Fixes

Some fixes cause other problems. The contractor who concreted our crawlspace floor last year left a problem only discovered yesterday.

When the air conditioner is on, the furnace puts off moisture which travels down a hose and into the drain about 14 feet away. The hose comes out the back of the furnace and runs along the back of the framed partial wall in the crawl and through the wall into the sump pump hole.

Bob was smart enough to check this yesterday after we turned on the air conditioning for the first time this season. There was little dripping out the hose end so he tracked it back.

The crawlspace new concrete partially encased the old hose so that it made a wave on its way behind the framed wall. Not good. In fact, an outlet valve was left open and water had run out and behind the wall frame. It is all wet.

The crawlspace man will be here this morning to fix it or we will contact the furnace people to replace the hose and send the crawlspace company the bill.

One fix may hide or cause other problems which are not discovered for months or even years.

'til later