Where Does Your AC Condensate Go.. (renting, houses, water heater)

[itscolduphere]

Up north where I'm from, we're used it it being routed into the sump or drain pipe in the basement. Since it's cooler up there, there was less of it also and it wasn't a concern wherever it ended up outdoors.. it evaporated pretty quickly. Here ours (renting, with a/c under the house in the crawlspace) just drips out of a small pipe onto the ground, with no drain under it or anything. A whole lot of water has saturated the gound by the pipe... like a 4 ft. wide area. I've noticed the neighbor's has a little drain and gets taken to the curb. I don't know if my landlord wants to put a drain in... but I'm curious what other's do especially if you have a great deal of condensate from two a/c units.

[rwsnc]

I just dug a small hole, dumped a bunch of creek gravel (from Home Depot) and problem solved. Before that, I had a constantly wet spot where the A/C drained.

[lnuzzo]

We have a 2 gallon pail under the pipe, and use the water for plants.

[wheelsup]

In some mulch.

[saturnfan]

Into a drain pipe.

[GucciLittlePiggie]

i think the whole unit is in this closet with the hot water heater... i'm not really sure. i'd assume there's a pipe or something. if i could funnel into my rosemary bush on my patio, that'd be great because i keep forgetting to water that thing. god help the poor dog i want to get....

[CHTransplant]

In my last house, the condensate discharge pipe created a swamp in my front yard along one corner of the front of the house where it was located. I put in a drain and piping to route the water about 20 feet from the house.

[cstleddy]

We have two; 1st fl. unit sits outside with a pipe that drains down hill. The 2nd fl unit sits in attic and drains outside on the first fl on the opposite side of the house (into a plant bed). The water heater overflow drains right next to it.

[PDXmom]

Originally Posted by lnuzzo

We have a 2 gallon pail under the pipe, and use the water for plants.

We do the same. The kids love emptying it during the day and seeing how long it takes to fill back up. And my bushes are loving the H2O.

[itscolduphere]

Hmmm I may have to negotiate a drain w/landlord to avoid creating a big mess. We tried a small cat litter pan because ours is so close to the ground (and had to dig a ditch for it as well)... but we ended up emptying it every 4 hours. I put a 25' long small diameter drain hose w/clamp on it I found economically at Lowes this weekend and aim it down the narrow space between houses for now until I figure it out ... thanks for the input!