Window-mounted AC help

[dbzeag]

So my friend is getting ready to take his AC out and put in it into his window, but he has a bit of an issue.

This window is hinged on the side instead of a sliding left-right or up-down style. Mounting it has been a real pain.

Does anyone have any ideas about how to mount a window AC in a window that opens in a swinging fashion?

 

[BeerAd]

Take out the glass from the window and set a new piece permanently above the ac where the gap would be?

 

[dbzeag]

Beerad, you are a genius. I wasn't even thinking of an idea like that, but that isn't bad!!!



Any other thoughts?

 

[dbzeag]

So what I came up with is to take the screen out, open the window, put the AC in the window, then replace the rest of the opening with plexiglass. That will bend into the screen track. This will keep the bugs and heat out and still open up to the AC.

 

[HydroSqueegee]

get central air?

im dreading hauling in the units from the garage, yet again.

 

[SRC]

Ask Mikey .. he's a pro with window AC units .

 

[thrawn]

Ask Mikey .. he's a pro with window AC units .

Don't forget silverware and candles.

 

[SRC]

Don't forget silverware and candles.

ooooh I forgot about you being quite the candle expert too. I mean .. you have just got the whole package Hunnie .. I am so lucky .

 

[wanko80]

Don't forget silverware and candles.

For fried chicken and collards? I think not.

 

[Jonny_B]

if being able to see through it isn't important you might try something more insulating in the part not used by the AC unit. Like maybe two layers of thin plywood with some foam in between and caulk sealing them to the window frame.

 

[ZRH]

Um, it's a casement window right? Swings on the vertical? Possibly with a crank?

You cant put ACs in them. Find another window. Window units are made to go in double or single hung windows. Usually you can put them in gliders IF the glider happens to be the same height as the width of the AC. The thing is that it needs to have something to push against on the top.

Also leaving the swinging part out with an AC in it will direct all the rain into the window...

 

[Valve1138]

3/4" Plywood

 

[ZRH]

yeah, plywood is classy yo...

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Not as classy as chip board though

 

[Jonny_B]

Not as classy as chip board though

oh man, that is the classiest. I'd love to live in a chip board shanty but it just wouldn't meet the 2003 International Energy Efficiency Code. Not even with blue tarps.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Meh, that code doesn't seem to bother a large number of St. Lucians or some areas of upstate NY.

 

[ZRH]

Meh, that code doesn't seem to bother a large number of St. Lucians or some areas of upstate NY.

Please, dont speak of it.

My neighbors seem to think it isnt just for unexposed sheathing. As far as I'm concerned they could outlaw OSB manufacture.