What air conditioner to choose for a loggia

Installing an air conditioner on a loggia is a controversial issue. Most of the masters strongly advise against resorting to such a choice. What is the problem and how to solve it if there is no other place for the outdoor unit?

Can air conditioners be installed on a glazed balcony?

There is no place for an air conditioner on a glazed loggia: during operation, the external unit of the air conditioner emits a lot of heat. It should freely go into the atmosphere. Otherwise, the compressor will burn out (this is for cheaper models) or stop (for more expensive models, an automatic shutdown is triggered when the air temperature reaches +40 degrees).

Therefore, when deciding to install an air conditioner on a loggia, it is necessary to ensure good ventilation.

Place for installing the air conditioner on the loggia

There are several options for placing an external air conditioner unit on the loggia:

• On the front wall of the loggia outside. This is a good option, which, however, increases the cost of installing an air conditioner on a loggia by increasing the length of the pipeline and cables;
• The air conditioner inside the loggia is installed, as a rule, on the side wall and only if the room is well ventilated;
• When the loggia is for two rooms, the external air conditioner unit on the glazed loggia is mounted from the edge so that communications do not cross the middle of the loggia. Such installation is more expensive than usual;
• Installation of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner on the outside wall of the house inside the loggia. It is most convenient to hang the air conditioner on the loggia on the wall between window openings or directly under the window.

When installing the outdoor unit of the air conditioner on the loggia, you should take care of a long drain pipe to drain the condensate.

Air conditioner on the loggia

The scorching rays of the sun heat the room of the loggia to a temperature of +50 degrees.

But many owners equip playrooms for children, offices or recreation areas here. A split system is installed to cool the hot space.

It makes no sense to install the indoor unit of the air conditioner in a room adjacent to the loggia. There will be a glacier in the room, but it’s still hot on the loggia. Therefore, you need to install an air conditioner on the loggia. For this premises, as a rule, inexpensive models with the lowest power are purchased. After all, the area of ​​the loggias is usually small. They are mounted on the wall of a house near the window, and the track is hidden under boxes or in grooves made in the walls and walled up.

With such an installation of the air conditioner on the loggia, part of the coolness reaches the room, that is, the problem of cooling both rooms is solved.