How to install AC Window Unit with horizontal sliding window
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
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The compressor on our AC unit went out after 30+ years and our Warranty Company was taking way too long to get it fixed. I was faced with either getting a new AC unit for the house or wait for the Warranty Company to find a replacement compressor. I decided after 3 days of Arizona summer heat to put 3 window units in. Boy am I glad I did. It took them exactly 1 month to get a new compressor for us. Since we installed them in the bedrooms, we turn the rest of the house off now and save money by just cooling down the bedrooms at night. No doubt they will pay for themselves soon. Other solutions: Make 1/4" groove in middle of wood to accept plexiglass, that way you only need to nail and glue the joints to hold the plexiglass in. Paint your MDF to prolong it's life. Screw or fasten the AC unit to the front side of the MDF or window sill, especially if unit is higher than ground floor.
This is the most professional window AC installation tutorial I've seen.
*So amazingly quiet and **Fastly.Cool** in my room! 42db is at a whisper level. I bought 2 and installed myself.Very sturdy bracket and easy to adjust to fit windows of different size. Absolutely fabulous units!!*
you only need $400,000 worth of tools.
+esqueue Actually it's closer to about 1 thousand.
Right?
Ever heard of a miter box and hand saw? $21 at HD.
ha ha ha
As opposed to doing it with your teeth? Jobs are always good to have...
All is fine and dandy..professional and such...until 1 week later you discover ...You cannot pull out the air filter easily for cleaning( it slides out to the right when facing the unit...which is now effectively blocked by the window jamb)
I noticed the same thing.
Waooooooooo all of work to install a window unit! Jesus you guys are really dedicated
Great tutorial. Although cheaper (and probably less of a hassle to maintain) to get a window a/c, plus this solution doesn't seem too difficult for someone like me who is a novice at woodwork, I don't think I can do anything permanent to my place I'm renting.
Love idea of that extended platform Excellent
You did this as a pro, which you are. I will use dome ideas when I build my rig.
Thanks
This is a pretty high quality install, looking at all the other ones on youtube (and the ones i've done myself). Nice work!
We just used double sided tape to secure the plexiglass. Looks great!
Nice, but way too involved.
+Isa Life Yeah, I'm sure it might be for some, but me and my son have been in construction many years and we love to use power tools. Just squeezing the triger is a feeling of "Power".
I Need To Hire That Guy To Install An AC For Me.
Get rid of that stupid bush blocking the fins on the back of the unit .
Im surprised with your skills you did not make it a double pane plexiglass, especially since it is a semi-permanent install. Nothing insulates better than a pocket of air. That's how you can stay warm in a house of ice in the arctic(igloos) they work by air insulation.
You make me nervous with that nailgun lol. Nice job, anyway.
Great,.. now, all I need are the tools 😖
+jalcaraz612 You only need a table saw for cutting the wood ledge. Also cuts plexiglass. You don't need an angle grinder or a Miter saw, since wood frame on plexiglass is totally unnecessary. Stick plexiglass into opening. Seal up edges. Done.
I like the base part but the frame for plexiglass was so overkill. Who has all those cutting tools just lying around?
Very well done video and very complete in all the necessary steps needed to do a professional installation. Tighter editing could reduce video length by 50% but no big deal. You worry me not using a push stick and guard on blade and also firing 1-1/2” brads so close to your fingers but that is your choice. 10+ on video quality and installation workmanship. Thank you for sharing, certainly will help do my project.
The groove you cut for the plexi is called a rabbet.... a dado is in the middle . A rabbet is on the edge.
pshh all I used was a rubber band and a beer.
It also helps that you're a construction/carpenter worker. Mines won't look that.
Wow....You should do it the hard way.
You can do it without drilling holes at all and no platform or making a window frame.
Great clean install
nice TOoLs.
our ac is broken so i wanna buy one of these for my lil tiny room. Walmart has one for 120 great reviews, The problem is my window is a sliding one and not one that goes up and down so I cant use the accoridan thing it comes with to seal it. I guess I'll have to do something like this which is pushing me away from buying the unit which also keeps making me sleep like shit
I just watch the video, great tutorial, thank you. When building your platform, did you simply use 1/2 MDF? I could not tell if you made a special cut to make the platform fit the the window sill or of you build it out of layers of 1/2"
Thanks!
Hi, 3/4" MDF is the thickness of the platform & we attached a 3/4"" x 2" piece under the front edge to give a slight downward tilt to the back side. Our window frame is just under 3/4" high. Depending on how high your window frame is, will determine how thick a piece you will need to add to get that slight tilt so that any water drains outside and not in your house.
3/4" MDF with another piece of 3/4" inside under the platfrom to account for the sliding window groove height of about 3/4".
real pros. ;)
Best solution I've seen so far. Is the unit attached to the base at all? I'm a little nervous having this on the 2nd story in Southern California.
+Dong Donger Get good renters or home insurance. Also have a Licensed contractor install so you are off the hook for liability. And if you are renting, have landlord permission IN WRITING.
+Dong Donger I did put a screw through the bottom front leg bar that goes through the MDF board and into the windo sill. It's been three years and all 3 units ( different sizes) that I had installed by my son are still rock solid!
Awesome tutorial. Thank you so much
What about for people who don’t have all those tools?
don't make this harder than it is. just set the unit as they did and fill in the hole with any kind of wood or plexiglass, if you have it. not looking for beauty just some cooling.
the only reason I used plexiglass was to try and make the whole thing not quite so unpleasing to the eye. Let's face it, some people in my neighborhood probably think that anytime you place an AC unit in your window that you are lowering the value of everyone else's home.
Now how do you take the unit out to clean once a year ? Looks great BTW . thanks for your video.
Did he use silicone adhesive or silicone caulk?
Great job. We learned a lot. Thank you.
Great job, but it would be easier to buy and install a casement unit that fits these types of windows.
I'm not as fancy and just used great stuff lol. Very clean setup though.
Cool but how do you clean the filter? It slides out to the right if facing front of ac, yours is blocked by return and caulked in place.
very nice. wish i was that handy with tools to do this.
Q: how did you stick the small width of riser board to the platform piece before placing it on the sill? Also, how is the platform able to tilt slightly downward outside when it is screwed in flush with the sill? Doesn't that put stress on the screws?
I shimmed the board from the inside of the house so it was a little higher. Then that helped it to tilt downward on the outside. That way no condensation will drip towards the inside of the house.
There was no stress on the screws.
Maybe a carpenter friend could watch this and help?
How do you remove the ac filter? There is no room to slide to the right tucked up to that return.
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I'd like to know what you used to seal up small cracks in that caulking gun? Silicone? Insulating foam? Caulk??
+Lass-in Angeles
It's Silicone.
+Lass-in Angeles I use caulk for everything. Silicone tends to yellow.
+Ulysses North Thank you!
Obviously easier ways
Awesome job and video! How much would something like this cost roughly, if it was done by a contractor? Also being on a second floor and (2) units.
It cost a pretty penny. This guy pulled out a chop saw and a table saw.
I need one in my room but dint know how or what cause I have only one window and they have bars emergency bars
That was great! Would you just use additional screws for the support if your using a larger unit?
Probably not. The units are usually designed to just hang out of an unlatched window held on by just tape, so they're fairly well balanced, but it never hurts.
+Sandra Hennessy This would be a horrible idea for a larger ac. you would also need an upper brace that secures the top part of the ac to the sides.
Pretty good.
1) Only silicone with "RTV Silicone" and if it's permanent.
2) Paint or stain the wood. COME ON...
fancy
My neighbor just install the air conditioner on its side can you do that course is not working now
Supposed to wreck the unit! It's designed to drain water from the bottom, so that AC will probably leak back into the box and short itself out!
Where do you live? I am in Los Angeles, Ca 90275, can you install this AC unit in this area?
You still have 10 fingers??
Need outside brackets.
Dangerous saw.
Too complicated.
2 screws into sill for shelf not strong enough
Google User right. I've heard crazy stories about using saws like that to cut that plexiglass. Theres a reason plexiglass is cut by special tools
What's to prevent a burglar/rapist from gaining entry into the house? It's only a bead of silicon that prevents someone from pushing the air conditioner unit into the house and crawling through the opening.
There is much easier n simpler ways of installing this baby window airconditioner unit
Great install. Only problem is the bloody crooks that come by, rip that off, climb in and rob you.
Not a good idea for a ground floor window.
How can I do this 80ft up?
+nick matalski I would make sure the platform is well anchored to the window sill and then place the ac unit on the platform and somehow anchor it with a few 3" screws through the platform and into the window sill. That way even if the window frame was broken somehow the AC unit would still be anchored down. Some people fill the upper void above the unit with plywood or plexiglass or something else that can be fixed in place with silicone or screws.
if we were doing this less high up, but perhaps felt our window frame was old and weakish, would you suggest 3 screws to bolt the platform down as well?
Yeah, 3 long 3" screws is what I used to anchor the platform.
I cant do this because I am renting and don't know how long I'll be staying, so its a lot of work and money invested for something that might only last me one summer. So I have to sit here and bake in 100degree weather wtf. I am surprised there are not more portable window units that can be installed in slider windows. Its not some engineering feat that you need the geniuses at nasa to tackle, Ill tell you this economy has gone to hell. Just mass produce for the majority of people.
Damn with that view you would think that place has central air.
+US VS them wethepeople Actually it does. Just after I purchased the house it started havving trouble in the middle of July! The compay I was insured with said it would take a couple of weeks to fix the AC. Well, I didn't want to fry for 2 weeks so I purchased 3 ac units. Since then my AC has acted up several times and boy was I glad to have backup. The 3 AC units can literally cool my whole 1400 sqr ft house to 72 degrees and for not much more money paid out to the power company. I do have peace of mind, knowing that I'll not fry as long as the power company is getting power to my house. Boy do I wish I could get off the Grid!
Well enjoy your AC, and your house is wonderful. What state is that?
Desperately looking for a solution for a guy who lives in an apartment and doesn't have a million power tools. Oh well, guess I'll keep looking
I just finished doing this today. I bought a $20 jigsaw at Walmart. Instead of the frame for the acrylic sheet I just attached it with silicon on the window frame. Including the jigsaw, it cost around $60.
I'll pay you to do it at my apartment.
It's funny when I go to work they always want us to put are gloves when we lift things and these guys are just using hands with no gloves everybody does it
+2pacnasgame After years of doing construcion and enduring many splinters. We just have gotten good at removing them when they happen. Problem with gloves in AZ is that your hands can get mighty uncomfortable in them in the middle ot July!
Gonna ruin the window with all the silicone. next guy who has to replace it is ducked.....
Bruh, the average person does not have all of those tools
Great video, very helpful, until the last part of the video. whoever was taping gave us a great view of the guy and his ear, and you can’t see what the hell his partner is doing! As he puts the window into place! Pity!