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My mother had a central AC installed as part of one of those government energy programs a year or two ago. Something was wrong with the drainage and the contractors had to come back out. The boss-man found several things which were done completely wrong and believed he had it all fixed, but he didn't find this. Due to not using the AC in the winter, we didn't know that the problem continued.
The other day, my mother asked for my help getting some PVC fittings off a PVC pipe that was once the end-point for the whole setup. For some reason, she was replacing it with galvanized pipe until a plumber told her not to (wrong material). I got the fittings off and looked inside the pipe to see what looked like a cocoon or a blob of hot glue completely blocking it. My mother had already poked several holes in it with a wire or something and it was dark just beyond.
We got a metal rod slightly smaller than the PVC pipe's inner diameter and knocked the blockage out only to see five deliberately wrapped fibrous plant material packages pop out the other end. Looking at them half-rotted and totally wet, I first thought that they were marijuana buds that someone was smuggling in PVC and lost track of until it was sold and installed. After it dried, I saw that it was just the spiky gumballs from the American Sweetgum trees that are all around the yard. They had each been wrapped in wax paper and crammed into the pipe one at a time.
It seems that the down-hill neighbor doesn't want the AC draining into his yard. Years ago, they wouldn't let my mother dig a trench in her own driveway to keep it from turning into a swamp for a week after every rain. They obviously thought that this pipe carried something more than an AC drip.
The only reason it went that direction was because it was down-hill and it was still RIGHT NEXT to my mothers home and no where near the neighbor's.
I don't want to escalate this, but I'm still looking for something clever. Any suggestions?
I thought about placing them at the doorstep just so that he knows we know, but I figure that he doesn't care because he probably expected it to be found eventually. A potato wrapped in wax paper would look like a threat to vandalize his car, which is what it's meant to suggest, so that's out (don't want to escalate). Any good ideas?
Sorry. It was dark when we took the pic (no flash).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua
The other day, my mother asked for my help getting some PVC fittings off a PVC pipe that was once the end-point for the whole setup. For some reason, she was replacing it with galvanized pipe until a plumber told her not to (wrong material). I got the fittings off and looked inside the pipe to see what looked like a cocoon or a blob of hot glue completely blocking it. My mother had already poked several holes in it with a wire or something and it was dark just beyond.
We got a metal rod slightly smaller than the PVC pipe's inner diameter and knocked the blockage out only to see five deliberately wrapped fibrous plant material packages pop out the other end. Looking at them half-rotted and totally wet, I first thought that they were marijuana buds that someone was smuggling in PVC and lost track of until it was sold and installed. After it dried, I saw that it was just the spiky gumballs from the American Sweetgum trees that are all around the yard. They had each been wrapped in wax paper and crammed into the pipe one at a time.
It seems that the down-hill neighbor doesn't want the AC draining into his yard. Years ago, they wouldn't let my mother dig a trench in her own driveway to keep it from turning into a swamp for a week after every rain. They obviously thought that this pipe carried something more than an AC drip.
The only reason it went that direction was because it was down-hill and it was still RIGHT NEXT to my mothers home and no where near the neighbor's.I don't want to escalate this, but I'm still looking for something clever. Any suggestions?
I thought about placing them at the doorstep just so that he knows we know, but I figure that he doesn't care because he probably expected it to be found eventually. A potato wrapped in wax paper would look like a threat to vandalize his car, which is what it's meant to suggest, so that's out (don't want to escalate). Any good ideas?
Sorry. It was dark when we took the pic (no flash).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua
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