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I always tell the owners to build the platform large enough for a tech to walk around the unit to be serviced.

They don't do it mostly, so when I hit one of these, I may or may not work on it. If it's a compressor, I just tell them good luck and move on- too dangerous anyway you try it. Ain't worth it to me. And until we demand it- it won't get done.

You can do just about anything in Philly, but not this the gas company would require a platform with a safety railing, and the gas company is owned by the City so you know this is not going to fly.

See installations like that near the coast here in FL. Sometimes mini splits 30' in the air make me shake my head.

And get them to let you run the flue up to meet code. Splain to them why its wrong and thats an easy sell.

Giterdone! You can kind of see why they put the units on the stands with the slope of the lot. If they were on the ground they would be 3 feet or so off the building and into the drive. Be careful and get a lift when you need it. You could prolly convince them to rent a lift and do thorough maintenance twice a year on all of them.

Changed the blower today, they sprung for the lift. Scissor lift would work best but this got the job done. It went smoothly and felt very safe.

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To unsafe to service...rent a lift and charge accordingly. But I agree, do ALL maintenance in one visit while lift is there, otherwise, service will be quite expensive. And a lift will be mandatory for all calls!!!

ever considered dangling from the roof to service. Mission impossable style

On a lift........or let a helper get some experience........

For those of you familiar with Kemah, TX. I worked on these two a few years ago. Pretty common around here. I'd guess about 50% of the houses have access ladders.

I wouldn't have worked on those packages but then again I'm selective.

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Originally Posted by air1

They must have had other reasons to put the equipment up on stands.

Maybe they didn't want to worry about copper thiefs

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First call this morning, lol, I'm ready to get some easy ones.

At least I have work everyday!

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Seen a lot of this crap on Ohio BigLots.
I would shake my head, and get to work!

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After years of using a ladder like that it becomes Natural,, I would work on those any day, Bill for two man Plus a nice Excessive fee.

Of course I would be the guy holding Ladder. LOL. Jobs like that it's the Featherlight mechanic u want, Make sure those schrader caps have a rubber,, If it has belt Use X,, Keep fan on auto if possible stretch Filter life. And clean the coil every 2 years but have a coil cleaning crew that understands HVAC and keep logs of all work per unit. On those wild card filter change appointments Schedule the guy who's been the Pain in the a?? that week.

Anybody who looks at pic can agree it's a Pain than why not do as many things in one shot,, And all of the the units. Jobs like that is actually a test for a good dispatcher/Management. U sell it 2 them than do it right.

Originally Posted by SBKold

Good theft deterrent

I disagree, they just have to cut one leg to drop the whole thing.

I saw this same thing just the other day on a house. The first one I'd ever seen. I was driving down the road and it caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. I thought how dumb is that.

Originally Posted by mason

I replaced the inducer off the ladder, not real excited about it but it was on the front, another unit has a blower out and I'm pushing strongly for us to use a lift for that.

I would only do that off the lift. You would have to crawl in there off a ladder.


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I replaced the inducer off the ladder, not real excited about it but it was on the front, another unit has a blower out and I'm pushing strongly for us to use a lift for that.

Good theft deterrent