Welding to frame?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:25 am
I have an odd situation with my AC compressor unit. It sits smack in the path of where I need to make a means for excess water to channeled away from the house. I was going to pour a new slab then have the local AC company move it the 7 feet and do up all the connections. Then I got their quote! YEEEOOWWW! I would have figured $350-400...but the quotes were double and triple that!
So my question is this: is it completely taboo to have a steel structure welded directly to the main frame of the house? That chunk of I-beam is easily accessible, the height is perfect, and I figure the standard "triangle" construction would provide rigidity and strength. There would be no support from the ground - just the frame welds. I just don't know if its ok attaching anything to the frame.
I figure the compressor unit weighs < 100 lbs..and the distance from the frame to the outside edge would be about 5 feet. My concern is that this would eventually cause the frame to twist, the unit would then slide off the "platform", roll down the hill, and I'd have an even bigger mess.
So my question is this: is it completely taboo to have a steel structure welded directly to the main frame of the house? That chunk of I-beam is easily accessible, the height is perfect, and I figure the standard "triangle" construction would provide rigidity and strength. There would be no support from the ground - just the frame welds. I just don't know if its ok attaching anything to the frame.
I figure the compressor unit weighs < 100 lbs..and the distance from the frame to the outside edge would be about 5 feet. My concern is that this would eventually cause the frame to twist, the unit would then slide off the "platform", roll down the hill, and I'd have an even bigger mess.