What is in the Basement of my Uncle Ron's House? It's not Good - AC Problems!
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- We have major A/C issues in Ron's house. This requires going into the basement and it's not a pleasant place to be. Spiders, a dead squirrel, dead AC coils, and then we get onto the roof, then we get dangerous and attempt to repair storm damage to my main power line rain head. There's a lot in this video!
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Bless Dad and his son working together . Nick seems a lovely young man
I was 15 years in the HVAC business so just some info that I can see. The pump is a condensate pump. The high efficiency furnace creates water and would normally drain through a floor drain. Most older houses do not have that drain so the water goes into the pump which then sends the water through the pipe into another drain, in this case that skinny pipe you found outside. The white plastic pipe that's disconnected is indeed the exhaust, the one on the other side is a fresh air intake. Just need to get the right glue and push that one pipe back together. Taking that filter out actually may cure some if not all your AC problems too. You likely had most of this figured out before you read this though.
@ayo9057 I can agree I did this for two years and it’s definitely not as complicated
Well I feel officially old now Nick has turned into a Giant and I'm Only a 2 year subscriber. Slow down Nick...... lol. Seems like a really good kid!
Way to go with the repairs. Probably saved yourself a grand between HVAC and your exterior repairs!
Hey Randy, Home maintenance is key, you guys did a fine job. At some point get you a roll of the aluminum tape and you seal those air ducts. either way good vid man Thank You.
Yes, just put on a bunny suit and climb into the crawl space. Doesn't that sound like fun!😢
The PVC pipe that was disconnected is a combustion air intake for the furnace. Being disconnected is not dangerous, it just means the furnace was pulling in basement air instead of outside air. That would have been inefficient if the basement were heated, as it would be pulling in heated air for the combustion chamber instead of outside air. The exhaust, however (the PVC coming out of the small draft inducer blower,) is the one you don't want blowing out under the house. Excellent cleaning job.
The house stuff is interesting , its nice to mix things up 😊
Well done. As soon you opened the trap door, I was *NOPE*, not going down there. Spiders and ghosts hide down there.🤣
TAPE UP ALL AIR LEAKS. Great job Randy. I can see the love you had for your Uncle
Wow,Nick has really grown ,he's a fine looking young man.
Condensate pump. The pump that looks like a sump pump. That is your drain for the a.c.
Filter should really have a housing so its not pulling the basement air or be below the coil like you mentioned and tape off the opening on the return - the pump you thought was a sump pump is actually called a condensate pump, it pumps all the moisture and condensation the unit removes from the air out that drain tube that was hit by the mower/storm whatever happened, I like the videos on the houses! Your uncles and aar hq! Great work and great maintenance and repairs!
condensation pump is the black box looking thing
Thats the condensation pump, not really a sump but works the same. The pvc pipe hooked up to the small blower in the unit is for the Carbon monoxide.
The thing that looks like a sump pump is a condensation pump for the air conditioner. Those pipes are fresh air intake and vent pipes for installation in basements
You have a great personality. You seem like a fine man!! Fun to watch because of who you are. THANK YOU!!
Randy I have the same system. Next time remove the copper tubing. Take A coil outside use a hose for better cleaning
This is going to be fun!
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Randy & Nick FTW!
Great job guys!
I enjoyed watching your version of this old house. Nice work Randy!
Pvc pipes for intake and exhaust for high efficiency furnace
Good video Bud keep up the good work
Beautiful portable ladder you bought.
Hey Randy great video good to see you fixing things ! Ken (Australia)
I've never even seen an A coil until this video. Great job Randy
How Nick has grown, good to see you working together, a place for you to be in the future, keep up the good work
You're supposed to change the furnace filter every few months. I have a proper basement and still change it about 3 times a year.
That’s a great house Randy! Not only does it have sentimental value, which you can never replace, but it has great “bones”. You can always rehab it a little bit at a time.
I really enjoy seeing you work on the house. Well done with everything you accomplished
Good Morning Randy from @Auto Action Rebuild
Hold the PVC pipe together with a couple of screws at the coupling. Keeps them together yet makes them easy to take apart when needed.
Its always a feel-good moment when you do the repairs yourself and save some $$$$$.
You save so much doing little jobs. Sadly I have to get more and more people too help me out. No way I would have drilled through asbestos like Randy did without the proper prep (mask, vac pulling in shavings). Even I know that. Randy should get the siding tested. As he says it just takes money too get the place sorted. I've spent $40k and still need a new kitchen and bathroom.
Hello there cowboy here again just a quick note you're absolutely correct there should be a filter under the A coils id recommend a HEPA filter all considered a d you can change it about every three to four months you only need to remove that little strip at the bottom of the A frame cover not the entire thing but you'll still have to go down the dungeon and yes move the pipes lol I love the old place personal that's my style I'd be very happy there except for the cold anyway all the best a little bit of repairs at a time so not to seam overwhelming it'll get there remember always be safe healthy and happy God Bless 🤠
Glad to see how the old family house is coming along. Great vid, thanks Randy!
Get a couple of rolls of foil tape and tape all the seams on those vent lines. Then put some insulation over the supply lines and foil tape those. You can also use the foil tape to seal up the area around the filter and to hold the filter down. Should make your HVAC run so much more efficiently.
Good job Randy,your very handy at home repairs.
I enjoy the house videos. Having lived in a 100 year old house that house doesn't look bad to me. It's important to save these old family homes.
Nice job on getting your air conditioner fix up. Sweet. Keep up the great work.
Great Team work. Have fun. 😊
Hello, good video , hope things can be fixed 😀
That filter should have a home over it. And yes that is a drain lift pump to take the condensed water out to the drain.
That looked like squirrel fur lol. Glad you're not giving up on the house.
Good job keeping the house
I live in Indiana, Shelbyville is my City. It would be nice to meet you, thank you for the video's
You uncle was a smart handyman
This is what family is all about! God bless you for all of this hard work you did for your uncle! Great job!
Those roofers you hired did excellent work on the house roof.
Don't give up Randy you'll get there it is just gonna take time🙏🙏
Looks 100% better Randy. Good job.
I don't get the hatred, Randy didn't go off on anything, not Nick or the house didn't throw any wrenches, was calm cool and collected, nice job Randy. Nick you have shot up a foot or two before our very eyes, I love the working with Randy, you are growing up to be a very nice young man. I too hope you are able to keep this little house and to one day fix it up the way it needs to be, but until that time you do what you can. My air-conditioning went out a couple of weeks ago and of course on the hottest day of the year. I'm 65 and not able to do a lot of the things I use to, and I can't take the heat. I called a professional and he came out and at first he said my unit in the backyard was dirty, but he would need to go get the cleaner and come back, which he did. After doing what he did in the backyard, the air still wasn't working and after some other investigation he figured out the blower motor went out. He said he had one on the truck and he replaced the bad with the new one, after that the air was working great and still is. The bill was over $800 and I had to borrow that to be able to pay the bill, it is truly hell getting old. For the people who say if you don't know anything about it then you should call a professional. That is true but for most of us we don't have the money in the bank for an emergency house repair, so it's do yourself or learn to live with it. I appreciate the do it yourselfer he will learn more from fixing it up then you could in a book or school. Randy nice job on the cleaning, I thought it looked pretty clean after you were done. Randy all I can say is to just keep being you and haters gonna hate. 😀✌❤
Well done, nice job. ❤ from the UK.
Hay Randy, Ron would be so proud of you for all the hard work you put into the house keeping it in good condition. Fantastic work with the air conditioning unit, love these house videos
Way to go with the repairs .Bless Dad and his son working together . Nick seems a lovely young man
I take a leaf blower up on my roof once a year, usually before snow starts flying. I recently replaced a cheese ball metal roof with standing seam metal so I can keep having a bomb of a fire on my back lawn and not worry about it
9:23 randy, that fan mechanism that goes to the outside of the house is called an economizer. It’s a vent that brings in air from the outside and into the house as cool air.
Excellent job Randy and Nick 👍
Mannn nick looking like a lil grown man. Keep it up Randy.
The outside unit gets plugged up as well. It's a giant radiator that surrounds the works. Hose and detergent a soft brush maybe. Clean the fins so the air can move through. The capacitors fail commonly on the outside units. If it's not running at all.
Great to see you fix it yourself and save money.
Don’t forget to clean the compressor coils. They get grass and leaves in them. Good job.
Love it . Take your time Randy
2 pvc pipes are fresh air in and exaust out. That little black box you thought was a sump pump is a condensation pump that pumps out the condensation from the unit 👌🏾👌🏾
Randy,
Nice presentation,you are really technically inclined and a DIY advocate,that SON and DAD team is awesome and the lad is cool,calm and collected
Hvac guy here that tape u got is ur best friend to fix all those vents that's what we do ...good luck
Awesome Job. Pick up a roll of a/c silver foil tape to seal duct connections. Will make a great difference.
That is what he bought.
Randy keep that filter changed, Set up filter reminder on your nest, so you don't forget. Guaranteed that was the cause of airflow issues.
Holy cow. That porch is about to give away any second.
Nice job Randy great work you and Nick did! Definitely enjoyed watching this one. One day you’ll be able to fix your uncle’s house up!
You need to buy silver tape to wrap the joints, the tube on the right is a fresh air pipe. You can get a spray to clean evap coils
I bought the tape and I used the spray in this video
You can cut the PVC pipe in an accessible area and install a Fernco fitting (rubber sleeve with pipe clamps on both sides) then glue all the PVC to PVC fittings together. They also sell metal duct tape used to seal the galvanized duct work together to minimize air leaks. Obviously clean both sides where the PVC and duct work meet before sealing.
I sweep my roof. It is sort of flat in spots and we live around a lot of trees, so it requires sweeping (or leaf blowering) at least 3 times in the fall. Good news though is that you don't have to have a ladder, you can just go out through the attic window.
One pipe is the fresh air intake for combustion,the other for exhaust gas.
Always funny sometimes, you post videos about things that I am having issues with. My A/C Died on Saturday and had an A/C Guy out here today to look at it, was just a capacitor on the A/C Unit that died, so had them replace it which was not expensive, but also had them install an A/C Saver unit on it also, that way the power does not surge to the unit when it powers on, supposed to help the longevity of the unit.. $655 repair, which was definately worth it. Just thought it funny that you put out an A/C Problems video when I was having A/C problems.
In your situation, you should have a sump pump in the pit where the furnace is, that black thing with the pipes going into it, it's called a condensation pump.
The pipe sticking up, that's definitely the fresh air in, so not having it glued isn't a big deal, the one attached to the black fan within the furnace is the one that handles the gases.
That's the one if it's damaged it will kill you.
Also something to think about you and Mike and you Jessica and Nick have stayed at the house with the heat on and you guys are all still here. If that pipe was broken, you guys would not be.
A good tip, turn off the furnace when removing the air filter, so it won't suck up the dirt behind the filter.
Also if your thermostat has the option for circulation it should be turned on, running the fan all the time doesn't cost that much and it helps to keep the air moving throughout the house.
Also vacuum out your vents helps to keep everything clean.
Really in a basement that could potentially get damp you don't want the furnace to be at the lowest point.
I did the brain bord on a furnace just this past winter, unfortunately a pipe burst and the basement flooded and took out the furnace brain board, it was a similar situation to yours the furnace was not up on blocks and it was in a low spot.
Lastly, on the furnace I repaired there was a gap between the ductwork and air intake similar to yours, I was able to make a flexible gasket out of Gorilla Tape, it's done in such a way the gasket is flexible and does not have to be removed when changing the filter.
Good job Randy the A/C guy 🙂👍
That AC unit needs to be rotated 90 to sit horizontal (some units and be oriented either way). I guarantee you that thing gets submerged. Definitely needs the right size filter and a door over that. I'd go over all the ducting seems with aluminum tape to minimize how much air escaping.
Family comes first. Nice one
Good job Randy! And remember if you find it overwhelming and need help there is this new thing called TH-cam that can help!
It’s going to be warm in the winter
Be safe and be careful sir and have a great day.🙂👍🙏
Randy: they dont make em like they used too, id be proud to call that home!
The pump is an AC condensate pump...catches the condensation and pumps it out into either a drain line or out into the yard...There's a level sensor in the sump that turns it on and off. That broken hose is where the condensate gets pumped out into the yard...usually you want to run it away from the foundation so it can drain into the lawn away from the foundation.
Way to go randy looking good 🎉🎉🎉🎉
That bug are sometimes called sprickets it's like a spider and a cricket
Spider crickets it what we call them in NJ . They get freaking huge too. Creepy mfers
Good job Randy and Nick 😎😎👍👍
A wet handbroom is an easy way to clean the heat exchanger.
I believe the siding on the house is asphalt shingles, not asbestos. Ambient air enters the bottom of the coils, cold air comes out the top,(That's why it was so clean on top) the crud will be on the inside (bottom) of the coil. Be gentle wire brushing that coil, they are very delicate and easily damaged.
The pipe on top of the furnace that was disconnected is for the fresh air intake because that's a high efficiency unit. The one on the far right is the exhaust
Randy that was good lurning for sure and good to see your helper with you. I like the house in Illinois and what's up w/it. Thanjs for the variety.
I would paste a strip of that silver tape on the top of that air filter to seal it!
Nice work, Randy.
We had a cellar under our house on a farm in Iowa just like yours. It was always cool. We would store our canned goods there. I think replacing the dirty filter fixed the majority of your problems. The roof looks great. I think Nick grew 6 inches since we saw him last!
Reminds me of goonies the plumbing scenes with the car crash sound 😊 great film
Definitely calling you when I need some electrical work done 😂🤣😂
Great job! I bet that filter was 90 percent the reason for the flow issues, that one was really full of dust and dirt. With that rust on the evaporator lucky did not have any freon leaks, seems to be a common culprit that even I had run into.
Wow great job Randy.
That is a lovely basement you have there 😂🤣😂
Hi Randy
It's cooler in the earth during the summer and warmer in the winter ☃️