Video · 0:35 · Sep 2026
Replacing an air handler above a water heater
Service Shield technicians replace an air handler that sits on a stand above the water heater. The old unit is disconnected and taken out (its cabinet shows dark staining at one corner), the stand is prepared, and the new air handler is set in place and connected.
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This clip has its original sound from the job, which isn't transcribed here. What it shows:
- 0 to 0. The new air handler arrives boxed on a hand truck, and drop cloths go down inside.
- 0 to 0. The old air handler is opened up in its closet, where it sits on a stand above the water heater, and the old thermostat comes off the wall.
- 0 to 0. A technician measures the grille in the outside wall by the front door.
- 0 to 0. The old unit is disconnected and lifted off its stand. Technicians look over the removed cabinet, which has dark staining at one corner.
- 0 to 0. The wiring is pulled back, the old grille box comes out of the wall opening outside, and the top of the stand is prepared for the new unit.
- 0 to 0. The new air handler goes onto the stand. Technicians measure and bend copper tubing for the refrigerant connections and work on the wiring.
- 0. The new air handler in place, with its filter in.
- 0 to 0. A new grille is fitted in the wall opening outside and edged with painter's tape.
- 0 to 0. A closet with a unit carrying a yellow EnergyGuide label and the electrical disconnect above it, then the new air handler in its closet above the water heater.
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