[dianedebuda]

Good solution for you. Don't have gutters here - 4 ft overhangs instead.

 

[Moltroub]

Thanks, I designed it myself so that means a lot! In the mechanical closet the on demand hot water heater, the dehumidifier and the gas heat all go to our septic tank. I know our dehumidifier puts out about 25 gallons a day, had to mop it up when the HVAC guys installed it incorrectly. When the owner came out he was more than ticked. They all agreed for our code it couldn’t go to the pump for the bathroom and washing machine so it runs outside but I believe it’s hooked up to the kitchen sink. We did get the condensation line replaced to a proper slope with less angles (very important) and a bigger dehumidifier. They’d got primer all over the first one. LOL

I’m not sure what type of soil you’re dealing with but maybe you can get a trencher if you don’t have a backhoe and take your line out further. Put some gravel in a good size pit and perhaps a steel barrier to try to keep the roots out. They do make a catchment box that’s not too pricey, needs gravel under it or there’s a pricey bigger option that’s a plastic dry well. You’d need to get reducers to be able to connect your existing line of course. Where I live in NC with clay and way too many rocks I couldn’t take a shovel and matic and be done fast enough. Keep the slope about 1/100 which water will go down.

 

[ttazzman]

this is one in my shop connected to a vent pipe.....my other is similar with a trap at the unit then just open drains into a floor drain

 

[dianedebuda]

Another sort of related question:

Can the pan drain and main drain from the air handler be combined to a single pipe outside?

The pan drain on the 3rd heat pump now drains onto the car parking concrete pad. Forgot how much condensation is normal when I set the pipe.

 

[rtgt]

Can the pan drain and main drain from the air handler be combined to a single pipe outside?

I don't know of any reason why they can't be combined.

 

[ttazzman]

Another sort of related question:

Can the pan drain and main drain from the air handler be combined to a single pipe outside?

The pan drain on the 3rd heat pump now drains onto the car parking concrete pad. Forgot how much condensation is normal when I set the pipe.

Usually the safety catch pan is not plumbed at all (obviously the condensate is plumbed)....it normally has a water sensor that turns off the unit to save damage........happen to have a common one here for reference....and a typical install pic with a catch pan , not plumbed, the water switch is not visible in the pic but its in the middle of the pan......yes the safety catch pan can be plumbed but if it gets water in it your unit needs to be shut down and inspected as something is wrong before continuing