Originally Posted By: cbottger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
For those inspectors that inspect Concrete slab foundations on grade.
I was just curious how many inspectors find free standing water in the A/C ducts within the slab foundation or do you even inspect for this. Perhaps I just live in a swamp and don't know it as I find this problem on a more regular basis than I would like. Upsets every one except my client.
-- Don't argue with an idiot someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Originally Posted By: Brian A. Goodman This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I’ve only seen the ducts under the slab once, but there was no water in them (only minor surface rust). It was a modified slab, so the grade under the slab was noticeably higher than the outside grade. I’m sure that helped a lot.
Originally Posted By: pdacey This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
cbottger wrote:
With TX as close to Ok as you are except in football
I guess if I were a Texan that would be the beginning of some heated debate.  I'm from NJ and only live in TX temporarily. And from my avatar, you may be able to tell that I'm a suffering fan of another struggling program.
Go Irish!
Ductwork is always run in the attic. If it's pier and beam const. there will be some in the crawl.
Originally Posted By: rsummers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I have had this happen to a home that we installed the return ducts under the slab. The hard pan was covered by about 18 inches of top soil and they had trenched out the areas where the ducts ran. It was the middle of summer when the home was built and we didn’t even think about the water table. After trying to divert the ground water around the slab failed we abandoned the ducts and filled them the best we could with concrete. That was a expensive mistake.