I pulled a baseboard in my living room and found termite damage. I Noticed water dripping in the same area inside the wall. Turns out the AC drain line was sweating and dripping down onto the bottom plate. The drain terminates to the sink drain line. What can we do about the massive amount of condensation that continues to drip inside the wall?
Warren
Tom: Here is the deal, that drain line either has to be rerouted, it still has to go into the sink but the most important thing no matter what you do with it or you have to get access to it, it has to be tightly insulated on the outside of the pipe. This doesn’t allow the air to touch the cold pipe which is like the air touching the beer can by the pool and remember the old radio days when we used to give out cozies to people.
Charlie: Yeah buddy.
Tom: We’re doing the same thing to that. We’re putting a cozie on it so it doesn’t sweat. Once it is insulated well you can take care of all the other problems. Most importantly termites, then you can go ahead and treat for them.
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