Improper Condesate Drain Line

This humidifer is draining into a container which has to be drained maunally. Also the condensate pump is 20feet away and then it discharges into the laundry room stand pipe.

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[PutSome5tankOnIt]

That condensate pump is NOT 20' away from the furnace/coil. Assuming standard framing of 16" on center, it's about 10-12' away. The condensate line should be supported/strapped every 48".

The pump discharges into a washer drain. That's not illegal. Connecting a gravity drain to a household wastewater system IS against code. That would allow sewage gases to enter the home via the circulated air. Also, a major blockage in the main drainage system could allow raw sewage to flood the drain pan.

[askdeinspector]

Thank's For the comments.

I just wanted to let you know that on the other side of the heater they had about 10 more feet of pipe no trap. My point with this configuration is that water was laying in the condensate drain line and pan at the coil and was over flowing into the heater. In addition the humidifier should not be drained this way. Were this home was located the township does not allow any condensate drain line to discharge into the sewer system. The bottom line they had to fix it.

[PlausableApple4]

Another lazy pipe fitting job.

[redsquirrelftw]

lol what a horrible setup. Why did they go through all that trouble when it could just drain straight to a floor drain? Should never rely on pumps for stuff like this. If it fails, that's a huge mess.

[jessemc2]

The pump running into the sewage system is perfectly legal, it is code in alot of places, it is completely legal to run a gravity drain into household wastewater systems as well, and required in my state and the neighboring state, they do require a1.5 inch pipe with p trap insulated run to within 18 inches of the unit, and an air break like a tee 3/4 and another running trap before the condensate drain!