Some Installations.

[kdang]

I do not have a contractor licence BUT I'm not a hvac hack either.

[R600a]

What is that?
It looks like the vent pipe is headed into the floor. And that stuff all over?

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[thatguy]

Looks like they built it into a floating dock. I’m impressed!


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[kdang]

What is that?
It looks like the vent pipe is headed into the floor. And that stuff all over?

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In the winter with just a day or two when it rains the heat furnace won't work because the crawlspace is flooded. The flue pipe is blocked by flooded water hence the draft inducer throws a code.When I came back for the 2nd time I asked the landlord either he needs a 90% condensing furnace so I can vent the PVC flue pipe horizontally to the outside wall or I can build a sump pump to pump the water out every time when it rains. he went with a sump pump because he decided not to keep the house anymore.
The condenser pad in the picture was put in there so i can sit on it while working on the furnace.

[Spide]

Just imagine your liability if this furnace has a major malfunction causing serious property damage or death and you were the last tech there.

Is this a rental property?

[ammoniadog]

Is that vent pipe really going downward into the ground? Where does it end up? How in the holy hell is that supposed to work?

[kdang]

Is that vent pipe really going downward into the ground? Where does it end up? How in the holy hell is that supposed to work?

Yes it's a rental house.
The vent pipe went downward to hit the ground then went horizontally under the evap coil to the other side then upward through the floor and chimney.The problem with the contractor was he did not have enough clearance to vent the pipe upward right out of the furnace.The landlord got fed up with the contractor so he called me to help him.On my first call I was too lazy to just pumping the water out of the crawlspace and hoping (I was WRONG !!)that the crawlspace won't flooded again

[GenesisRefrig]

I wouldn’t even touch that thing. Red tag, lockout, walk away.

[Spide]

Is this the kind of work you want to do, kdang?

This installation borders on the criminal.
I wouldn't trust the electrical wiring in this house...

[KB Cool]

You can't go downwards with venting. Always gotta be upwards. Its the law!

[Unlimited1]

i would have spun that AH 180 degrees so the vent was up..facing the right way also..then ran a small pitched ditch/channel to an outside wall at its lowest elevation to go outside with 3' pvc through the foundation and bill the customer...ive done it before because mold is a huge health risk, especially being a rental that the guy could write off...no excuses...

i have done 10 that way when doing residential..with water problems under it...my health is at risk also...i always sleeved the copper and low voltage in 1/2' liquidtite through the foundation with 3" pvc anyway.. rotohammer with a 3" round, 18" long bit also...best investment ever, and a pump sprayer with water to reduce the dust..nice and clean that way..

[RMSG01]

I do not have a contractor licence BUT I'm not a hvac hack either.

I just noticed the flue pipe, hopefully that water is there to act as a filter... O.o

[RMSG01]

In the winter with just a day or two when it rains the heat furnace won't work because the crawlspace is flooded. The flue pipe is blocked by flooded water hence the draft inducer throws a code.When I came back for the 2nd time I asked the landlord either he needs a 90% condensing furnace so I can vent the PVC flue pipe horizontally to the outside wall or I can build a sump pump to pump the water out every time when it rains. he went with a sump pump because he decided not to keep the house anymore.
The condenser pad in the picture was put in there so i can sit on it while working on the furnace.

Man this is crazy! If I did something like this, code enforcement would call me from the job site after the other company called them and make me fix it for free! I realize, maybe it wasn't flooded at the time on installation, but I am of the mindset, it had to show water marks from where it does flood every year.

[RMSG01]

Yes it's a rental house.
The vent pipe went downward to hit the ground then went horizontally under the evap coil to the other side then upward through the floor and chimney.The problem with the contractor was he did not have enough clearance to vent the pipe upward right out of the furnace.The landlord got fed up with the contractor so he called me to help him.On my first call I was too lazy to just pumping the water out of the crawlspace and hoping (I was WRONG !!)that the crawlspace won't flooded again

Sounds like magic bullet theory only applied to vent pipe LOL Yeah, I can see the HOPE it wont flood again, sometimes we learn what to do, the hard way, but we learn and the next time, we just do it right and cut out half of the hassle and it's commendable that you would accept responsibility of being lazy, but you figured out, lazy cost more hassle in the long run. In this situation, I always ask myself, "Self? How did that water get down here?" one time, myself answered and i hit my head 3 times getting out from under the house!!!