Putting An Air Conditioner In An Attic

Well mainly it s a way to save space.

Putting an air conditioner in an attic.

The 20 to 30 foot long pipes that carry the refrigerant are disguised to look like a downspout. If you don t have forced air the fan and coil system is typically placed in the attic where it will deliver cool air through ducts. Attics are more accessible and easier to run lines through. An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan.

The great thing about putting air conditioning in the attic is that a minimal amount of labor is involved. Put it in an attic full of blown insulation and you re. The condenser in your air conditioner works hard to get rid of heat and pressurize refrigerant for the return trip through your house. The air handler would go up in the attic and you d still have a unit outside of the house.

Comparing this configuration to a solar water heater they make the case that putting air conditioning ducts in a hot attic is an effective way to heat up the conditioned air as it travels from the air handler to the conditioned space inside the home. Attic hvac systems save space. Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all.