Hello,
Have a forced hot air heating system, where the duct work is also used for the house air conditioning. Pretty typical setup: Condenser is outside the house, of course, and has two pipes running to the furnace where the Evaporator section of the A/C is. Furnace blower then bolws air thru the evap. section into the ductwork.
"Plumbing" from the outside Condenser to the Evaporator is run thru the ceiling and walls.
Might be a leak somewhere.
It's not a very long run, but I really don't want to rip away part of the ceiling and wall to try and find.
Thinking of having the A/C guy, or a Plumber just run new tubing on the bottom of the existing ceiling. Tubing would be exposed, but would paint.
Question: good idea or approach ?
Would this new tubing have to be insulated ? How ?
BTW: are leaks in the connecting tubing fairly common after 20 years or so, or is nearly "always" a leak in the compressor or elsewhere in the actual A/C unit ?
Thanks, Bob