Greetings everyone.
I just found this forum and it seems to offer a lot of good advice.
My situation is I have a downdraft furnace going into a concrete slab. There's apparently a crack in the slab and the plenum fills up with water when we get heavy rains. Looking into it shows it's been happening for a while, but we just noticed it the other day when the air wouldn't blow to the first floor ducts.
It appears that my options are to move the furnace (big $), or to put a sump pump in the plenum to remove water when it comes in. I've looked around a bit and have found what are called "floor sucker" pumps - they sit on the floor and don't require a sump. These sound like they may work, but I'd like some advice before proceeding. From what I've read it also sounds like an electronic level control may be a good option for detecting the water.
Advice and suggestions are appreciated!
I just found this forum and it seems to offer a lot of good advice.
My situation is I have a downdraft furnace going into a concrete slab. There's apparently a crack in the slab and the plenum fills up with water when we get heavy rains. Looking into it shows it's been happening for a while, but we just noticed it the other day when the air wouldn't blow to the first floor ducts.
It appears that my options are to move the furnace (big $), or to put a sump pump in the plenum to remove water when it comes in. I've looked around a bit and have found what are called "floor sucker" pumps - they sit on the floor and don't require a sump. These sound like they may work, but I'd like some advice before proceeding. From what I've read it also sounds like an electronic level control may be a good option for detecting the water.
Advice and suggestions are appreciated!