HOLY SHIT IT'S 90 DEGREES!!!
Jun. 1st, 2020 06:22 pmOkay, time to abandon all those other little concerns like global pandemic and collapse of civic order and get the F***ing air conditioners into the windows!!!
This wouldn't be so hard (at least with Thorin around to lift them) if each unit didn't require two custom-cut 2x4's to fill in the gap below the sill of the storm windows. I have cut those pieces of wood for every single window that has an A/C unit and every year I can't find them. In fact, this year I couldn't even find one of the air conditioners, because I had renovated the attic and removed the old dresser in the storage room where we used to leave it. Finally located it, still in the attic, but now tucked into the new under-eave storage areas fondly nicknamed Squirrel Cave. Thorin and I between us have found about half the 2x4's. I am about ready to go cut some new ones, like I do every year. When the old ones show up maybe I'll have enough to add an addition to the house.
Okay, it's a first-world problem, but it's still F-ing hot in here!
ETA: In the end I only had to cut one new 2x4 (then remove and reinstall the A/C unit because it was 1/8" too long to just slide under the damn thing). Then packed leftover pieces of insulation around the edges and my 3 are done. Thorin has his own process for installing the one in his room. Turned them all on, plus the big one on the landing and the two in the attic. And magically, the house is cool again. It's 1 am now and still an astounding 79 degrees outside (!!!) but I guess I'll turn off the ones in the rooms I'm not using, turn up the one in the bedroom, and go to bed. A good day's work.
This wouldn't be so hard (at least with Thorin around to lift them) if each unit didn't require two custom-cut 2x4's to fill in the gap below the sill of the storm windows. I have cut those pieces of wood for every single window that has an A/C unit and every year I can't find them. In fact, this year I couldn't even find one of the air conditioners, because I had renovated the attic and removed the old dresser in the storage room where we used to leave it. Finally located it, still in the attic, but now tucked into the new under-eave storage areas fondly nicknamed Squirrel Cave. Thorin and I between us have found about half the 2x4's. I am about ready to go cut some new ones, like I do every year. When the old ones show up maybe I'll have enough to add an addition to the house.
Okay, it's a first-world problem, but it's still F-ing hot in here!
ETA: In the end I only had to cut one new 2x4 (then remove and reinstall the A/C unit because it was 1/8" too long to just slide under the damn thing). Then packed leftover pieces of insulation around the edges and my 3 are done. Thorin has his own process for installing the one in his room. Turned them all on, plus the big one on the landing and the two in the attic. And magically, the house is cool again. It's 1 am now and still an astounding 79 degrees outside (!!!) but I guess I'll turn off the ones in the rooms I'm not using, turn up the one in the bedroom, and go to bed. A good day's work.