This should make for a nice, comfortable summer!

We'll start this way and add a few small fans.

The electric bill should be smaller.

Last summer the electric hot water heater split the tank requiring a replacement.
We haven't repaired the damage to our sub-flooring yet.

With the replacement of old appliances our electric bill dropped so much we got $450 refund.

Glad to hear things are coming together.

I'll let you know by Sunday at the latest. We will need to vent it out of a window. I intend to use plummer's caulk because it will be easier to remove when I uninstall it for the winter.


I tried one of these in our older house. The house was too big, the AC was too small. We returned it. Now our home is half the size of our old home. I hope it works this time.

If I had casement windows all I would need is caulking.

My back hates pulling windows up and down. When we replaced our windows I picked the one piece crank out windows. Now I'll need Plexiglas to fill in above the vent. Shouldn't take long since I've done that type of insulation before.

we live in Florida and we used a very similar unit when the AC died in the old house. It kept our bedroom plenty cool at night and usable during the day. We had another window unit for the living room. We survived long enough to get to the new house. I kept the portable one as I intend to make a workshop/shed out back and think I can use it there. I kept it running 24/7 for many months before we moved. Just hose out the filter every once in a while (keep 2 - one to hose and 1 to use while the other is drying)

Ours vented out a side window and i just put some cardboard and duct tape around it to finish sealing off the opening. Wasn't pretty but it was behind furniture so we couldn't see it lol.

Be careful to NOT KNOCK LOOSE the drain plug. It will soggy up a floor right quick if it's loose. We didn't know it was loose until we saw the carpet getting wet and it took me a little while to figure out there was a drain plug that got loosened when my son picked the unit up to move it. That carpet was going into the trash anyway though so no harm, no foul.

really like it.
Had a friend who had one a few years back and it worked well for him.

So hope it keeps you cool.

Why wait. The sale price is super low until the end of this month.

The insulation in this place leaves a bit to be desired ... (as in) my bedroom is way too warm on sunny afternoons.

Not to mention that we've repaired the central air every year since we bought this old (built in 1985) place.


Thanks for the info and good luck.

Ours usually goes in at the end of May - Iowa so it it doesn't get to hot til then.

Got to tell you the exhaust hose came off one night and we nearly cooked. It was almost 90 in our room before I woke up and fixed it. So keep an eye on that