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Wish this didn't happen. All the money was literally going threw the sink after you used that 12dollar thinga ma jig. PS: give your majestic furrbaby void Joob a boop from me ❤
Oh Shoot guys I hope you guys are okay!! I hope CZcams can help pay for the damages. As long as you dont turn anything that was wet on until its comepletley dry it should be fine!
@@EvanAndKatelyn2 Another tip from a fellow Texan. We'd had this happen is a less dramatic way several times before the A/C repair guy warned us. Luckily we have a back up overflow release that will drip outside onto the patio, so it's very noticeable when the main drain line clogs. Our first full summer in this house when it started dripping I assumed something was wrong with the unit, it was old and would need replacement soon. But the A/C tech pointed out the the sink connection and that the sink was draining slowly (we were able to fix it by pouring bleach down the drain to dissolve the orbees my kids had dumped down the sink.... gee, thanks kiddos) but then a year later (we had JUST replaced the heating and A/C a few months before that) it happened again without the sink clogging. The A/C guy blew out the line with compressed air and that cleared it up, but then 2-3 years later it did it again and our regular tech was booked up so he sent over a another guy and that A/c guy told us that the LINE itself can clog, and likes to clog here in Central Texas with algae and mold when the weather won't make up it's mind if it's summer or winter. EVERY YEAR you need to pour a cup of vinegar down the A/C drain line in the spring to make sure it's clear and help keep it that way. (I'll admit, we forgot last year and then that fall, after it did the first cool off/get hot again in November, the back up started to drip again. Vinegar in the line did the trick to clear it out!) Also, so glad I didn't let them talk us into closing off the emergency back up line from the pan to the eves that drains outside "because you don't really need it" when they replaced our unit since it's saved us from leaks that would've been way worse watching y'alls'!
Yeah…..from someone that works in the HVAC industry: 1. That hvac dude you had in the house should’ve unclogged and drained that line for you. Why was he even there?? That line is still clogged. What you fished out at the sink was not your only issue. 2. You should really invest in having a separate drain line installed. And if you don’t want to separate the lines, then you need a pump installed on that unit. This will happen again. Katelyn’s and Joob’s hair are not the only thing that will clog that line, the a/c drain line doesn’t only carry water but some gunk too, which is also why it’s important to change filters regularly and have the unit serviced at least once a year. 3. More importantly, that unit needs a proper support built under it. That’s a safety hazard. That shouldn’t have passed any home inspection and should something happen, you can sue the home inspection company. For everyone, I know these things sound like a scam and useless and a waste of money, but have an annual maintenance on your units is very well worth it. A lot of companies sell maintenances that include a free trip once a year outside of the maintenance if your line happens to be clogged between maintenances.
Problem is how many AC companies are scummy and charge a bunch for maintenance and then don't actually do anything, then charge you for repairs. Had one come by at my new place, told them "yeah the drain line's been clogging so if you wanna take a look at that I'd appreciate it" then turns out oh no they're actually just trying to get people to agree to replace their units on a payment plan not actually check anything.
I think that their takeaway was to unclog the sink. 🙄I think your comment summarizes it best. I'm shocked that they think this is a normal failure mode for an AC unit or condensate pan. I'm not an HVAC person. However, my understanding is that the condensate pan is supposed to fill with some water which activates a censor. That censor then turns off the AC to prevent a leak.
@@Lizlodude and that’s very valid and accurate. Unfortunately in the service industry, whether it’s hvac or mechanic or plumber, there will always be people out there trying to make a quick buck off people and scam them just because they can. Sadly, I don’t have any advice for that and these days you can’t really rely on reviews either just your own experience and word of mouth.
@@MaxterTheTurtle correct. It’s called a float switch. However, since the pan broke and the water spilled out, I can see why the float switch wasn’t triggered. Theoretically, drain pans are NOT supposed to fill up with water to that extent hence the switch. The fact the line was clogged and so much water spilled out and the float switch was never triggered tells me that drain pan was already broken or they don’t have a float switch (which already that’s questionable as it is) or both.
That tiny amount of hair in the sink shouldn't be enough to back up all the way to the AC. I still strongly suggest you get a plumber to look at the sink and connection because I think it has to be gunked up with way more somewhere to cause this to happen. Really. ALSO THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. Cleaning the drain isn't what should lead to this, and I think the way your AC is set up on the cinderblock isn't great either.
I agree, but I'm guessing there must have been more that wasn't really shown in the video. Just the last little part where you pull the final bit that is holding onto a massive chunk of stuff and it all releases at once
Yuuuuuup. They need to hire a good plumber to snake and even potentially camera snake that entire line. Given they use the AC to live in TX, that drain line needs to run at peak capacity.
Sink gets clogged in the trap, drain connects above the trap, bathroom sinks + long girl hair and beard hair is a bad combination...i have a sink i have to unclog every once in a while
We live in a house with hair. I am in 10000% agreement. We regularly take more than that out of the top of our drain area. They need to have their whole house snaked. (I wonder if they have roots somewhere in the pipes?)
As a former plumber, I would suggest finding a new route for that A/C line. They really should have plumbed it somewhere else like the main line or outside to prevent that from occuring. Also I would have removed the P trap and went about cleaning it out that way to be sure. The P trap is the curvy part of your drain and it's a very simple removal and install process. Also try to refrain from allowing hair into any drains as much as possible. Hair is the enemy of pipes. It gets soap mixed with it and sticks to alot of surface area.
@@SmokeandSpirit Where we're at you can route the secondary pan outside but not the primary drain. That has to go to a p-trap on a vent. Their setup wouldn't have passed code, and I've never seen a plumber crazy enough to tie a drain to a sink. Just asking for problems leaving it that way
I ran my A/C line to my neighbors garage "by mistake", he was not pleased, was supposed to run it to the street, oops. (yes, its densely packed urban housing)
The first time our basement flooded I woke up early "did my wife get up and start the laundry then come back to bed?" go to the stairs and look down to see the horror of water rocketing out of the floor drains and the weeping holes from us having had 12 inches of rain in about an hour...
I work at servpro and the last thing I usually say to customers is hope we don't gotta see each other like this. It's a nice way to say hope this doesn't happen again because it's terrible
Hey guys! Plumber based out of Nashville here. Just a word of warning, while it is true that your sink may be clear, if it was enough to cause a blockage after the pop up assembly (the thing that connects directly to the bottom of the sink basin) There could still be a substantial amount of hair in your p-trap. (The little guy at the bottom that is shaped like a P) Here in Tn. Most p-traps are what you call slip joint and its super easy to remove and clean them. If thats what you guys have, then id def recommend looking up how to do it. Would hate to see this happen again. Much love ✌️
Guys! Clearing that one sink won't for sure help with the ac drain line. If the ac line does indeed hook up to that sink, the backup would most likely be above the sink within the ac line itself. Also could be past the sink and just backed up. That drill auger type snake should get it if it's lower.
I nyoomed to the comments to say something just like this. "An ounce of prevention" and all that jazz. I can guarantee they have more issues with their plumbing. I'd personally see if they can reroute the AC drain to a stand-alone drain.
Ye but I also do expect them to know and are probs already working on some way to reroute the AC drain, to never have this happen again. With how much they said it all cost, no way you'd want a repeat of it all.
@@turbotwo1 We had this EXACT thing happen to us when my kids put a few orbees down the sink that our A/C line drains into. The sink still flowed, but slowly. Luckily the drip pan in our house has a backup line that will flow out and drip from a pipe in the eaves so we knew there was a clog before it started leaking! A cup of bleach to dissolve the orbees and good as new. Though we have had the line itself clog and one A/C tech told us that it's from algae that can grow in the tube itself and to just pour a cup of vinegar down the line once a year to keep it clear.
I've been an H.V.A.C. technician for close t 9 years. That drain pan wasn't installed properly. There should be a supportive beams like "Unistruts" going length wise to support the weight of water with a water sensor that shuts off the unit when water fills the second drain pan. If there is a PVC pipe connected to the drain pan to allow water to drain out of second drain pan, that should NOT be there. Your condensation line going out of the evaporator coil could be clogged either the trap or the at the pipe connection at the evaporator coil drain pan. Sometimes the PVC pipe can be clogged at the opening where the water drain out.
Re-route the drainage from the sink to a dedicated drain for the AC unit. Replace that tray with a sturdier one and get rid of the cement block use special AC unit brackets .
1:11 "our clear monitor" has such "Oh No! Our Table! It's Broken!" meme vibes. maybe after the pain goes away a bit that needs to be a steam deck button...
this struck absolute fear into my first-time homeowner heart but it genuinely is comforting to see that owning a house is this stressful and needlessly expensive for everyone 😭
Invest in some moisture/standing water alarms. They are super-afforadable. We have them on the floors in all bathrooms under the toilets, under the sink counters, under the kitchen counters, behind the refrigerator, in the water heater drain pain and behind the washing machine. We bought them years ago when we had a blown ice machine line to our refrigerator. They are sensitive and loud. You just have to deal with changing the 9V batteries once a year like smoke alarms. They have already saved us once from a potential catastrophe when our water heater started leaking.
I work in hvac and I highly recommend having someone check the condensate line. A lot of contractors route the condensate primary line to a bathroom sink and over time can build up debris. This causes the primary to fill up and there should be a secondary line that is a back up to the outside of the home. If you ever see the secondary dripping get someone out to check the line. Sometimes condensate lines get so bad that it can fill up your drain pan and spill over. I recommend maintain all hvac systems at least once or twice per year with a qualified professional and change filters every 3 to 4 months as that also helps prevent a lot of issues in the long term. Sometimes nitrogren is used to pressure clear out the lines of debris if needed. Maintenance can help prevent a lot of issues in the long term
Also, during summer, with a lot more humidity, you'll notice a lot more condensation as the evaporator coil creates a lot of condensation at those times.
I can’t help but imagine that every time Evan and Katelyn forgot to level a resin project, the AC drain pan got slightly more uneven until it eventually started leaking 😅 Jokes aside, glad you got it sorted out and that you know how to hopefully prevent it from happening again!
I'm so glad that the ACs here use an outside drain line, because a sink clogging causing massive AC-related water damage sounds like dominos falling way too fast and way too dramatically...
That "outside drain" running from the pan is meant as a warning that the unit is not draining correctly . The pan should remain relatively driy year round . If the drain from the A coil is draining outside then that's a completely different animal . It's a code violation in larger jurisdictions to drain A coils to the ground. Related to disease growth .
@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 it's normal here in the American southwest to have two outside drains from the coil. One primary and one backup. I think that theres a kill switch on a drain pan under the coil too. Mold and pest growth isn't really a problem here so outside drainage is normal.
In the part of Asia where I live, nothing but the ac unit is internal. Every other part of it, is attached outside the home, to a wall or a balcony or something. Probably because we don't have attics or basements here.@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751
honestly, a fridge magnet, or like, maybe a silly certificate with joobies paw approval stamp that I could frame and put up in my house would be TOO fun!
@@caniusdirus @sintoxic Cue 'The Road to El Dorado' clip: "Why not both?" "Both." "Both." "Both is good." Maybe the T-Shirt sales will help them get back at least _some_ of the expenses 🤷♂...
A couple of years back, our kitchen sink clogged. It also clogged pretty much every water outlet on that floor. After a couple of hundred dollar of emergency unclogging services, one plumber actually looked at our plumbing and found out that our kitchen drain had never been installed properly and it was never clogged in the first place! So yeah, I would suggest you call a plumber to make sure the connections are fine and if possible not have the AC and the sink be connected to avoid future issues.
@@hopeo-w5961 That's how they build them here in TX. Mine is the same way. The main AC drain is shared with upstairs sink. The secondary drain, if the pan fills up, is actually a dedicated drain to the outside. Makes no sense.
@IceManTX69 the pan drain is supposed to be ran to the exterior of the home in a visible location . This is to give the homeowner a warning that the ac unit is not draining correctly and needs attention. But does anyone listen, noooo. Everyone thinks that line is supposed to drip all the time.
@@hopeo-w5961 My AC is connected to nothing but my balcony which has a evacuation system for the rain. To avoid having a constant dripping, I have a bucket. the bucket is almost full everyday in summer...
I'm impressed with how calm you stayed. When water started pouring out of my lights I went into full panic mode. Then the water started pouring out of the smoke alarm which proceeded to go off, and I cried. So respect to you immediately starting to look for solutions.
Shortly after I moved into my apartment, I was doing a load of laundry and the washing machine drain line backed up and poured water all over my entryway. I knew the drain line met with the rest of the plumbing under the sink because it would "burp" sometimes when it drained... long story short, the previous tenants had done SOMETHING with either the sink or the washing drain and maintenance ended up spending about three hours snaking drain lines from various parts of my unit (including going up through the ceiling downstairs) until the clog cleared. The maintenance guy even lost one of the hose heads of his snake line because it got caught in an elbow bend and fell off (luckily into a wider part of the drainage system, so it flushed away into the sewers). So yeah, plumbing is exponentially more expensive to fix than to prevent, but at least this one was covered by my rent.
There is a float switch that can be installed to prevent backups in the AC drain. It detects when the water level is too high and will prevent your AC from running. This can be scary when you AC “breaks” and just stops working randomly, but when you figure out it’s the float switch you feel happy!😊
A condenser safety switch is a MUST for an attic condenser unit. My drain pipe got clogged at the far end with algae causing the water to drain into the pan which used the same pipe to drain. My unit did not have a safety switch, and the pan overflowed. It was not fun.
@@josephbernard6782 Isn't the point of a drain pan to be a backup in case the first draining fails? Having the drain pan connected to the same outlet as the rest of the system sounds like a very bad plan
Our A/C tech told us we had a float switch, and we could just get rid of the back up pipe that our house was built with that goes from the drain pan to the eaves outside so it drips onto the patio if the pan gets any water in it. Funny thing is the float switch has NEVER triggered, but we sure as heck notice the dripping on the patio and have never had our A/C cut off when it's 105. (Imagine that happening while you're away on vacation, all your house plants would die and your fridge/freezer would break and all your food would rot!)
As a German, the thing that always strikes me is that.... American construction is WILD! Like, why is your attic filled with packing peanuts? Why is your AC unit sitting on a cinderblock? Why is that drain pan even a thing? It looks like a disposable brownie baking sheet and it's open, so all kinds of dust and debris can collect in there? And the routing of all of these pipes? I don't work in construction, so I'm generally clueless but American houses always look like haphazard cardboard constructions to me 😅 Regardless... I am so so sorry this happened to you, waking up to water damage is definitely one of the worst things in a house and it's so destructive. It looks like you still caught it fairly early and you'll recover, thankfully. Sending best wishes from Europe, keep your heads up and look ahead, things will get better! ❤
Lol packing peanuts! It's loose cellulose insulation, which replaced vermiculite after that was found to contain asbestos. Homes tend to have this on horizontal surfaces like the space between your living area and attic space, and if you have an older home that needs insulation "blown in" to the wall cavities they can use it there as well.
The drain pan is only a backup. In normal operation it stays dry and condensate goes down the primary drain. If the main drain clogs the moisture collects in the drain pan so it doesn't flood the house. There's probably a float switch to turn off the unit if it does get wet. Obviously this doesn't work with a broken pan. I agree with the haphazard flex ducting. It's very ick, at my house we have rigid metal ducts neatly installed in the basement.
I've lived through three water related disasters in three different buildings. One was due to constructor error, one due to a leak in a dishwasher water intake, and one due to the actual dishwasher breaking. All of these resulted in weeks of drying the structures, and two in tearing down the floors and rebuilding the kitchens. Thankfully, insurance covered the damages, but I still get regular nightmares about being flooded. I know we're supposed to be grateful for indoor plumbing, but sometimes I think, is it really worth it.
You can get smart water sensors and put them under appliances and sinks and if they get wet they'll beep and send a notification to your phone (so if you're not home you're still notified) sounds like a good piece of mind investment for you
My family has had a similar problem! We didn’t know this because we hadn’t grown up in a humid environment, but AC drains can and often do grow algae in their lines during the spring. If your AC unit is inside like ours, make sure to annually blow air through your lines to keep them clean!! My apartment unit, a wall unit, also needs this maintenance. Just make sure to blow the air from inside to OUTSIDE, or you’ll spray gunk and water inside your house.
As a Midwesterner, I still find it weird that it's the norm to stick AC units in the attic -- which can easily top 120 -- in the hottest parts of the country.
Yeah, that boggles me... I had a clog in the AC drain too, but it's in the unfinished basement, so it wasn't a big deal - it just poured over into the main basement drain.
SAME! like, being in Ontario, every house has their AC outside, and it just connects to the duct work that the furnace uses? I had no idea an attic AC was a thing! Having anything that creates water (the way an AC unit does) just seems like a no-no for inside a house. Now Im gonna go down the rabbit hole of different AC units and their pros and cons. Ya learn something new every day!
@@malloryharack301 The thing I'm wondering about: Having the AC in the attic must surely tank the efficiency of the AC. Why would anyone put it in the hottest place? A place that will even get hotter than the outside?!
No evan, you couldn't have spent $12 and fixed all of it. You could have mitigated some of the damage, but by the time you noticed the leak, it had already saturated insulation, ceiling drywall, carpet, etc. 100% if you find water intrusion in your house, call water remediation specialists asap. They have the specialized tools and knowledge to quickly diagnose and start remediation. Also, i would have a plumber come in and do a full snake of Katelyn's sink. That little wad of hair is definitely not the only potential clogs in that plumbing line. That was just the straw that broke the camels back. Please follow up with a plumber! You don't want to have this reoccur.
You may want to also remove & clean the sink trap, which is pretty easy usually. I would guess you didn't remove the hair clog, but just poked a hole in it.
Speaking from experience, if a little bit of hair is enough to plug up that drain pipe, there's a lot of caked-on gunk in there, it's kinda like an unhealthy artery. I would snake that drain with something that has stiff wires or flexible blades, so you break up the soap and solidified oils that's trapped in the drain, and flush it with boiling water. Don't use harsh chemicals, they can and often will attack the materials your drain pipes are made out of. One of the most disgusting things I've learned about plumbing, drain pipes will accumulate fats and oils like crazy even if they're liquid at room temperature, so you want to avoid stuff like frying oil getting down the drain as much as possible.
The fact that it ended with Kaitlyn looking so frustrated whilst wearing cranky pants, brought some joy to my heart in this stressful moment. also i don't know the specific stuff you have but most tech stuff can be fine if its encountered water as long as you make sure it is 100% dry before it is turned on again. and no heat guns to speed it up. I remember telling my sister to let her laptop sit for a couple days after she spilled water on it. and then later i thought to text (and don't try to dry it out with the hair dryer). just in time as she was just about to do that. I'm sure E&K know this but for others who might read this, heat can screw with the soldering on the boards and chips. And no rice if it can get into stuff. A dehumidifier in the room could help though
@@Unpopularityinsurance loves to fight with you about the least amount to be covered, trust. The monetization of videos is definitely a nice luxury tho lmao
Our house has a primary AC drain line that goes to a sink, and a secondary that (if the primary is clogged) drips outside a bedroom window. Lines can get clogged just from microbial growth or scale, so I've seen it suggested to put 1/2 cup of white vinegar down your drain line a couple times a year. Ideally, getting them serviced regularly and having them blow out the lines. Finally, I've seen suggestions to get a water alarm in the attic for the A\C (and water heater, if it's up there).
Had a similar experience a couple years ago when a tree fell on the house. Seeing all the fans and guys tearing up the house brought back 'fun' memories. 😫
I’m sorry that happened! I need to cut down an old tree in my front yard but I’m getting quotes still and every day I’m worrying about the tree falling on the house
It's not at all your fault. You guys were actually great in diagnosing the issue and solving it. Just let all electronics dry completely before testing, open everything you can open and let them dry, it's possible that a lot of stuff will survive
I knew it was suspicious when Adam Savage told you guys to stop messing with the "golden scarab" at Open Sauce. You're lucky the pharoh's curse isn't that bad if you don't go outside...
I feel that so much. We are currently still fixing the waterlines in our house/ our flat. The thing is build in the 70s, the waterlines are terrible and when you fix one leak, two others spawn somewhere. It's just a gamble if it will be your problem or one of the other tenants. The company that we have to call for this is overworked and understaffed. I know it's hard. You want this to be over so bad. And it will be over. You got this
I had this exact same issue at the beginning of the summer because my Air handler drains into a sink and clogged. RedRock Gallo makes a charged CO2 cannister gun that is designed to fit in the top of the HVAC condensate drain pipe cleanout and blow out the system. Works perfectly and it's only 30-40 on amazon. Highly recommend for the future. Also pouring bleach down the condensate drain regularly keeps bacteria from growing and clogging it as well. On the install side of things, resting the air handler on a cinder block in the pan is not a proper install per Texas mechanical code. LOL. It is supposed to be suspended from the roof trusses and/or strong back bracing between the trusses. That's the fault of the installer and shouldn't have been passed by the mechanical inspector for the city/municipality.
@@truckerdave8465 I’ll be honest, as a Multifamily general contractor, some inspectors don’t know there ass from hole in the ground. Residential inspectors are even worse because they have to go to far too many appointments daily and either don’t know what to look for due to lack of expertise or don’t have time to review the install properly.
I'm a building maintenance engineer, I would advice you not to use Drain-O, thankfully I see you didn't have to, but it's sooooo acidic and will eat away at pipes. If you have to use it, run tons of water through the pipes after. Also maybe you've already done this, but they sell sensors that either sound an alarm or cut off the AC if the drain pan fills up at all. Glad y'all got this fixed!
I can only base this on what you've shown, but you both are an inspiration and great model of how to deal with disasters like this as a couple. Thanks for sharing.
my landlord wishes he had advice like this. Ignored our warnings about some damage and then disappeared for years - half my exterior wall fell down in a storm. Could have been prevented. Now he owes our local authority thousands. People need to not overlook home maintenance
My first winter in my home, my furnace died, and this was a record-breaking cold winter. In a normal house with up to date heating, this wouldn't have been a big problem, but I have baseboard heat, and the furnace heats water for the baseboard heating. This was around New Years, so it was trouble getting someone to come out, and when they did, it was trouble getting parts. When we got the furnace fixed, we started her up, and when the water started flowing, we had leaks from busted pipes in every room. I was a new homeowner and didn't know how to drain the line, and no one had shown me. So, after weeks of labor and no heat (we bought a bunch of heaters to try and compensate, but that wasn't enough), and thousands of dollars and fixing the old furnace and replacing all the pipes for the baseboard heating, I finally got my heat back. It was definitely a learning lesson. But it could have been a lot worse. The furnace guys told me after they fixed it that we were lucky when it failed that it just stopped working and didn't catch fire. Oh, the memories...
So, I’m a hairy girl with a hairy dog and my a/c filters through my sink. I have had trouble in the past and the HVAC guy came out and cleaned out lines. A year later now, I had more issues so we’ve snaked the drain. Never before has a video paralleled my current life so much. Thank you for the eye opener and reminder not to let these noticeable changes in your house sit. Just because they aren’t too bad or too inconvenient yet, doesn’t mean something worse won’t come. I will not let my sink get too backed up before taking action! 😟
This video may have saved my family from yet another major flood!! Thank you!! So sorry about all the trouble! We’ve had 3 floods in our house mostly due to poor construction and location. Totally understand the displacement and frustration of a flood!
i recently moved back into my dads house temporarily. one week after moving in he went on a 1.5 week vacation. apparently, he's been having an issue with his rain drainpipe since he moved here, and it had previously caused minor leakage. he pretty much crafted his own temporary fix, and had to do occasional maintenance. i was blissfully unaware of this fact, untill we had a really heavy rainstorm, and suddenly there was a Straight up waterfall pouring from the attic . I called my entire family to help me. if you add up the volume of all the buckets, pots, pans and bowls we dumped outside, you get about 120 liters alone, and that's the water we were able to catch. we have water damage to our home, and connecting homes 2 doors down 😭 we are incredibly lucky non of our electronics got damaged
I'd like to add that in my aunts and uncles home the toilet was overflowing, and they were straight up like NAH WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS
Oof Evan and Katelyn that must’ve sucked. About a year ago one of our fridges broke and it was a very old copper pipe by the way that is not up-to-date so it leaked and was leaking very slowly for a very long time, then when my mom found it, the floor was all soaked. Everywhere in our kitchen was soaked. It was so badly flooded and almost all of our cabinets had water damage and we couldn’t get more of the same ones because how old they were so we had to replace all of the cabinets. It smelled like mold and moist floor for multiple days and we had to live with humongous fans just to dry the water. it was absolutely horrible and we had to deal with no kitchen for like eight months. but now we finally have a new kitchen and it’s way better than before.
I love that Joobie made several supervising appearances in this video, and im glad you guys are okay! P.s. learning Katelyn's Dad likes to feed the deer was such a wholesome fun fact 😭
@Evan&Katelyn I'm so sorry you guys went through this esp in that room! 🙁 I just wanted to share a suggestion from my hubby who has dealt w plumbing for many years. He said bc there's multiple things not draining or slow draining it's more likely to be the main line as the cause. His suggestion is having the main line snaked bc like others have said the tiny backed up sink isn't likely to be the main culprit, it was more of a bandaid fix. if it is the main line unfourt its very likely to build back up and happen again if it's not snaked. Just wanted to share in case it could potentially help prevent it from happening again. I know how stressful and expensive leaks can be. Hope everything dries out and you don't have to deal w it again! 💗
I've been in that situation after some roof damage! It is horrible in the moment, but as long as you catch it early enough and act fast, the worst is already over and there's always a learning opportunity to future proof things. Hope you guys didn't lose anything that meant something to you!
We used to run our dishwasher at night. It broke and ran throughout the night, draining water onto the floor. We have a small house with an open layout and finished basement. The water soaked through our hardwood floors into the basement ceiling and into the basement carpet. The kitchen cabinets had to be torn out and moved into the living room in order to tear out the kitchen floor, and then rest of the flooring had to be sanded and refinished to match the new section. It took months to get everything fixed. It was such a nightmare. We now have water sensors around the house that will beep and send a notification to our phones if water is detected. We also have some smart lights that will turn red if any of the water sensors detects water. I would highly recommend putting a water sensor in your drain pan, just in case. They're not inexpensive, roughly $50 each, but if we ever have an issue again, we'll catch it right away. Good luck with the rest of the cleanup!
I used to work in flood remediation, I'm honestly pretty impressed with the level of knowledge yall had about this type of stuff. When my next job had a flood in the office, all the landlord did was send a guy with some fans and they replaced the ceiling tiles... I can tell you right now that that was not sufficient for the amount of water that came through, but no one seemed concerned about it other than me lol.
as unfortunate as this is to see, I'm glad I'm not the only one having roof leaking problems right now. for a very similar reason. A month before, our neighbors moved into the apartment above ours, and the maintenance guys (the apartments were under renovations, so it's possible they didn't check) or the upstairs neighbors knocked the AC drainpipe LOOSE so the dripping water collected in our ceiling for that whole month until it finally caved at 1AM. Luckily our landlord was quick to respond and we weren't held liable of course. it was also right above our router, which only hade like a 5 ft cable so we covered it with a plastic tote to keep it dry. It only just got finished being patched last week! hopefully no more incidents, love you guys!!
I’m so glad you did this video. We will be putting in a whole new heater & a/c soon. Now know I want a dedicated drain !!! Thank you, it is appreciated that during this giant mess you took time to film content and give us all helpful information. I do agree that you need to have a plumber out to check that sink, connections, trap just everything. Hugs to you all 🧡🖤🧡
Be prepared to argue with some AC guys . They love running them to sink drains. As a plumber , I think it may be to simply save time and money by pawning off the final connection on us plumbers. But I'm not totally sure that's the only reason . Personally it really ticks me off when they do the sink drain method. It's lazy and clog prone.
As a hairy girl with 22 inch extensions, you guys have to get a drain stopper that catches hairs. I went through 3 bottles of drain cleaner in only 6 months because of how much hair was going into my sink. The drain stopper I have has a silicon ring that catches hair and doesn't let it fall through!
Love that Katelyn couldn’t deny her luscious locks or the Floof Master General that is Joob. I hope all those expensive electronics dry out and start working again 🍀
if you use the sink to dispose of hair, be it cat hair, or from shaving, you should definitely pour in drain cleaning liquid every few months. you can get caustic soda from any hardware store(read the instructions of that very carefully) or you can just go into any supermarket and they'll have drain cleaning liquid. in my previous apartment i'd have to use that like twice a year because of the hairs that'd go in the drain from shaving ending up clogging up the sink and the water would take forever to go down
As a new home owner, I've been spending a lot of time looking at every little thing and panicking whenever i hear a new noise. It's saved me 3 times in the first month, but the paranoia is real. But i agree that knowing all the ins and outs of each part of the house and all the appliances/plumbing/wiring is really paying off
7:48 watching Katelyn trying so hard to keep a straight face as Evan enthusiastically describes having "a *hard* time getting the *suctioning* in the right place" 😭
Glad you all got it sorted! Well, now you know, and sometimes the lessons cost more than you hoped. At least you are both capable people that jumped into action before it got worse than it did.
I woke up to go to the bathroom at 1am at my parents' house. Heard water running, thought someone had left the sink on. Went down the stairs to go turn it off thinking how happy my parents would be that I saved their water bill but when I got to the bottom my foot went SQUISH. water on the entire first floor. A pipe had burst in the fridge. Water going into the basement. Rushed to wake up parents. They both said to wake the other one and I was like "no, you BOTH NEED TO GET UP RIGHT NOW." And the three of us spent the night using a shop vac to get as much water up as possible. While calling an emergency plumber. It was an incredibly stressful situation. Incredibly loud fans on the hardwood floors for at least a month. Entirely new ductwork since water got into all the floor ducts. Ripping up old carpet and getting rugs thoroughly washed to prevent mold.
Just wanted to give Katelyn a hug towards the end there when the apparent cause was found. I imagine all the sinks and shower drains were done with Liquid plumber after this.
As someone who does flood mitigation for a living watching this made me cringe and feel so bad because being on the professional side of fixing that stuff, it is ROUGH for both parties
I relate to this! We currently have our kitchen floorboards up, cabinets out and a hole in the wall. We had a plumbing issue and our bathroom is also having issues. Hope your issues get resolved!
I've been in a few disaster situations like this and i've got to say, props for both recording AND being able to problem solve. This kinda stuff throws me into pure panic, literal anxiety attacks while trying to fix stuff.
Once, several years ago, I replaced a gasket on the water supply line to the toilet in our upstairs bathroom. Mistakes were made. On the up side, I really like the new flooring in the room below.
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Next time, just remove the p trap under the sink to unclog it
Hi guys love your channel I hope everything will be okay prayers from my cats Frances and Zooey
Also this technically happened because it wasn’t level
Wish this didn't happen. All the money was literally going threw the sink after you used that 12dollar thinga ma jig.
PS: give your majestic furrbaby void Joob a boop from me ❤
@@pennyandkenny6211 omg you're right hahaha
Oh Shoot guys I hope you guys are okay!! I hope CZcams can help pay for the damages. As long as you dont turn anything that was wet on until its comepletley dry it should be fine!
My dad always told me - “it costs money to learn.” LOL. This wasn’t the way I wanted to get a tour of your new house, but… it’s nice!
That is SO true. Definitely won't forget this lesson
@@EvanAndKatelyn2when will we get a house tour?
@@ShadowBeats1 They mentioned during their last house tour that they didn't want to do that until they moved out. Just for privacy reasons
Yes. My grandma also said this. “Education isn’t cheap”
@@EvanAndKatelyn2 Another tip from a fellow Texan. We'd had this happen is a less dramatic way several times before the A/C repair guy warned us. Luckily we have a back up overflow release that will drip outside onto the patio, so it's very noticeable when the main drain line clogs.
Our first full summer in this house when it started dripping I assumed something was wrong with the unit, it was old and would need replacement soon. But the A/C tech pointed out the the sink connection and that the sink was draining slowly (we were able to fix it by pouring bleach down the drain to dissolve the orbees my kids had dumped down the sink.... gee, thanks kiddos) but then a year later (we had JUST replaced the heating and A/C a few months before that) it happened again without the sink clogging.
The A/C guy blew out the line with compressed air and that cleared it up, but then 2-3 years later it did it again and our regular tech was booked up so he sent over a another guy and that A/c guy told us that the LINE itself can clog, and likes to clog here in Central Texas with algae and mold when the weather won't make up it's mind if it's summer or winter.
EVERY YEAR you need to pour a cup of vinegar down the A/C drain line in the spring to make sure it's clear and help keep it that way. (I'll admit, we forgot last year and then that fall, after it did the first cool off/get hot again in November, the back up started to drip again. Vinegar in the line did the trick to clear it out!)
Also, so glad I didn't let them talk us into closing off the emergency back up line from the pan to the eves that drains outside "because you don't really need it" when they replaced our unit since it's saved us from leaks that would've been way worse watching y'alls'!
Yeah…..from someone that works in the HVAC industry:
1. That hvac dude you had in the house should’ve unclogged and drained that line for you. Why was he even there?? That line is still clogged. What you fished out at the sink was not your only issue.
2. You should really invest in having a separate drain line installed. And if you don’t want to separate the lines, then you need a pump installed on that unit. This will happen again. Katelyn’s and Joob’s hair are not the only thing that will clog that line, the a/c drain line doesn’t only carry water but some gunk too, which is also why it’s important to change filters regularly and have the unit serviced at least once a year.
3. More importantly, that unit needs a proper support built under it. That’s a safety hazard. That shouldn’t have passed any home inspection and should something happen, you can sue the home inspection company.
For everyone, I know these things sound like a scam and useless and a waste of money, but have an annual maintenance on your units is very well worth it. A lot of companies sell maintenances that include a free trip once a year outside of the maintenance if your line happens to be clogged between maintenances.
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Problem is how many AC companies are scummy and charge a bunch for maintenance and then don't actually do anything, then charge you for repairs. Had one come by at my new place, told them "yeah the drain line's been clogging so if you wanna take a look at that I'd appreciate it" then turns out oh no they're actually just trying to get people to agree to replace their units on a payment plan not actually check anything.
I think that their takeaway was to unclog the sink. 🙄I think your comment summarizes it best. I'm shocked that they think this is a normal failure mode for an AC unit or condensate pan.
I'm not an HVAC person. However, my understanding is that the condensate pan is supposed to fill with some water which activates a censor. That censor then turns off the AC to prevent a leak.
@@Lizlodude and that’s very valid and accurate. Unfortunately in the service industry, whether it’s hvac or mechanic or plumber, there will always be people out there trying to make a quick buck off people and scam them just because they can. Sadly, I don’t have any advice for that and these days you can’t really rely on reviews either just your own experience and word of mouth.
@@MaxterTheTurtle correct. It’s called a float switch. However, since the pan broke and the water spilled out, I can see why the float switch wasn’t triggered. Theoretically, drain pans are NOT supposed to fill up with water to that extent hence the switch. The fact the line was clogged and so much water spilled out and the float switch was never triggered tells me that drain pan was already broken or they don’t have a float switch (which already that’s questionable as it is) or both.
That tiny amount of hair in the sink shouldn't be enough to back up all the way to the AC. I still strongly suggest you get a plumber to look at the sink and connection because I think it has to be gunked up with way more somewhere to cause this to happen. Really. ALSO THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
Cleaning the drain isn't what should lead to this, and I think the way your AC is set up on the cinderblock isn't great either.
I agree, but I'm guessing there must have been more that wasn't really shown in the video. Just the last little part where you pull the final bit that is holding onto a massive chunk of stuff and it all releases at once
Yuuuuuup. They need to hire a good plumber to snake and even potentially camera snake that entire line. Given they use the AC to live in TX, that drain line needs to run at peak capacity.
Sink gets clogged in the trap, drain connects above the trap, bathroom sinks + long girl hair and beard hair is a bad combination...i have a sink i have to unclog every once in a while
I hope they reroute the A/C drain to just somewhere outside. This is a constantly ticking bomb; it's gonna go off again.
We live in a house with hair. I am in 10000% agreement. We regularly take more than that out of the top of our drain area. They need to have their whole house snaked. (I wonder if they have roots somewhere in the pipes?)
As a former plumber, I would suggest finding a new route for that A/C line. They really should have plumbed it somewhere else like the main line or outside to prevent that from occuring. Also I would have removed the P trap and went about cleaning it out that way to be sure. The P trap is the curvy part of your drain and it's a very simple removal and install process. Also try to refrain from allowing hair into any drains as much as possible. Hair is the enemy of pipes. It gets soap mixed with it and sticks to alot of surface area.
Yeah, we route them outside here. Ive never heard of anything like this.
@@SmokeandSpirit Where we're at you can route the secondary pan outside but not the primary drain. That has to go to a p-trap on a vent. Their setup wouldn't have passed code, and I've never seen a plumber crazy enough to tie a drain to a sink. Just asking for problems leaving it that way
I can’t imagine it’s actually connected the way they explained it here.
It’s Texas so many AC units are done this way unfortunately
I ran my A/C line to my neighbors garage "by mistake", he was not pleased, was supposed to run it to the street, oops. (yes, its densely packed urban housing)
The first time our basement flooded I woke up early "did my wife get up and start the laundry then come back to bed?" go to the stairs and look down to see the horror of water rocketing out of the floor drains and the weeping holes from us having had 12 inches of rain in about an hour...
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@@cayenigma my wife effectively went catatonic and I was like "am I being pranked" it was nuts. Like it felt as if we were in a comedy movie.
I work at servpro and the last thing I usually say to customers is hope we don't gotta see each other like this. It's a nice way to say hope this doesn't happen again because it's terrible
@@RyanMercer I can imagine
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Hey guys! Plumber based out of Nashville here. Just a word of warning, while it is true that your sink may be clear, if it was enough to cause a blockage after the pop up assembly (the thing that connects directly to the bottom of the sink basin) There could still be a substantial amount of hair in your p-trap. (The little guy at the bottom that is shaped like a P) Here in Tn. Most p-traps are what you call slip joint and its super easy to remove and clean them. If thats what you guys have, then id def recommend looking up how to do it. Would hate to see this happen again. Much love ✌️
This!!!! Go farther or you will be doing this again guys.
Guys! Clearing that one sink won't for sure help with the ac drain line. If the ac line does indeed hook up to that sink, the backup would most likely be above the sink within the ac line itself. Also could be past the sink and just backed up. That drill auger type snake should get it if it's lower.
I nyoomed to the comments to say something just like this. "An ounce of prevention" and all that jazz. I can guarantee they have more issues with their plumbing. I'd personally see if they can reroute the AC drain to a stand-alone drain.
Yeah, no way that little bit of hair clogged it that bad.
Ye but I also do expect them to know and are probs already working on some way to reroute the AC drain, to never have this happen again. With how much they said it all cost, no way you'd want a repeat of it all.
@@turbotwo1 We had this EXACT thing happen to us when my kids put a few orbees down the sink that our A/C line drains into. The sink still flowed, but slowly. Luckily the drip pan in our house has a backup line that will flow out and drip from a pipe in the eaves so we knew there was a clog before it started leaking!
A cup of bleach to dissolve the orbees and good as new.
Though we have had the line itself clog and one A/C tech told us that it's from algae that can grow in the tube itself and to just pour a cup of vinegar down the line once a year to keep it clear.
I've been an H.V.A.C. technician for close t 9 years. That drain pan wasn't installed properly. There should be a supportive beams like "Unistruts" going length wise to support the weight of water with a water sensor that shuts off the unit when water fills the second drain pan. If there is a PVC pipe connected to the drain pan to allow water to drain out of second drain pan, that should NOT be there. Your condensation line going out of the evaporator coil could be clogged either the trap or the at the pipe connection at the evaporator coil drain pan. Sometimes the PVC pipe can be clogged at the opening where the water drain out.
Re-route the drainage from the sink to a dedicated drain for the AC unit. Replace that tray with a sturdier one and get rid of the cement block use special AC unit brackets .
1:11 "our clear monitor" has such "Oh No! Our Table! It's Broken!" meme vibes. maybe after the pain goes away a bit that needs to be a steam deck button...
this struck absolute fear into my first-time homeowner heart but it genuinely is comforting to see that owning a house is this stressful and needlessly expensive for everyone 😭
Invest in some moisture/standing water alarms. They are super-afforadable. We have them on the floors in all bathrooms under the toilets, under the sink counters, under the kitchen counters, behind the refrigerator, in the water heater drain pain and behind the washing machine. We bought them years ago when we had a blown ice machine line to our refrigerator. They are sensitive and loud. You just have to deal with changing the 9V batteries once a year like smoke alarms. They have already saved us once from a potential catastrophe when our water heater started leaking.
📝 do not let ceiling leak 📝
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you understood the assignment
Pfffft. Yep. Definitely writing THAT down.
Tacos and slime helps, check.
@@kericorley9387 Just don't put tacos and slime down a sink drain.
I work in hvac and I highly recommend having someone check the condensate line. A lot of contractors route the condensate primary line to a bathroom sink and over time can build up debris. This causes the primary to fill up and there should be a secondary line that is a back up to the outside of the home. If you ever see the secondary dripping get someone out to check the line.
Sometimes condensate lines get so bad that it can fill up your drain pan and spill over. I recommend maintain all hvac systems at least once or twice per year with a qualified professional and change filters every 3 to 4 months as that also helps prevent a lot of issues in the long term. Sometimes nitrogren is used to pressure clear out the lines of debris if needed. Maintenance can help prevent a lot of issues in the long term
Also, during summer, with a lot more humidity, you'll notice a lot more condensation as the evaporator coil creates a lot of condensation at those times.
I can’t help but imagine that every time Evan and Katelyn forgot to level a resin project, the AC drain pan got slightly more uneven until it eventually started leaking 😅
Jokes aside, glad you got it sorted out and that you know how to hopefully prevent it from happening again!
hahaha. who knew things not being level would start affecting other aspects of our life
I'm so glad that the ACs here use an outside drain line, because a sink clogging causing massive AC-related water damage sounds like dominos falling way too fast and way too dramatically...
That "outside drain" running from the pan is meant as a warning that the unit is not draining correctly . The pan should remain relatively driy year round . If the drain from the A coil is draining outside then that's a completely different animal . It's a code violation in larger jurisdictions to drain A coils to the ground. Related to disease growth .
@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 it's normal here in the American southwest to have two outside drains from the coil. One primary and one backup. I think that theres a kill switch on a drain pan under the coil too. Mold and pest growth isn't really a problem here so outside drainage is normal.
In the part of Asia where I live, nothing but the ac unit is internal. Every other part of it, is attached outside the home, to a wall or a balcony or something.
Probably because we don't have attics or basements here.@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751
"Don´t put things off, know your house, get some slime" needs to be your next t-shirt :D
Emotional slime support!
@@caniusdirusbetter shirt idea right here.
honestly, a fridge magnet, or like, maybe a silly certificate with joobies paw approval stamp that I could frame and put up in my house would be TOO fun!
@@caniusdirus @sintoxic Cue 'The Road to El Dorado' clip: "Why not both?" "Both." "Both." "Both is good." Maybe the T-Shirt sales will help them get back at least _some_ of the expenses 🤷♂...
A couple of years back, our kitchen sink clogged. It also clogged pretty much every water outlet on that floor. After a couple of hundred dollar of emergency unclogging services, one plumber actually looked at our plumbing and found out that our kitchen drain had never been installed properly and it was never clogged in the first place! So yeah, I would suggest you call a plumber to make sure the connections are fine and if possible not have the AC and the sink be connected to avoid future issues.
And this very reason why the recommendation is for the AC to have it's own dedicated drain!
especially with them living in the South, the amount of water their AC would generate, It's truly surprising that it doesn't have it's own drain line.
@@hopeo-w5961 That's how they build them here in TX. Mine is the same way. The main AC drain is shared with upstairs sink. The secondary drain, if the pan fills up, is actually a dedicated drain to the outside. Makes no sense.
@IceManTX69 the pan drain is supposed to be ran to the exterior of the home in a visible location . This is to give the homeowner a warning that the ac unit is not draining correctly and needs attention. But does anyone listen, noooo. Everyone thinks that line is supposed to drip all the time.
@@hopeo-w5961 My AC is connected to nothing but my balcony which has a evacuation system for the rain. To avoid having a constant dripping, I have a bucket. the bucket is almost full everyday in summer...
I'm impressed with how calm you stayed. When water started pouring out of my lights I went into full panic mode. Then the water started pouring out of the smoke alarm which proceeded to go off, and I cried. So respect to you immediately starting to look for solutions.
Shortly after I moved into my apartment, I was doing a load of laundry and the washing machine drain line backed up and poured water all over my entryway. I knew the drain line met with the rest of the plumbing under the sink because it would "burp" sometimes when it drained... long story short, the previous tenants had done SOMETHING with either the sink or the washing drain and maintenance ended up spending about three hours snaking drain lines from various parts of my unit (including going up through the ceiling downstairs) until the clog cleared. The maintenance guy even lost one of the hose heads of his snake line because it got caught in an elbow bend and fell off (luckily into a wider part of the drainage system, so it flushed away into the sewers).
So yeah, plumbing is exponentially more expensive to fix than to prevent, but at least this one was covered by my rent.
There is a float switch that can be installed to prevent backups in the AC drain. It detects when the water level is too high and will prevent your AC from running. This can be scary when you AC “breaks” and just stops working randomly, but when you figure out it’s the float switch you feel happy!😊
Might also be useful to spend a few bucks on a water level alarm. Just as a backup.
A condenser safety switch is a MUST for an attic condenser unit. My drain pipe got clogged at the far end with algae causing the water to drain into the pan which used the same pipe to drain. My unit did not have a safety switch, and the pan overflowed. It was not fun.
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Isn't the point of a drain pan to be a backup in case the first draining fails? Having the drain pan connected to the same outlet as the rest of the system sounds like a very bad plan
Our A/C tech told us we had a float switch, and we could just get rid of the back up pipe that our house was built with that goes from the drain pan to the eaves outside so it drips onto the patio if the pan gets any water in it. Funny thing is the float switch has NEVER triggered, but we sure as heck notice the dripping on the patio and have never had our A/C cut off when it's 105. (Imagine that happening while you're away on vacation, all your house plants would die and your fridge/freezer would break and all your food would rot!)
I love that your parents stopped at a lemonade stand and bought slime from a kid before coming to your house. 😭❤️
As a German, the thing that always strikes me is that.... American construction is WILD!
Like, why is your attic filled with packing peanuts? Why is your AC unit sitting on a cinderblock? Why is that drain pan even a thing? It looks like a disposable brownie baking sheet and it's open, so all kinds of dust and debris can collect in there?
And the routing of all of these pipes?
I don't work in construction, so I'm generally clueless but American houses always look like haphazard cardboard constructions to me 😅
Regardless... I am so so sorry this happened to you, waking up to water damage is definitely one of the worst things in a house and it's so destructive. It looks like you still caught it fairly early and you'll recover, thankfully.
Sending best wishes from Europe, keep your heads up and look ahead, things will get better! ❤
It's not packing peanuts, it's blown-in cellulose or fiberglass insulation. What is used for attic insulation in Germany?
Lol packing peanuts! It's loose cellulose insulation, which replaced vermiculite after that was found to contain asbestos. Homes tend to have this on horizontal surfaces like the space between your living area and attic space, and if you have an older home that needs insulation "blown in" to the wall cavities they can use it there as well.
The drain pan is only a backup. In normal operation it stays dry and condensate goes down the primary drain. If the main drain clogs the moisture collects in the drain pan so it doesn't flood the house. There's probably a float switch to turn off the unit if it does get wet. Obviously this doesn't work with a broken pan.
I agree with the haphazard flex ducting. It's very ick, at my house we have rigid metal ducts neatly installed in the basement.
@@eDoc2020 Flex ducting means that the guy you hired from the 7-11 parking lot can install it.
@@brianleeper5737 I mean it _could_ be a competent person who just was really rushed.
The sponsor ads are just too much fun ... the 'stick-on' fingernails were just 🤣🤣🤣🤣
haha thank you!
It's true. Yours are the only ads I don't skip.
I think you're missing your calling, Katelyn. You're kind of an hilarious comic actor.
I stayed for her fake accent 😂
Yes I always watch their ads cause they're genuinely entertaining and the little libe at the bottom telling me how much is left is chef's kiss
I've lived through three water related disasters in three different buildings. One was due to constructor error, one due to a leak in a dishwasher water intake, and one due to the actual dishwasher breaking. All of these resulted in weeks of drying the structures, and two in tearing down the floors and rebuilding the kitchens. Thankfully, insurance covered the damages, but I still get regular nightmares about being flooded. I know we're supposed to be grateful for indoor plumbing, but sometimes I think, is it really worth it.
You can get smart water sensors and put them under appliances and sinks and if they get wet they'll beep and send a notification to your phone (so if you're not home you're still notified) sounds like a good piece of mind investment for you
I'm so glad you got professionals to take care of this! I see so many people try to handle it themselves and end up with hidden mold 😩
My family has had a similar problem! We didn’t know this because we hadn’t grown up in a humid environment, but AC drains can and often do grow algae in their lines during the spring. If your AC unit is inside like ours, make sure to annually blow air through your lines to keep them clean!! My apartment unit, a wall unit, also needs this maintenance. Just make sure to blow the air from inside to OUTSIDE, or you’ll spray gunk and water inside your house.
As a Midwesterner, I still find it weird that it's the norm to stick AC units in the attic -- which can easily top 120 -- in the hottest parts of the country.
Same, I was like "wait, what? Your AC is in the attic?" That just seems like an accident waiting to happen
Yeah, that boggles me... I had a clog in the AC drain too, but it's in the unfinished basement, so it wasn't a big deal - it just poured over into the main basement drain.
SAME! like, being in Ontario, every house has their AC outside, and it just connects to the duct work that the furnace uses? I had no idea an attic AC was a thing! Having anything that creates water (the way an AC unit does) just seems like a no-no for inside a house. Now Im gonna go down the rabbit hole of different AC units and their pros and cons. Ya learn something new every day!
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The thing I'm wondering about: Having the AC in the attic must surely tank the efficiency of the AC.
Why would anyone put it in the hottest place? A place that will even get hotter than the outside?!
So why do they put them in the attic? Besides the draining water, they’re noisy. Is it purely for aesthetics and hiding them out of sight?
No evan, you couldn't have spent $12 and fixed all of it. You could have mitigated some of the damage, but by the time you noticed the leak, it had already saturated insulation, ceiling drywall, carpet, etc. 100% if you find water intrusion in your house, call water remediation specialists asap. They have the specialized tools and knowledge to quickly diagnose and start remediation. Also, i would have a plumber come in and do a full snake of Katelyn's sink. That little wad of hair is definitely not the only potential clogs in that plumbing line. That was just the straw that broke the camels back. Please follow up with a plumber! You don't want to have this reoccur.
E&K: "Don't be like us..."
Me: BUT I REALLY WANT TO
You may want to also remove & clean the sink trap, which is pretty easy usually. I would guess you didn't remove the hair clog, but just poked a hole in it.
Speaking from experience, if a little bit of hair is enough to plug up that drain pipe, there's a lot of caked-on gunk in there, it's kinda like an unhealthy artery. I would snake that drain with something that has stiff wires or flexible blades, so you break up the soap and solidified oils that's trapped in the drain, and flush it with boiling water. Don't use harsh chemicals, they can and often will attack the materials your drain pipes are made out of.
One of the most disgusting things I've learned about plumbing, drain pipes will accumulate fats and oils like crazy even if they're liquid at room temperature, so you want to avoid stuff like frying oil getting down the drain as much as possible.
The fact that it ended with Kaitlyn looking so frustrated whilst wearing cranky pants, brought some joy to my heart in this stressful moment.
also i don't know the specific stuff you have but most tech stuff can be fine if its encountered water as long as you make sure it is 100% dry before it is turned on again. and no heat guns to speed it up. I remember telling my sister to let her laptop sit for a couple days after she spilled water on it. and then later i thought to text (and don't try to dry it out with the hair dryer). just in time as she was just about to do that. I'm sure E&K know this but for others who might read this, heat can screw with the soldering on the boards and chips. And no rice if it can get into stuff. A dehumidifier in the room could help though
Holy SMOKES! I hope you don't have to replace all the tech that got wet, that's thousands of dollars! 😭 I'm glad you got the issue fixed at least!
Not only will this video earn money, but homeowners insurance will pay for all of it plus they'll get random donations
@@Unpopularityinsurance loves to fight with you about the least amount to be covered, trust. The monetization of videos is definitely a nice luxury tho lmao
6:32 My heart genuinely goes out to anyone who has ever suffered the _pure trauma_ of a broken taco. 😢 I'm here for you, fam.
All the diy tools came in handy for this disaster
3:20 I like how Katelyn's accent got a SMIDGE pronounced after talking with her fam lol
I was totally expecting Evan to fall through the ceiling again. There's a plus that didn't happen! 😂
classic Evan
Any couple that can get through stuff like this together without losing their minds or attacking each other is definitely a couple built to last
Our house has a primary AC drain line that goes to a sink, and a secondary that (if the primary is clogged) drips outside a bedroom window.
Lines can get clogged just from microbial growth or scale, so I've seen it suggested to put 1/2 cup of white vinegar down your drain line a couple times a year. Ideally, getting them serviced regularly and having them blow out the lines.
Finally, I've seen suggestions to get a water alarm in the attic for the A\C (and water heater, if it's up there).
I won't lie. I held my breath when Evan said he went up into the attic.
Had a similar experience a couple years ago when a tree fell on the house. Seeing all the fans and guys tearing up the house brought back 'fun' memories. 😫
Some years ago our house burned to the ground, had to rebuild it from scratch.
@@daniel4647 I also lost my house about 8 years ago. Then the tree fell on the new one. 😫
I’m sorry that happened! I need to cut down an old tree in my front yard but I’m getting quotes still and every day I’m worrying about the tree falling on the house
It's not at all your fault. You guys were actually great in diagnosing the issue and solving it. Just let all electronics dry completely before testing, open everything you can open and let them dry, it's possible that a lot of stuff will survive
I knew it was suspicious when Adam Savage told you guys to stop messing with the "golden scarab" at Open Sauce. You're lucky the pharoh's curse isn't that bad if you don't go outside...
Kids selling slime at lemonade stands is innovative! Those kids are hustling
I feel that so much. We are currently still fixing the waterlines in our house/ our flat. The thing is build in the 70s, the waterlines are terrible and when you fix one leak, two others spawn somewhere. It's just a gamble if it will be your problem or one of the other tenants. The company that we have to call for this is overworked and understaffed. I know it's hard. You want this to be over so bad. And it will be over. You got this
I had this exact same issue at the beginning of the summer because my Air handler drains into a sink and clogged. RedRock Gallo makes a charged CO2 cannister gun that is designed to fit in the top of the HVAC condensate drain pipe cleanout and blow out the system. Works perfectly and it's only 30-40 on amazon. Highly recommend for the future. Also pouring bleach down the condensate drain regularly keeps bacteria from growing and clogging it as well. On the install side of things, resting the air handler on a cinder block in the pan is not a proper install per Texas mechanical code. LOL. It is supposed to be suspended from the roof trusses and/or strong back bracing between the trusses. That's the fault of the installer and shouldn't have been passed by the mechanical inspector for the city/municipality.
Yeah how did that pass any inspectors notice?!
@@truckerdave8465 I’ll be honest, as a Multifamily general contractor, some inspectors don’t know there ass from hole in the ground. Residential inspectors are even worse because they have to go to far too many appointments daily and either don’t know what to look for due to lack of expertise or don’t have time to review the install properly.
oh noooooo! im so glad you all are ok and your house is alright
9:51 the SLANDER🙀😂
Poor Katelyn! lol!
I like that you used a shop vac and peristaltic pump instead of wringing out a towel. But your solution was much more elegant for sure!
I'm a building maintenance engineer, I would advice you not to use Drain-O, thankfully I see you didn't have to, but it's sooooo acidic and will eat away at pipes. If you have to use it, run tons of water through the pipes after. Also maybe you've already done this, but they sell sensors that either sound an alarm or cut off the AC if the drain pan fills up at all. Glad y'all got this fixed!
I can only base this on what you've shown, but you both are an inspiration and great model of how to deal with disasters like this as a couple. Thanks for sharing.
my landlord wishes he had advice like this. Ignored our warnings about some damage and then disappeared for years - half my exterior wall fell down in a storm. Could have been prevented. Now he owes our local authority thousands. People need to not overlook home maintenance
I am so sorry that that happened. Luckily, more damage wasn’t done. I’m very glad about your carpet❤❤
My first winter in my home, my furnace died, and this was a record-breaking cold winter. In a normal house with up to date heating, this wouldn't have been a big problem, but I have baseboard heat, and the furnace heats water for the baseboard heating. This was around New Years, so it was trouble getting someone to come out, and when they did, it was trouble getting parts. When we got the furnace fixed, we started her up, and when the water started flowing, we had leaks from busted pipes in every room. I was a new homeowner and didn't know how to drain the line, and no one had shown me. So, after weeks of labor and no heat (we bought a bunch of heaters to try and compensate, but that wasn't enough), and thousands of dollars and fixing the old furnace and replacing all the pipes for the baseboard heating, I finally got my heat back. It was definitely a learning lesson. But it could have been a lot worse. The furnace guys told me after they fixed it that we were lucky when it failed that it just stopped working and didn't catch fire. Oh, the memories...
Your ads are TOP TIER 😂 ya'll are so calm with this mess! I wish I had this amount of calm and level headedness. ❤
So, I’m a hairy girl with a hairy dog and my a/c filters through my sink. I have had trouble in the past and the HVAC guy came out and cleaned out lines. A year later now, I had more issues so we’ve snaked the drain. Never before has a video paralleled my current life so much. Thank you for the eye opener and reminder not to let these noticeable changes in your house sit. Just because they aren’t too bad or too inconvenient yet, doesn’t mean something worse won’t come. I will not let my sink get too backed up before taking action! 😟
Oh no!! House leaks and floods are a nightmare.
This video may have saved my family from yet another major flood!! Thank you!! So sorry about all the trouble! We’ve had 3 floods in our house mostly due to poor construction and location. Totally understand the displacement and frustration of a flood!
0:23 always listen to your gut feelings
her smile makes me smile too. I think she has an infectious laugh. I'm not that "outwardly happy" myself.
new all time favorite E&K advertisement sketch just dropped!!!!
i recently moved back into my dads house temporarily. one week after moving in he went on a 1.5 week vacation. apparently, he's been having an issue with his rain drainpipe since he moved here, and it had previously caused minor leakage. he pretty much crafted his own temporary fix, and had to do occasional maintenance.
i was blissfully unaware of this fact, untill we had a really heavy rainstorm, and suddenly there was a Straight up waterfall pouring from the attic . I called my entire family to help me. if you add up the volume of all the buckets, pots, pans and bowls we dumped outside, you get about 120 liters alone, and that's the water we were able to catch. we have water damage to our home, and connecting homes 2 doors down 😭 we are incredibly lucky non of our electronics got damaged
I'd like to add that in my aunts and uncles home the toilet was overflowing, and they were straight up like NAH WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS
Shout out to the slime stand kid for saving the day
Oof Evan and Katelyn that must’ve sucked. About a year ago one of our fridges broke and it was a very old copper pipe by the way that is not up-to-date so it leaked and was leaking very slowly for a very long time, then when my mom found it, the floor was all soaked. Everywhere in our kitchen was soaked. It was so badly flooded and almost all of our cabinets had water damage and we couldn’t get more of the same ones because how old they were so we had to replace all of the cabinets. It smelled like mold and moist floor for multiple days and we had to live with humongous fans just to dry the water. it was absolutely horrible and we had to deal with no kitchen for like eight months. but now we finally have a new kitchen and it’s way better than before.
Please tell me you’re going to have them fix the single cement block holding up the entire AC unit 😭 😂
I love that Joobie made several supervising appearances in this video, and im glad you guys are okay!
P.s. learning Katelyn's Dad likes to feed the deer was such a wholesome fun fact 😭
@Evan&Katelyn I'm so sorry you guys went through this esp in that room! 🙁
I just wanted to share a suggestion from my hubby who has dealt w plumbing for many years.
He said bc there's multiple things not draining or slow draining it's more likely to be the main line as the cause.
His suggestion is having the main line snaked bc like others have said the tiny backed up sink isn't likely to be the main culprit, it was more of a bandaid fix.
if it is the main line unfourt its very likely to build back up and happen again if it's not snaked.
Just wanted to share in case it could potentially help prevent it from happening again. I know how stressful and expensive leaks can be. Hope everything dries out and you don't have to deal w it again! 💗
I've been in that situation after some roof damage! It is horrible in the moment, but as long as you catch it early enough and act fast, the worst is already over and there's always a learning opportunity to future proof things. Hope you guys didn't lose anything that meant something to you!
We used to run our dishwasher at night. It broke and ran throughout the night, draining water onto the floor. We have a small house with an open layout and finished basement. The water soaked through our hardwood floors into the basement ceiling and into the basement carpet. The kitchen cabinets had to be torn out and moved into the living room in order to tear out the kitchen floor, and then rest of the flooring had to be sanded and refinished to match the new section. It took months to get everything fixed. It was such a nightmare. We now have water sensors around the house that will beep and send a notification to our phones if water is detected. We also have some smart lights that will turn red if any of the water sensors detects water. I would highly recommend putting a water sensor in your drain pan, just in case. They're not inexpensive, roughly $50 each, but if we ever have an issue again, we'll catch it right away. Good luck with the rest of the cleanup!
1:43 Well thats clearly not protective 😂😂
I used to work in flood remediation, I'm honestly pretty impressed with the level of knowledge yall had about this type of stuff. When my next job had a flood in the office, all the landlord did was send a guy with some fans and they replaced the ceiling tiles... I can tell you right now that that was not sufficient for the amount of water that came through, but no one seemed concerned about it other than me lol.
Yay!! New E&K(2)
Even if sad
as unfortunate as this is to see, I'm glad I'm not the only one having roof leaking problems right now. for a very similar reason. A month before, our neighbors moved into the apartment above ours, and the maintenance guys (the apartments were under renovations, so it's possible they didn't check) or the upstairs neighbors knocked the AC drainpipe LOOSE so the dripping water collected in our ceiling for that whole month until it finally caved at 1AM. Luckily our landlord was quick to respond and we weren't held liable of course. it was also right above our router, which only hade like a 5 ft cable so we covered it with a plastic tote to keep it dry. It only just got finished being patched last week! hopefully no more incidents, love you guys!!
well thats not good. 😂
that the roof is pissing down... 🤣
I’m so glad you did this video. We will be putting in a whole new heater & a/c soon. Now know I want a dedicated drain !!! Thank you, it is appreciated that during this giant mess you took time to film content and give us all helpful information. I do agree that you need to have a plumber out to check that sink, connections, trap just everything. Hugs to you all 🧡🖤🧡
If you’re in a humid place, there’s a thing that will dispense some ac drain cleaner periodically. It seems neat.
Be prepared to argue with some AC guys . They love running them to sink drains. As a plumber , I think it may be to simply save time and money by pawning off the final connection on us plumbers. But I'm not totally sure that's the only reason . Personally it really ticks me off when they do the sink drain method. It's lazy and clog prone.
Uhhhhhmmm isnt that a sensor that should detect a leak ? @ 6:19 ? if so, that is very bad. imagine being on vacation and this happens
So glad you were able to get that fixed. Sorry it was so expensive, but thank you for sharing the valuable lesson you learned!
As a hairy girl with 22 inch extensions, you guys have to get a drain stopper that catches hairs. I went through 3 bottles of drain cleaner in only 6 months because of how much hair was going into my sink. The drain stopper I have has a silicon ring that catches hair and doesn't let it fall through!
Love that Katelyn couldn’t deny her luscious locks or the Floof Master General that is Joob. I hope all those expensive electronics dry out and start working again 🍀
if you use the sink to dispose of hair, be it cat hair, or from shaving, you should definitely pour in drain cleaning liquid every few months.
you can get caustic soda from any hardware store(read the instructions of that very carefully) or you can just go into any supermarket and they'll have drain cleaning liquid. in my previous apartment i'd have to use that like twice a year because of the hairs that'd go in the drain from shaving ending up clogging up the sink and the water would take forever to go down
1:55 the fact that Joob is fine with the fan is amazing to me, my cat runs away any time i switch one on
As a new home owner, I've been spending a lot of time looking at every little thing and panicking whenever i hear a new noise. It's saved me 3 times in the first month, but the paranoia is real. But i agree that knowing all the ins and outs of each part of the house and all the appliances/plumbing/wiring is really paying off
7:48 watching Katelyn trying so hard to keep a straight face as Evan enthusiastically describes having "a *hard* time getting the *suctioning* in the right place" 😭
Glad you all got it sorted! Well, now you know, and sometimes the lessons cost more than you hoped. At least you are both capable people that jumped into action before it got worse than it did.
As a homeowner "know your house and dont put things off" is the biggest lesson you will ever learn. Currently learning mine myself 😭
Katelyn, blonde works lollll ...that skit was awesome
1:29 I love that the Supervisor came in to take a look at the problem! 😂
I woke up to go to the bathroom at 1am at my parents' house. Heard water running, thought someone had left the sink on. Went down the stairs to go turn it off thinking how happy my parents would be that I saved their water bill but when I got to the bottom my foot went SQUISH. water on the entire first floor. A pipe had burst in the fridge. Water going into the basement. Rushed to wake up parents. They both said to wake the other one and I was like "no, you BOTH NEED TO GET UP RIGHT NOW." And the three of us spent the night using a shop vac to get as much water up as possible. While calling an emergency plumber. It was an incredibly stressful situation. Incredibly loud fans on the hardwood floors for at least a month. Entirely new ductwork since water got into all the floor ducts. Ripping up old carpet and getting rugs thoroughly washed to prevent mold.
Just wanted to give Katelyn a hug towards the end there when the apparent cause was found. I imagine all the sinks and shower drains were done with Liquid plumber after this.
As someone who does flood mitigation for a living watching this made me cringe and feel so bad because being on the professional side of fixing that stuff, it is ROUGH for both parties
As a rule of thumb, always put your expensive electronics in a dry box. No matter where you store it. (Those that have an air tight seal.)
I relate to this! We currently have our kitchen floorboards up, cabinets out and a hole in the wall. We had a plumbing issue and our bathroom is also having issues. Hope your issues get resolved!
Hearing Evan saying “jump into action” about being in the attic made me very nervous and gave me flashbacks 😂
6:20 "okay looks normal" misses the giant puddle of water
I've been in a few disaster situations like this and i've got to say, props for both recording AND being able to problem solve. This kinda stuff throws me into pure panic, literal anxiety attacks while trying to fix stuff.
Once, several years ago, I replaced a gasket on the water supply line to the toilet in our upstairs bathroom. Mistakes were made. On the up side, I really like the new flooring in the room below.
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