Aircon Mayhem

The air-con in the master bedroom leaks. Could be due to the constant daily use or just plain bad luck that the installation was not done properly. Over the past year we had the maintenance folks come look at it several times and invested in steam cleaning with hopes that it will solve the problem.

Recently it started dripping badly and especially so in the wee hours of the morning between 4-6am. We would hear sounds of *droop droop droop every few seconds. It's driving us mad! We had to put a pail at the spot and even then the maddening noise is preventing sleep. I could cover my ears with pillow but I know the sound is keeping Meimei awake. She is a light sleeper and this must be excruciating for her.

So eventually we decided that we want this solved once and for all. This is not the first problem we had with our air-con. About a year back we had to re-lay the whole wiring as the initial installer used inferior wires which burnt off. That cost us $300. This time, we decided to spend $1.2K to redo the entire insulation and piping. Have a look at the picture, the left is the insulation we are changing to and the right one is the lousy cheap-skate version used. Basically the initial installer used all the crappy materials they could get their hands on. And the price isn't even cheaper than other place! 

The new installers had to tear off some of the false ceiling and casings in the rooms and even drilled bigger holes through some of the walls to fit the new insulation. The place is now in a mess. We'll going to have to engage a contractor to put up the false ceiling and concealments again. We are crossing our fingers the air-con doesn't give us any more problems ... We had put up with enough anguish, frustration and sleepless nights.