Serving Brandon
AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks Brandon, FL
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab. The system is switched off to stop the water, and the ceiling, closet and floor below the air handler are opened where the overflow reached. A slow overflow can run for weeks before a stain shows.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
Often needed alongside
- Humidity & Moisture Drying
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air.
- Slab Leak Water Damage
A line leaking under a concrete floor spreads through the slab before it shows. Lifting flooring or a warm patch is often the first sign.
Frequently asked questions
How can a Brandon apartment ceiling keep dripping after the leak upstairs is fixed?
Some wood-framed apartment buildings of the early 1990s have a layer of poured gypsum over each floor deck to quiet footsteps. That topping soaks up water the way plaster does. When an upstairs water heater or washer hose leaks, the topping takes the water in and keeps passing it down to the ceiling below for days. Drying the topping itself, not only the ceiling, ends the drip.
Does the pan under an upstairs water heater in a Brandon apartment drain anywhere?
It should. Nearly one Brandon home in four is in a building of ten or more units, and an upstairs water heater often stands in a shallow pan meant to catch a leak. Where the pan's drain line was never connected, or ends inside the same closet, a slowly seeping tank fills the pan and spills over onto the floor. Checking where that line goes takes a minute.
Why do upstairs air handlers in Brandon overflow onto the unit below in August?
In August, the wettest month, the cooling runs almost without pause, so the coil fills its pan with more water than in any other month. Where an upstairs air handler stands in a closet over a neighbor's ceiling and its drain line clogs, the pan overflows onto the closet floor, and the water shows in the unit below first. A float switch that shuts the system off stops it.
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