The same requirements are in place as moving the air conditioner to the side of your home plus a few more.
Moving ac unit to roof.
A stand must be added to the roof structure.
Making the right decision.
Then the copper lines either must be replaced because they only come in certain lengths and are very expensive or must be spliced or welded to an extension of the same size and diameter of line set.
Therefore while the initial moving of the air conditioner up to the roof could be an issue once there the installation should go quickly and easily for the technicians which saves you money.
A crane would be called to move the unit to the roof.
Well that can get pretty expensive.
Believe it or not there are quite a few reasons why you might want to do this starting with enhancing the exterior attractiveness of your home by re positioning it out of sight.
You may wish to move your air conditioning unit for a number of reasons.
Your talking about moving the condenser unit from the roof to the ground.
It may be too close to your home and too noisy or it may be placed on ground that is eroding.
Before a unit can be moved the unit must have the existing freon pumped down or back into it.
You also don t have to worry about installing two separate items and the time that it takes to get both positioned correctly.
The freon lines have to be emptied and evacuated re routed and reconnected then.