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.
Moving ac unit to roof.
A stand must be added to the roof structure.
A crane would be called to move the unit to the roof.
The high voltage electrical low voltage and reference line must be moved to the roof.
It may be too close to your home and too noisy or it may be placed on ground that is eroding.
You may wish to move your air conditioning unit for a number of reasons.
You also don t have to worry about installing two separate items and the time that it takes to get both positioned correctly.
Well that can get pretty expensive.
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.
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.
The same requirements are in place as moving the air conditioner to the side of your home plus a few more.
These systems can range in weight from 200 300 pounds.
Before a unit can be moved the unit must have the existing freon pumped down or back into it.