I know this was discussed many moons ago, but I cannot locate the thread.

Today, I found a refrigerant line at a condensing unit that was at the rear of a home that was buried below the ground and ran approximately 60ft around the structure where it entered the brick veneer and across the attic to the air handler. We're talking 70-80ft. in distance.

The line did enter into some PVC material near the the condensing unit but where it came up from the ground no such protection was present.

Can the line be buried as such and for such a long distance. Seems as if it could reduce the efficiency of the equipment not counting the possibility of damages to the line being below the ground. This same side of the structure where the line is present is going to have extensive foundation repairs next week, so I can just see the damages coming to this line.

Any thoughts on this I'd would appreciate as always.

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Rick Hurst_Home Works Inspection Co_Rockwall TX
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