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Unread 03-14-2012, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Default A question about homes in Las Vegas

I had always wondered this and even though I'm gone now...I still wonder

Why are the a/c units placed on the roofs of single family homes?

Down here they are placed on the ground
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Unread 03-14-2012, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Ours is a single family, single story home and our a/c units are on the ground, although I've seen several older homes have them on the roof.
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Unread 03-14-2012, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Here and there, you decide.
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Those are coolers on the roof. Ac units on newer homes are on the ground
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Unread 03-14-2012, 03:41 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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I see, I remember seeing homes off Craig and 95 and other homes off Washington and Bufflalo with coolers on the roof. Seems (looking back now) that the roof units were on homes up until the mid 90s or so. The room I rented in Centennial Hills back in June 2010 when I first got there was mid 90s construction and had a unit on the roof

They have been on the ground here in FL as long as I can remember. Many homes in New England dont even have central a/c at all. And the heating system is usually done by oil or hot water pipes

Thank God I have lived in more modern places like ORL and LV
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Unread 03-14-2012, 03:56 PM
 
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A/C on the roof
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Unread 03-14-2012, 05:22 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR / Las Vegas, NV
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So they can't stolen as easily?
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Unread 03-14-2012, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Asked and answered, huh Bamboodude? Not a lot more to it than that.
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Unread 03-14-2012, 10:13 PM
 
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Originally the A/C units were placed on the roofs to keep out snakes, scorpions and oher vermin. In about 2000, the builders begin installing them on the ground for easier access and cheaper installaion.
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Unread 03-14-2012, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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So they can't stolen as easily?
Excellent concept, considering copper wiring gets stolen out of in the ground a/c units here in FL ALL THE TIME!
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Unread 03-14-2012, 10:48 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas & Miami Beach
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Originally the A/C units were placed on the roofs to keep out snakes, scorpions and oher vermin. In about 2000, the builders begin installing them on the ground for easier access and cheaper installaion.
My house (and most of Spanish Trail) was built in the mid to late 1980s and all of the houses here have the ac units on the ground.
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