BUILDING A HEAT PUMP SHELTER IN SNOW COUNTRY
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Heat pumps can withstand the weather and don't mind getting wet but when heavy snow or ice could threaten your installation, it's a good idea to build a shelter for your unit. Today, I'm building a stand and roof for an 18,000 BTU Senville heat pump. Let's get started...Thanks again to all my subscribers! It is a privilege to provide content that is valuable to you.
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Just seeing the word 🌨️❄️ makes me very disenchanted 😮😢 Nice build 👍🏽
It is coming...!! WINTER ! It is a bad word!! The leaves are turning here and are falling...it won't be long now. I always say, "It puts us that much closer to Spring" Take care Renaldo. At least you'll be making some money raking and cleaning up the leaves
Amazing how a small project is still quite involved! At least when you want to make it nice and proper! She looking alright👍
See ya Craig✌
I'm installing the heat pumps this week. Video to follow. Thanks Marc. A pat on the head for Lexie and Riley!
Now thats well build, i do like the blocks for standing the posts in 👍👍
Those little concrete blocks are handy. This shelter worked out well. Thanks for stopping by....Take care!
Well done bud , it's geterdone , no foolling around👍
I got right in there and goterdone, as you said. This is in Quebcec and they get this deep, white powder here...SNOW!!! I normally live in BC on the coast where winters are mild.
Great job on this Craig! I definitely would have screwed this up 😂 for real.
No you wouldn't, Doug! Just think of it as an omelet. First you break a few eggs in a bowl, then add some milk, green pepper, ham, baking powder, cheese and then fold it gently into a hot frying pan , lightly oiled. Cook on one side for 4 minutes then fold over and flip to the other side for two additional minites. Serve on a warmed plate with a sprig of parsley and toast. It is just a recipe and once you know the recipe, it's a cinch. Enjoy your omelet and have a great weekend! Thanks for your kind comments and for your every presence on my channel. Much appreciated, Doug!
My nephew just had a pump installed , he was asking how to do a shelter over it , now I know how , thanks my friend for sharing
All the best wishes to you, Kirk. I hope the heat pump shelter build goes well! I'm in Quebec installing this for a friend and helping out with some other chores. I'm installing two of the Senville 18,000 BTU units. Bought on eBay. I said Amazon on video but I actually remember now, got them on ebay for less than Amazon by a few hundred. They accepted a bid of $1800 each They have two inside heads each and are the Arctic heat pump ones. Good luck!
The shelter looks great. We have a metal cutting circular saw and that is cool because it collects all the hot bit of metal. I am looking forward to seeing the installation as we have not seen one of these installed before and it is something we would like
I will be posting the install video within a few weeks. Thanks for your kind comments. Heat pumps are getting very popular. They both heat or cool your house on demand from one efficient unit.
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How's she goin'? Atto go Craig!! Super nice job there buddy!! That sure is a good looking shelter and I'm glad you put the roof on. That will save the heat pump!! Thanks for posting and take care!!
This will work to keep the ice and snow from falling on it. Also, the snow plow won't bury it (like the ones placed right on the ground). This worked out quite well. Thanks for your kind words!
Your quick and dirty looks like a Magnum Opus to me. I mean nice work! Those carbide tipped circular saw blades will actually go through 1/8" steel. They're not happy about it and they don't last long but I was in a pinch and needed a good straight line. Just for kicks I also cut a cast iron brake rotor in half with one. I'm looking forward to the heat pump install. Unlikely that I'll have the means to get one but they seem interesting and I don't know how they work.
I heard that a circular saw blade installed backwards will cut vinyl siding without shattering it too. It was actually surprising how easily that old blade cut through the roofing. The area I'm working on and installing these heat pumps is Quebec, Canada. I'm over here helping out for a while. They often get huge snowfall amounts and the ice and snow really comes down off the roof in heaps, so it is wise to protect a heat pump from damage. They don't mind being wet, but they aren't build with a very heavy case to withstand blows. Heat pumps are just refrigeration systems. In the summer, they cool the house by removing heat and dumping it outdoors. In Winter, they heat the house by picking up heat energy even from cold outside air and dumping that heat into the house. It seems weird that they can take "Heat from cold air" but it works. Just picture heat as fine dust distributed on the wind. In Summer the particles are very close together and the air is hot. In Winter, heat energy is there only much more widely distributed. The fan in the heat pump circulates cold outside air over the evaporator and it eventually collects enough heat energy so the refrigerant changes state from liquid to a gas at a very low temperature. The compressor heats the gas by friction of the gas passing through the cylinder of the compressor, further raising the felt temperature. The now hot gas is condensed inside the condenser (inside the house in winter) and warms the house. There are many articles online that explain the heat pump cycle. Remember everything above absolute zero -460F(-273C) has heat energy (even if it feels really cold to us humans). Absolute Zero is the point where NO Atoms are Moving. When atoms in a substance are moving (anything above absolute zero) there is heat energy, and heat pumps, through the evaporation and condensing of refrigerants that boil (change from liquid to vapor) at very low temperatures, can extract that heat!
Pro tip for using a circular saw to cut metal...when your circular saw blade that you use for wood needs to be replaced, do not throw the worn one out. Take the worn blade and put it on your circular saw so it rotates in the opposite direction and use it to cut tin sheets like the one in this video. You must be very close to Canada, sir...your use of the word "eh" had me convinced you had a Canadian accent.
Yes, I'm a Proud Canadian. The reverse skill saw blade works for lots of things too like cutting vinyl siding without breaking it. Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated!
Are 2x4's in Canada the same as they are here... not 2 or 4? 🙄
That was a nice solid build, it was obviously well thought out!
Yes, Bill, 2x4s are planed smaller. The 2x4 designation is for rough-sawn lumber not the finished product (same applies right across the board, pardon the pun: 2x4, 2x6,2x8, 2x10 etc).
Thanks, the build went well (I actually built two very similar shelters) This house is getting two 18,000 BTU units with a total of four indoor heads. All coming up.
@EverydayProjects Here, we light 2 candles and work our way through the 58f weather all winter. Lol
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The beauty with heat pumps is that they will also cool your house. They have a 4-way valve that reverses the condenser and evaportor so that one compressor unit can both heat or cool your house with a simple flick of the remote. Miracle machines!@@GuysPlayingWithTools