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    New furnace draining into foundation -- overflow

    Thanks. That wall actually has the finished basement on the other side. (Unfortunately, since that is where the water was heading.) The guy that did my basement just had some extra insulation and threw that up to help deaden the sound of my old furnace. Also I was pulling at it when I was...
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    New furnace draining into foundation -- overflow

    Thanks. The installer was back in today to put in a condensate pump, free of charge. I did ask him about the lack of a trap on the furnace drain pipe; he pointed out to me where the trap was located inside the furnace.
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    New furnace draining into foundation -- overflow

    Thanks. Well, this is a brand new furnace, installed just about 8 weeks ago. The last furnace was draining into this same hole, though, and I never had problems, Summer or Winter. The sump pump is in a closet, and there is a finished portion of the basement between the furnace and the...
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    New furnace draining into foundation -- overflow

    Thanks. The sump pump is the only location available for this. Looks like I will need a condensate pump. I'd install it myself, but I think I want the kind that connects to the furnace and shuts it down in the event of a pump failure. I just had this furnace installed and I don't want to...
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    New furnace draining into foundation -- overflow

    Awesome new Trane XV95 furnace, but it is spilling a whole lot of water onto my basement floor. The old furnace was just draining into a hole in the foundation. This furnace is apparently generating more water, and the hole is overflowing. I do have a sump pump about 18 feet from the furnace...
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