IMPORTANT: Split-type Air Conditioners

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IMPORTANT:  Split-type Air Conditioners

This had been written about previously and once again needs attention due to what has been experienced in one unit that was fully furnished by the builder/developers which included the split-type air conditioner.  Carefully check ceilings, walls and the outside hoses leading to the compressor on the balcony.

Do you see any stains where the hoses may be placed above the ceiling or behind the walls?  If so, there are possible condensation problems.  Are the hoses wrapped in plastic when coming out of a hole to the balcony and is there water filling that plastic wrap?

A split-type was removed with the material around the hose more like a sponge than insulation to prevent such water buildup from condensation.

The photo below also shows the condition behind the air conditioner mounted on the wall.  There was a metal plate that was removed, too.  What the photo shows is that no primer was painted on the drywall behind the metal plate.  The area immediately around the metal plate had primer though no final coat of paint.  The final coat of paint was placed around the air conditioner once installed.  This is not what I would have done or consider appropriate construction.

There is also a hole in the middle and when asked the technicians from the certified dealer said that it had no purpose and was a mistake.  Now is that not a Big Surprise!