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re: Can you cover an outdoor home HVAC unit for aesthetic purposes?
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:40 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:40 am to TheCaterpillar
The second pic is fine to do. It sucks air from the sides. You have to make sure there is room to walk around it though so i would not put it any closer than 2 feet unless it is something easily disassembled for repairs or service. Some of the people responding are just overreacting. If your a do it yourselfer build it like removeable stantions where you can lift it up and out of the way for service and repairs. Good luck and remember that most on the the OT have never swung a hammer
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Posted on 3/6/16 at 8:08 am to TheCaterpillar
Covering or restricting airflow around the unit will lover efficiencies
The purpose of you outdoor condensing unit is to reject heat from the inside of the house to the outside. To do so the fan sucks air from the sides of the outdoor unit and pulls I across the the condensing coil, picking up heat n the process. Then the fan blows that heat up
Blocking airflow from the sides will reduce that heat transfer and cause the unit to run more.....
Look in the units installation and operation manual it will tell u the recommended clearances around the unit.
The purpose of you outdoor condensing unit is to reject heat from the inside of the house to the outside. To do so the fan sucks air from the sides of the outdoor unit and pulls I across the the condensing coil, picking up heat n the process. Then the fan blows that heat up
Blocking airflow from the sides will reduce that heat transfer and cause the unit to run more.....
Look in the units installation and operation manual it will tell u the recommended clearances around the unit.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 9:29 am to TheCaterpillar
This board is insufferable 
But to the OP pic #2 would work. And I agree they look like shite in a lot of places. Love driving through Lakeview and seeing the beautiful front porches with their Ac unit jacked up 8 feet at perfect eye level next to their porch
But to the OP pic #2 would work. And I agree they look like shite in a lot of places. Love driving through Lakeview and seeing the beautiful front porches with their Ac unit jacked up 8 feet at perfect eye level next to their porch This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 9:30 am
Posted on 3/6/16 at 9:39 am to TheCaterpillar
I put i one this passed week very similar to the third example posted. Mine isn't nearly as nice because I suck at wood working.
Like others have said, leave plenty of room for someone to service the unit. I left enough room for someone to easily remove and replace the existing units.
Like others have said, leave plenty of room for someone to service the unit. I left enough room for someone to easily remove and replace the existing units.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 9:41 am to TheCaterpillar
If you do this it needs to be removable so the unit can be serviced and cleaned.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 9:45 am to TheCaterpillar
Silicone the whole thing. Make it a totally sealed system.
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