04-12-2010, 08:56 PM
Thanks everyone. Russ, thanks for the encouragement again, and yes, we have come a long way in 3.5 months. I haven't made too many mistakes on this project, but discovered one this afternoon...
I decided to install the AC in the "thru-the-wall" sleeve when I got home from work. I pick it up and try to place it in the sleeve, but it won't go in.
:? Huh? What's the deal? I know this is the correct sleeve for this model. Wait... No... I didn't. I couldn't have! No! :oops: I know I read the installation instructions! AAAAAGGGHHHH!!! I put the sleeve in the wall BACKWARDS!
Well, after removing some screws and cutting out all the caulking around the sleeve, I was able to remove it from the hole in the wall. And then, while I had it out, I noticed that this unit is similar to what you may find in a road-side motel, I'm sure you've seen the AC units that mount way low down on the floor and the air comes out at a 45 degree angle or so? Well, this one is like that. And I thought the air was going to blow straight out of the unit like a window unit, so I had made the hole pretty close up underneath where the layout shelf will be - so the air is going to be blowing up directly at the back side of the fascia. Not good. So as long as I had the sleeve out, I lowered the hole. Had to cut out the plywood on the outside, the studs, the sheetrock, rebuild the 2x4s around the hole, and close it back up. Got it all done tonight, now I just have to finish the sheetrock on the inside.
sometimes I am such a dumb___! :oops:
I decided to install the AC in the "thru-the-wall" sleeve when I got home from work. I pick it up and try to place it in the sleeve, but it won't go in.
:? Huh? What's the deal? I know this is the correct sleeve for this model. Wait... No... I didn't. I couldn't have! No! :oops: I know I read the installation instructions! AAAAAGGGHHHH!!! I put the sleeve in the wall BACKWARDS!
Well, after removing some screws and cutting out all the caulking around the sleeve, I was able to remove it from the hole in the wall. And then, while I had it out, I noticed that this unit is similar to what you may find in a road-side motel, I'm sure you've seen the AC units that mount way low down on the floor and the air comes out at a 45 degree angle or so? Well, this one is like that. And I thought the air was going to blow straight out of the unit like a window unit, so I had made the hole pretty close up underneath where the layout shelf will be - so the air is going to be blowing up directly at the back side of the fascia. Not good. So as long as I had the sleeve out, I lowered the hole. Had to cut out the plywood on the outside, the studs, the sheetrock, rebuild the 2x4s around the hole, and close it back up. Got it all done tonight, now I just have to finish the sheetrock on the inside.
sometimes I am such a dumb___! :oops:
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