Rooftop Ac Units Installed On Metal Building Roof

Unfortunately an improperly placed and installed packaged rooftop unit can lead to roof damage including punctured membranes and sagging that could lead to ponding water and leaks.

Rooftop ac units installed on metal building roof.

It can also be mounted on a slab at ground level. This means that the condenser and the fan are all in one unit and not split apart and connected by hoses or pipes. When you are considering putting an air conditioner on your roof the system that you are looking at is a packaged unit. Why it costs the same amount.

It was also important to adequately fasten the new unit to the roof structure below. This is more often the best placement for private homes. Because everything is together and on the roof ducts can be run straight down from the unit and throughout the building. We live and work in an area with high winds.

Rooftop units are an extremely common setup in hvac systems for commercial buildings due to their ease of installation good energy efficiency and ability to provide heating and cooling in one unit. Mechanical contractors should not be asked to supply or install roof curbs for roo fi ng systems. Additionally ahu s will often be connected to central plant such as chillers and boilers to provide the heating and cooling but rtu s are self contained and have everything they need all in one unit. Roof curbs should be supplied by the hvac manufac turer to the general contractor or building manufacturer and installed by an experienced erector.

Rooftop units are a type of air handler the main difference is that they are usually more compact and they re always installed on the roof so they need to be more robust and weather proof to deal with the sun rain snow wind etc. New steel angles were added to support the metal decking at all new openings and below all edges of the new rooftop unit.