the evaporator coil. This moisture collects in the condensate drip pan before it eventually exits the cabin through a long PVC pipe outside into the grass next to your house. This long pipe is called the condensate drip line as well as it can naturally accumulate algae as well as fungal growth, which if neglected as well as not flushed out, could lead to a catastrophic leak in your house. The water could back up into your air handler as well as soak into the subflooring below before you even realize there’s a problem. The amount of water destruction is unimaginable, so it’s pressing to remind contractors to flush the condensate line even if you assume they’re going to do it all on their own. I made that mistake as well as now I have an high-priced concern to clean up that could have been avoided from the start.