Garden hose connection to plastic bin
Ziggs
where the kids play. I would like to take a plastic container, cut a
hole near the side and create a seal to an attached garden hose that
leads to a drain.
What cheap items can I use to fit a garden hose fitting to the side of
the plastic bin so it won't leak?
Cliff Hartle
fittings maybe you can find something in the 3/4 pvc section to create a
seal.
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Ed Pawlowski
Take a trip to the hardware store and look at garden hose repair couplings.
I'm thinking you can put one through a hole in the container and screw half
of it on the inside to hold it in place. Seal with silicone and enjoy a dry
summer for less than $5. .
Smitty Two
"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snetnospam.net> wrote:
I did this, years ago, but I can't remember exactly what parts I used. I
do know it involved a washer and no silicone. Some sort of hose bulkhead
fitting, with a nut on the inside. I drained my washing machine into a
big plastic trash can and the hose led the water away from the house.
So yeah, I agree, go to the store and poke around til the solution
materializes.
For the amount of water that comes from an A/C, maybe a small drainage
pit full of gravel would be neater.
HeyBub
There should be a condensate line from the evaporator unit to your house
plumbing. The drip you see is the emergency overflow line and indicates the
primary line is obstructed (usually with algae).
Eventually, this backup line, too, will become obstructed and the condensate
will overflow the collection pan onto your ceiling, ruining the sheetrock
and causing, potentially, hundreds of dollars in damage.
Fortunately, when you see the outside condensate line dripping, the fix is
simple:
Find the primary condensate discharge line and relieve the obstruction -
compressed air, a long stick or wire, whatever. Then pour a cup of bleach in
the evaporator unit to kill the remaining algae.
aemeijers
OP didn't say where the AC was. I assumed he was talking about a window
unit, since I have never seen a basement AC drip line go any place but
sump pit. In this part of country, attic-mounted AC is rather uncommon,
but I know they like them down south for some reason. If this is down in
the basement, and it just drips on the floor, it was a cheap install
job, or furnace was too far from sump pit. My furnace has one of those
little 110-powered pumps that raises the outflow back up to ceiling
level, and then over to the regular drain collector on wall that the
washing machine uses. (I don't have a sump pump, and the pit has cobwebs
in it. )
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Would it work to dig a hole, put in some gravel and a box with a grate?
Rigging a plastic container to a garden hose doesn't sound like an
attractive long-term solution. Area and distance for the problem would
be helpful....changing the grade slightly might also help. Or, fashion
a mini-French drain by connecting the outlet from the AC to a buried,
perforated length of pvc with gravel surrounding it?
Ziggs
The furnace/AC is within a closet in the house. I dont know of a
primary line. The pcv piping in question comes out to my side yard
which is all concrete. I can't run pcv pipe to the end of the
concrete since it's about 25 feet away and goes uphill. Yes, the hose
is not attactive, but is the cheapest way without grinding the
concrete to create a path towards the closest drain that's around 10
feet away.
Oren
>>What cheap items can I use to fit a garden hose fitting to the side of
>>the plastic bin so it won't leak?
>
>Use a bulkhead fitting from a boat store and attach the hose with a
>clamp.
A bulkhead is also used in ponds and garden water features. A local
shop would likely carry them.
This guy made his own with some parts from the electrical section.
_An Improvised PVC Bulkhead Fitting for Liquid Storage Tanks_
pics:
HeyBub
>>
>> There should be a condensate line from the evaporator unit to your
>> house plumbing. The drip you see is the emergency overflow line and
>> indicates the primary line is obstructed (usually with algae).
>>
>> Eventually, this backup line, too, will become obstructed and the
>> condensate will overflow the collection pan onto your ceiling,
>> ruining the sheetrock and causing, potentially, hundreds of dollars
>> in damage. Fortunately, when you see the outside condensate line
>> dripping, the
>> fix is simple:
>>
>> Find the primary condensate discharge line and relieve the
>> obstruction - compressed air, a long stick or wire, whatever. Then
>> pour a cup of bleach in the evaporator unit to kill the remaining
>> algae.
>
> OP didn't say where the AC was. I assumed he was talking about a
> window unit, since I have never seen a basement AC drip line go any
> place but sump pit. In this part of country, attic-mounted AC is
> rather uncommon, but I know they like them down south for some
> reason. If this is down in the basement, and it just drips on the
> floor, it was a cheap install job, or furnace was too far from sump
> pit. My furnace has one of those little 110-powered pumps that raises
> the outflow back up to ceiling level, and then over to the regular
> drain collector on wall that the washing machine uses. (I don't have
> a sump pump, and the pit has cobwebs in it. )
Ah, good point. We don't have basements in my part of the South (here it's
clay for the first 500 feet). So I'll amend my advice to include: "If your
evaporator unit is in the attic..."