Moving Ac Unit To Roof

Making the right decision.

Moving ac unit to roof.

Before a unit can be moved the unit must have the existing freon pumped down or back into it. Therefore while the initial moving of the air conditioner up to the roof could be an issue once there the installation should go quickly and easily for the technicians which saves you money. A stand must be added to the roof structure. Your talking about moving the condenser unit from the roof to the ground.

The freon lines have to be emptied and evacuated re routed and reconnected then. Believe it or not there are quite a few reasons why you might want to do this starting with enhancing the exterior attractiveness of your home by re positioning it out of sight. You also don t have to worry about installing two separate items and the time that it takes to get both positioned correctly. Then the copper lines either must be replaced because they only come in certain lengths and are very expensive or must be spliced or welded to an extension of the same size and diameter of line set.

It may be too close to your home and too noisy or it may be placed on ground that is eroding. The same requirements are in place as moving the air conditioner to the side of your home plus a few more. The high voltage electrical low voltage and reference line must be moved to the roof. A crane would be called to move the unit to the roof.

There are times when most homeowners have considered the possibility of moving their hvac equipment usually the air conditioner to a new location around the property.