Roof Over Heat Pump

Is this a good idea.

Roof over heat pump.

No freezing rain can put the blower out of balance with lopsided icing. Keeps snow away from the top and sides where it would impede. The heat pump is right off the back porch and deck. My heat pump is on the north side of my home in arizona and i have a 3 foot roof overhang.

So it can work if you position your unit with energy conservation in mind. Keeps rain leaves twigs and branches further away and keeps the unit cleaner. Clearance distances for outdoor hvac compressor condenser units. What is the rule.

I would like to put a roof flat and opened on all four sides over it to cut down on the noise it makes. Heat pumps supply both heat and air. This article describes the recommended minimum and maximum distances to separate an air conditioner or heat pump outdoor compressor condenser unit from building walls other equipment fences shrubs etc in our photo at page top these two compressor condenser units are too close together as well as too close to the building walls. We have never had snow inside ours.

The outdoor unit of the mitsubishi heat pump system can freeze up in the winter or become bound up with snow. This structure just happened to be beside the heat pump. Structure was about 3 feet wide. And we built a roof over the unit to shed most of the rain and snow.

Keeps direct sunlight off during cooling season. You need to keep snow away from it sides and top. The heat pump requires lots of air to work well. When these things occur the system may start a defrost cycle and use considerably more energy or it may just not work efficiently.

My unit is in the shade all year and the air temperature difference between shade and sun exposure is quite large. If you follow that guideline your warranty will be intact and you will be able to build a roof over your heat pump to protect it from the weather. Heat pumps are manufactured to deal with an average amount of ice buildup by using its automatic defrost system and switching to heat distribution mode. There are several advantages to having a permanent roof over an outdoor heat pump.

Every heat pump manufacturer has installation instructions that are available online inside you will find a section called clearances.