Hi all,

still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil
today. Lots of crap came out! Anyway, the housing above the furnace
for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about 1/2" or so of
tarry stuff poured into it after it was installed, but some of it has
broken up and come loose since then. So there's standing water in there
now, because the drain tube (which is clogged, but that's another issue
that I think I can deal with) is at the level of this tar stuff, which
now has chunks missing.

What is said stuff, and where can we get more to make it as it should be?

thanks

nate

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On Oct 15, 7:14*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
Hi all,

still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil
today. *Lots of crap came out! *Anyway, the housing above the furnace
for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about 1/2" or so of
tarry stuff poured into it after it was installed, but some of it has
broken up and come loose since then. *So there's standing water in there
now, because the drain tube (which is clogged, but that's another issue
that I think I can deal with) is at the level of this tar stuff, which
now has chunks missing.

What is said stuff, and where can we get more to make it as it should be?

thanks

nate

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Do you think it is to prevent rusting of the ductwork?

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Hi all,

still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil
today. Lots of crap came out! Anyway, the housing above the furnace
for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about 1/2" or so of
tarry stuff poured into it after it was installed, but some of it has
broken up and come loose since then. So there's standing water in there
now, because the drain tube (which is clogged, but that's another issue
that I think I can deal with) is at the level of this tar stuff, which
now has chunks missing.

What is said stuff, and where can we get more to make it as it should be?

Are you sure it isn't black mold?

Because that's the stuff in my A/C. I remember what it was like when it
was new. Now it's got black goo in it--mold that needs to be cleaned.


-- Steven L.

On 10/16/2011 11:02 AM, hr(bob) wrote:
On Oct 15, 7:14 pm, Nate wrote:
Hi all,

still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil
today. Lots of crap came out! Anyway, the housing above the furnace
for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about 1/2" or so of
tarry stuff poured into it after it was installed, but some of it has
broken up and come loose since then. So there's standing water in there
now, because the drain tube (which is clogged, but that's another issue
that I think I can deal with) is at the level of this tar stuff, which
now has chunks missing.

What is said stuff, and where can we get more to make it as it should be?

thanks

nate

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Do you think it is to prevent rusting of the ductwork?

It looks like it is to build the bottom of it up to the level of the
drain outlet, and also to prevent rusting.

The reason that I was asking was that it was shrunken and broken, and
when I vacuumed all the debris out of there (reason I was in there in
the first place was because the A-coil was dirty, and also there
appeared to be some rust on the brackets because of a slow drain) some
of the chunks came up. For lack of any better ideas, I "glued" the
pieces back together with roofing tar, and used more tar to fill in the
cracks and level the surface so all the condensate could run off
properly. I just finished this up maybe half an hour ago, is nice to
have functional A/C again (and hopefully cleaning the A-coil will allow
the furnace to cycle properly. If not, I will have more work to do.)

nate

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On 10/16/2011 12:06 PM, Steven L. wrote:


"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Hi all,

still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil
today. Lots of crap came out! Anyway, the housing above the furnace
for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about 1/2" or so of
tarry stuff poured into it after it was installed, but some of it has
broken up and come loose since then. So there's standing water in there
now, because the drain tube (which is clogged, but that's another issue
that I think I can deal with) is at the level of this tar stuff, which
now has chunks missing.

What is said stuff, and where can we get more to make it as it should be?

Are you sure it isn't black mold?

Because that's the stuff in my A/C. I remember what it was like when it
was new. Now it's got black goo in it--mold that needs to be cleaned.

Not unless mold is hard, and a half inch thick

nate

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