How To Properly Put Ac In Window

Then slide the accordion panels onto both sides of the air conditioner if not pre assembled in a guide track.

How to properly put ac in window.

Measure the length of the first gap. Open the lower window sash and attach the bracket using the provided hardware if necessary. Then lower the bottom window sash until it rests on the a c and securely against the top flange. Open the window to provide just enough room for placement of the unit and collapse the accordion panels inward to ensure that they do not interfere with initial positioning.

Carefully place the unit in the opening and lower the top sash to hold the unit in place. Next pick up the unit and rest it on the bottom of the window frame. Place the air conditioner near both a window and an electrical. Keep it balanced as you slide the flange on the bottom of the case against the outside edge of the windowsill.

Take the thick foam rubber. Before installing a window ac open the window as far as it goes remove the screen and clean the windowsill glass and window frame. Measure the width of the windowsill and use a pencil to mark. Cut a piece of adhesive backed foam weatherstipping to this length.

After it is off hook up the refrigerant gauges to the valve connections. Then put on some gloves and safety glasses to protect yourself from the freon and turn off your ac. Save these instructions and any. With the bottom window sash up as far as it ll go center and insert the a c in the window.

Read the instructions that came with your portable air conditioner carefully. Enlist a helper to set the a c in position. Here i show how a window ac should be installed. You re now ready to place the unit into the window opening.

Pull out each extension to close off the space to the left and right of the air conditioner. Screw the vertical mounting flange of each extension to the window jambs. Peel the paper backing off the cut strip of weatherstripping and position the seal sticky. Choose a location for your portable air conditioner.

Now your first step is an easy one. Venting a portable air conditioner through a window 1.