1 year ago as we were buying this house, we found the pvc tube for the humidifier overflow was full and leaking into buckets (see old.jpg). The seller agreed to fix and his HVAC company installed a "V" looking trap (see new-trap.jpg). Fast forward a year to today when I again found the pvc tube overflowing and quickly soaking everything near the furnace.
Our new HVAC company came and by giving the top of the pvc tube a quick blow, dislodged whatever was clogging the "V trap" and it is draining correctly now. The HVAC guy said that the V trap is not necessary since there is a trap on the front of the furnace (see furnace.jpg). However doing so would basically revert the configuration of the pvc drain back to how it previously was for the 1st leak, which obviously had an issue (clogged at floor drain?).
What is the proper way to plumb this and can I avoid having to check and clean out the trap/tube on a regular basis? Should I revert back to a straight no-trap setup? Is there a trap which has some sort of cleanout that I can check and clean (which is still a bummer)? Is this a common issue that people deal with on a regular basis?
Thanks in advance!
Our new HVAC company came and by giving the top of the pvc tube a quick blow, dislodged whatever was clogging the "V trap" and it is draining correctly now. The HVAC guy said that the V trap is not necessary since there is a trap on the front of the furnace (see furnace.jpg). However doing so would basically revert the configuration of the pvc drain back to how it previously was for the 1st leak, which obviously had an issue (clogged at floor drain?).
What is the proper way to plumb this and can I avoid having to check and clean out the trap/tube on a regular basis? Should I revert back to a straight no-trap setup? Is there a trap which has some sort of cleanout that I can check and clean (which is still a bummer)? Is this a common issue that people deal with on a regular basis?
Thanks in advance!