How Can You Install A Portable Air Conditioner Without A Window?
We have a bonus room upstairs that has no window. how can we install a portable air condition in this space without a window. Any suggestions are so welcome as my mom stays up there and she is 80 years old. please help
Answer:
Air conditioners need to be vented outside. If you don't have a window for those tubes, then you need a hole in the wall.....like a dryer vent to the outside. Just make sure is can be closed off and insulated in winter. Or install a window unit but go thru the wall......like in a motel. Nice thing about those small portable units, they only need 120 electricity. But beware, their cooling size is for small rooms!! Bigger wall units which might be necessary for your room size may require 240 electricity. Even the evaporative coolers, where you add water need to vent somewhere outside. Granted not directly but usually through a window opening....which you don't have. You would need to cut a hole in the wall and install a sleeve. The AC would then slide into the sleeve. Are you using the room as a bedroom? Code requires natural light and ventilation in a bedroom, equivalent to 10% of the floor area. This is one of the reasons that windows are required.