How to Clean and Prevent your Air Conditioner Drain From Clogging 

YOu did an excellent job of verbally describing your fix as well as showing it in a manner that even a non-professional or lay person could easily understand and follow. Nice job and kudos to you for your presentation.

As a hvac contractor for 35 yrs, GREAT JOB, Great idea and presented like a Master, Thank You😇

This is a clear, concise and quality presentation. Thank you for taking the time.

Seems like one a year I have to deal with my drain pipe clogging so I jumped on here to search for a solution and I must say this is the BEST SOLUTION for keeping the drain clear of clogging. Simple setup that will save us money, time & headache in the long run. Thank you for making this video man. Cheer's!!

I put together something similar to this today, inspired by this video. Spent about $20 in parts + primer and glue. I was flushing the line by removing the line and duct taping a garden hose to the end of it every few months, but that got old and was very messy. This works a LOT better! Thanks for the inspiration.

Top shelf video here. I followed it to a T and I was done in under 15 mins. No more dragging my wet/dry vac outside to suck the pipe out which did ok, but not like a water flush. Theres another video on here of a guy selling a similar setup for 49.99. Im not knocking small business, but if i can diy and save cash, im all in!

As an HVAC service tech I WISH everyone had this lol Nice vid man, I was shocked when you did everything correctly. guess I should watch more of your vids haha

I just did this today as I had a clog. I followed the video exactly including the parts and the joy of listening to water pushing out the gunk was priceless. Thank you for the valuable video!!

5 years later and someone is still finding your vid useful!! Just had to clean out a backed up line yesterday. TY

I made the same exact set up years ago & I love how easily the line flushes out

Excellent!! I wish I had seen this earlier. I just finished cleaning up water in my pantry and laundry room floor because of a clogged AC drain. I am going to add this to my drain line this weekend. Thank you!

I've watched thousands of DIY videos. Yours was excellent. Nice job keeping it short, clear and effective.

Best idea I've seen!!! Simple, straight forward, cost effective and proactive. Thanks!!

Its a great video.. No overly loud music intro (✔) No long explanations ✔ Concise ✔ Clear mic ✔ Solves the problem ✔ So good that anyone who doesn't like it is just nit picking or misinformed I had this set up in an apartment which made it easy maintenance..

This helped me fix our AC and is great for maintaining the line. Thank you!!

This is exactly what I need!!! I'll be doing this tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!!!

Excellent DIY! Worked like a charm, took 5 min to complete. No more vac or bleach or wet garage floor from overflows. Thanks!

That was one really well made video. Nicely narrated and filmed!

Best video of this kind I can find on internet! Thumps up! Thanks for a very clever method, a very clear video. Good job!

Great explanation! I have been wanting to know this just couldn’t find someone to describe the contents needed and the how-to. Thanks

Thank you for this video, took very little time to add this in and flush my line. Highly recommend this for anyone who has had a clogged drain line.

God Bless you for this video my husband died from covid and he handled this kind of stuff for us. I called two plumbers they just wanted me to buy a whole new system so I you tube for this and got you - what a god send! Thank you for making this video helped me tremendously!!!!!

We have been struggling with this clogged line business for a while and it is frustrating!!! Loved your video and explanation! It started off with all those components and I thought there was no way we could do this but as it went along it was so clear and concise and easy to follow!!!!! Excellent advise and and video! Thank you!!!!!!

Thank you so much for making this video. You make it so very simple and easy to follow. Ever since my daddy has passed away I have had to take over taking care of this type of stuff. I do not have the money to call a professional every time. I wasn't sure what the clear tubing was even there for. Now not only do I know its purpose but how to clean it out. Again, Thank You!

Dear Sir, thank you for showing me how to prevent AC drain clogging. This helped very much. Blessings, pierre from New Mexico

That is incredible. We’ve spent the morning cleaning out our line with the hose and shop vac. Really a pain. Your solution is amazing. You are a thinker.

That's exactly what I need. Great idea, well verbalized, the video is also short and to the point. Thank you! But I will use distilled vinegar instead of chlorine.

Thanks for the video, it definitely helped me out. Also your power tool storage at the end is pretty epic!

Very well explained and demonstrated!!!! Thank you!!!

So simple!! What a great idea!! You rock man!! I bought all of my "puzzle" pieces yesterday. I can't wait to do get it installed tonight after work

Thanks! going to home depot tomorrow to get the part!

I have been looking for this solution for like...FOREVER. Thank you for such a precise and intelligent presentation.

Brilliant advice and tutorial! I've always just poured a little bleach into the condensate line and flushed it with water through a funnel. Installing the valve to prevent backwash so that you can blast it out is the ultimate solution. Thanks!

Great Idea! I will use this setup for now on! My drain line has a different configuration, so I used my air compressor to blast out the clogged line. I am off to depot to buy the parts this morning!

Outstanding video. Great idea and very clear explanation. Well done!

We tried it and it worked great. We combined this method with attaching the shop-vac to the end of the drain line.

I did this. It is the way to go. I watched many videos and spend a lot of money on "pros" to clean out the line. DIY rocks.

Very nice work and presentation. Quick, precise and easy to understand. Keep up the good work.

Awesome! Looks like a project this weekend to fix my clogged drain line. Thanks!

great idea. I will be doing this this weekend since my line is very clogged.

Great job, I like the way this was put together. My system has none of this, but it will soon.

I saw your video about two years ago. Now I had my pipe plugged up with junk, my fault. I cleaned it out and re-did some of it. I will go back and install a cutoff valve because this really should help.

Well put together process easy to follow, simplistic, well narated and extremely effective - Brilliant 5 Star!

I'm a professional web marketer -- part of what I do for a living is shooting & producing video clips for business websites - THIS video is a superb example of how to do a "how to do" video correctly - WHY? SO many things were done right -- 1) shows & tells PARTS needed upfront (plus includes list in video description box) -- 2) includes safety warning - "turn unit off before___" -- 3) background music not distracting (simple instrumental - no complex changes, no vocals) -- 4) ideal voice to music audio mix (approx. 80% voice / 20% background) -- 5) voice loud and clear, well paced timing -- 6) voiceover process description includes additional helpful "tips & advice" (mark valve open/close, don't glue final connection outside, etc.) -- 7) video clearly framed & focused (not too wide/far away or too close --8) no fast side-2-side panning, abrupt in/out zoom, shaky up/down (assume tripod and/or GoPro type cam held super still was used) --9) slow boring parts of the process sped up (speed increased 2X or more in post production) -- 10) good total time length - not 90 seconds (too short) or 9 minutes (too long) -- 11) nice personal connection at end (face filmed, speaking directly to viewer) -- 11) proper promotion (please comment, subscribe/follow + links provided to Facebook, Google, share, etc.) -- Congrats on this video....VERY well done AND very helpful......I'm off now to fix MY drain problem YOUR way!

I was skeptical at first but once you explained everything, it made perfect sense and looks like a great plan. I use a clean out tee over a p trap followed by a union. I shove a round brush down the clean out tee to break up solids, pour some water to flush the and then blow it out with a gallo gun and a CO2 cartridge. Your idea is great for a crawlspace, basement or single story, not sure how well it would work in a attic.

Great Idea! I need to make this mod for my mother-in-laws AC unit. She had a problem with her AC and it turned out that the drain line need to be flushed. She had a AC guy come out. When I took a look at her line it did not have open line to flush out the dirty clogged drained. My own has access but I will had your design to mind and hers. Great video!

I really loved your ideas of the valve and a water bottle.

As a HVAC tech, this is a fantastic idea. Well done. I would like to install this prior to the p trap due to it being the problem 99.99% of the time.

Terrific video instructions. Very concise. Best video on this topic I've looked at hands down. Bravo!

This video is awesome! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Hardest part was finding all the parts at HD. I put the whole thing together outside and then went into the attic and cut the drain and installed it.

Nicely done. Need access to water hose for the location, but other options are shown for vacuum or air pressure so all bases are covered. Thanks!

u just blew my mind!! so simple but yet VERY effective.

Did this last week. Thank you for posting this!

Exactly what I was looking for. thanks for all the detail.

We live in Florida and the condensate lines always clog every 3-4 months. We have replaced the ceiling multiple times because of overflow. This solution worked great and the gunk that came out was awful. No wonder it was overflowing. I highly recommend this to anyone with frequent problems

You do an excellent step by step demonstration that even a 71 year old grandmother can follow. We have developed a chronic draining issue with one of our a/c drains that caused the unit to shunt down every couple of months in the summer. I’m convinced the design is flawed and we have been told to only use vinegar in the drain line because bleach will degrade the aluminum drain lines. If you can suggest another liquid we might use that would work longer than vinegar, please do. My husband is 75 and hot attics are not a good for him. Thank you.

Excellent presentation and just what I need after climbing out of a hot Florida attic to siphon water out of the pan to turn the handler back on. Thanks!!!

We watched several videos on this..... By far and away, you are the BEST! Thanks!

This the best one I have seen thank you. My cut off valve was closed. No wonder it leaking

Fantastic and informative vid. As my air handler is in the attic I evac my drain at the outlet on the ground with my shop-vac. Don't want to drag a hose up the ladder.

Great job with the video, great style. All points covered without too much unnecessary chatter.

Great video and very complete. As for the bleach, I have read that it can be corrosive and that it's better to use ammonia. Worth looking into. Thanks for the video!

Great straightforward instructions...everyone else should follow your presentation method. Thanks

Excellent, practical system. Thanks for posting this!

The quality of this instructional video is on point! It was easy for this new to understand!!!

Thank you so much for your time to share your time and talents, save me time and money. Kenny

Cool idea. I’m going to do this to my drain line. It’s so simple. Thank you for the video!

Great job on the DIY video and explanation. Very helpful and better than many other posts in practicality. Thank you sir!

Great information!! I’d been looking for an easier solution for this and you nailed it. Easy project and costs maybe $10. I wish ac installers would add one of these, but then I guess they’d lose the easy service call.

Very cool. You made it look so simple. Great ideas. Thank you.

Great video! This was very easy to follow and understand. I'll have to visit more of your tip videos.

Awesome job and great video. You gave me other ideas on how to make the future of cleaning the discharge line better and easier. Thank you

I wish I could put 100 TuP. Thank you - it was work of art. Keep it up - TK!

Exactly what I need...thanks for thinking it out for me!! BTW, Lowes had a garden hose to PVC pipe adapter, so I only needed that and a threaded PVC cap.

This is exactly the solution i was looking for. You saved me a lot of homework. Thumbs up.

Thanks for taking the time to share your skills. I like the idea of the cutoff valve and hose connection. Good job!

Great video, love the marking of the PVC during dry fit.

Not fully applicable in my situation with the AC in a second story attic but well done and very very easy for anyone to follow. Great work!

Genius. Trying this over the weekend. Thanks.

Thanks for the informaiton! I will be checking on my AC when I get home tonight! Or Sunday afternoon...

Super slick drain flushing trick! Thanks for sharing!

My AC drain alway has the clogging problem. This video really give me the ideas of how to make it really clean.

nice video, step-by-step directions with all the associated parts. Great work

Excellent job of presenting innovative and proven method/information quickly!

I am going to mimic what you did. I like the idea of the shutoff valve. Thanks.

I had similar idea but you made it work! Thank you for posting.

Beautiful job. Very slick. I need to modify the installation of my existing drain line regarding another project and I'm going off of your design.

Also you can install a sensor to prevent water damage do to clogs. What you demonstrated is very important in AC maintenance

WOW....Just paid $175 to have my system flushed and could have done the work myself. Companies love systems that don't have your set up and the video was excellent and very informative. Thanks

I just used the Cut off valve T valve Connected the hose adapter to to the T Then i keep the hose shut off valve on the hose adapter with it turned off until i need it. All pieces stay together and its the same concept, less pieces. This is awesome, thanks

This is a great video. Thank you for doing such a good job explaining the drain flush design.

I wish every professional could explain things the way you do. Thank you.

This is a very clever and complete way to solve a recurring and potentially costly problem, Thanks!

Wish you were my AC tech. Very professional. Thank you.

The valve to isolate the line for cleanout is genius

Smart and concise idea and explanation. Many thanks! Will use this design. Especially like that you can use an upside down water bottle- super cool.

Nice job. Some well needed tips for the troublesome a/c drains. Thank you

Clear and to the point, very well presentation sir.

I came home tonight to find my drain line clogged and without this setup in place, I had to cut the pipe to be able to blow out the clog. I will assemble it back tomorrow with your idea so that it is easier next time to resolve. Thanks!

Great video boss, very nice way to clear the line. I like the compressor option also being there