Hello,
I have a problem with the condensation drain of my furnace. The problem is that it currently drains into a bucket I have to empty regularly. The guy who owned/built the house before me finished the basement and used the one floor drain for the shower and so now the furnace does not have a way to drain to it. I opened up the sheetrock a bit on the wall next to the furnace and found that there is a 1 1/2 inch vent pipe in the wall going down into the slab. Would it be okay to put a little "Y" on this pipe and let my furnace drain into it? Is this a good solution? If it is possible for me to run a flexible hose up through the wall and down into the shower, would a condensate pump be a better fix?
I have a problem with the condensation drain of my furnace. The problem is that it currently drains into a bucket I have to empty regularly. The guy who owned/built the house before me finished the basement and used the one floor drain for the shower and so now the furnace does not have a way to drain to it. I opened up the sheetrock a bit on the wall next to the furnace and found that there is a 1 1/2 inch vent pipe in the wall going down into the slab. Would it be okay to put a little "Y" on this pipe and let my furnace drain into it? Is this a good solution? If it is possible for me to run a flexible hose up through the wall and down into the shower, would a condensate pump be a better fix?