Community Cooling and Heating Inc.
Air Conditioner Repair, Service
239-267-2117
Fort Myers, Florida
Serving Ft Myers and all of SW Florida since 1970
Emergency Drain Pan A Nightmare Waiting To Happen
An emergency drain pan on an air conditioner is a potential source of trouble coming straight out of nowhere. Many homeowners believe that the sole reason an emergency drain pan will leak is due to it’s rusting through creating a hole in the bottom of the pan. However, long before the pan rusts completely through, the rust will begin to form into sheets on the bottom of the pan. As your air conditioner runs, and gives off condensation (which drips into the drain pan) it causes a current in the water, breaking the sheet of sediment and rust off of the bottom of the pan, breaking it into small pieces, which happen to be just the right size and density to float and move about in the emergency drain pan, blocking the drain itself, and flooding the living quarters below.
This large chunk of rust and sediment is just the right size to block the drain pipe and cause the emergency drain pan to overflow!
One of the most important aspects of Community Coolings’s 16 point inspection is to check the condition of your drain pan. We recently went into a home for a service call and found large chunks of rust (see above)and sediment swirling in the currents of the running air conditioner. It was a good thing we found it when we did. It was just a matter of time before the bigger pieces of rust blocked off the drain pipe, causing it to overflow. The drywall underneath would not have held up for even a half an hour, and the leak would have found it’s way into the living quarters, and in this instance it would have been directly above the master closet! Thousands of dollars worth of expensive clothing would have been damaged or destroyed!
air conditioner drain pan
Air conditioner maintenance and servicing keeps little problems from becoming big ones!
Community Cooling Is Here To Help! Call Today!
Our well stocked trucks, and well trained air conditioning technicians are always on call when you need air conditioner serve, repairs, or maintenance.
Community Cooling takes great pride in showing up on time, accurately assessing your air conditioning problem, and providing the consumer with the full range of options available to him … and then letting the customer decide which option makes the most sense to him personally, and fits his family’s budget as well!
Our Motto is…“We won’t send you a wolf in sheep’s clothing …
just an honest professional”
We guarantee all our repairs and offer a Free Second Opinion
Kurt Hartmann, Owner of Community Cooling and Heating
Call Today For Air Conditioner Service, Repair, Maintenance, and Installation
239-267-2117
