Moving Ac Unit From Roof To Ground

You probably won t get ostracized from the neighborhood if you move your air conditioner to the roof when the rest of the houses have theirs on the ground but when go you go sell your home it might matter.

Moving ac unit from roof to ground.

Although most of the work can be done on your own when moving your ac unit you will have to call a licensed hvac technician to discharge and recharge your system before and after it has been moved. After all the roof is far off the ground and people have to get the system up there. Moving the air conditioner is one of those modifications that can t easily be undone. The freon lines have to be emptied and evacuated re routed and reconnected then vacuum evacuated again then only a certified a c tech can legally buy enough freon to recharge the unit and they ll have the proper tools to do that.

Central air conditioner units for the home are box like devices usually installed on the ground. The units are called split system units because the outside box called a condenser works in tandem with another piece of equipment inside the house called an air handler. It s also hot on the roof with the sun beating down directly onto the unit. As it turns out getting an ac system on your roof is not more expensive.

Your talking about moving the condenser unit from the roof to the ground. In fact it costs roughly the same as having a split system installed. It may be too close to your home and too noisy or it may be placed on ground that is eroding. An air conditioner for your roof.

Well that can get pretty expensive.