I live in the north of England and it rarely gets super hot here but last summer there were two brief full-on heatwaves and everyone in my house totally ceased to function. Neurodiverse household, sensory issues, one of us with fairly severe anxiety, all of us unable to sleep at night and do anything useful during the day because it was SO FREAKIN' HOT. And that only happened twice all summer, and only for 2-3 days each, and we still couldn't cope. Our house is fairly old but brick built and didn't keep cool for very long once temperatures rose - it made me miss my old Victorian stone-built house!
We're thinking ahead to this summer and wanting to find a way to make sure we can cool a couple of bedrooms effectively if it gets really hot. Maybe even all three bedrooms.
Would we need 2-3 aircon units? I'm thinking we need one per room?
And how do the window kits work for sealing off the opening where the hose goes out? Are they easy enough to install? Can you easily close the window when you're going out, or do you have to leave the window permanently open as long as the window kit is in place?
Please tell me your experiences and share your expertise; this will be a massive investment for us that we can't really afford, but we also can't afford to suffer like we did last summer. And I'm thinking that buying aircon units now, towards the end of winter, will be WAY cheaper than buying them once summer gets underway.
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Please tell me about portable air conditioning units - already afraid of summer heatwaves!
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Bimbleberries · 19/02/2023 22:29
You might be able to send the screen to the ebay company and get them to do it, as they seem quite willing to adapt the products to what people need.
How does it go on magetically? Do you just stick the magnetic strips on to the window frame - ie self adhesive? Or do you have to drill in somehow?
I will have to look at mine more carefully tomorrow and see if there is enough of a gap to have something like the tensioned spring clips, as that would work both with the perspex screen or with a fly screen. But i have a feeling there's a reason I've discounted that before...
In which case, velcro on the frame might be the only way. Won't look worse than the fabric velcro stuff I have now though!
snoktruix · 19/02/2023 20:10
>I saw on ebay recently a place that cuts a sort of clear plastic covering with a hole in it that fits the window, and you attach that with velcro to the window frame. I might try that this year instead.
Can you give more details of where you found this Bimble? I'd got the Pinguino AC as well, and would like to vent it through a top-hinged window, using a perspex/acrylic sheet with a vent hole cut in it to stop backflow/insects...
I found this which seems promising:
plasticsheetsshop.co.uk/the-benefits-of-a-plexiglass-window-air-conditioner-seal/
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userno777 · 19/02/2023 10:26
@JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue what make do you have? We have top hinged windows so can't find a portable unit that will work with those. Yours sounds interesting with the letter box vent.
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