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Why does your upstairs ac unit leak water into your downstairs hallway?
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∙ 13y ago
AC units are cool and will cause water to condense. They have an outlet tube that leads to the outside. The water should drain to the outside. If the water leaks to the inside, then the drain tube to the outside is clogged up and needs to become unclogged.
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Because there is a leak in the pipe of the water main.
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Does state farm cover slab leaks?
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