Need an air conditioner? Here's where you can pick one up in Seattle (Bellevue: for sale, Home Depot)

[homesinseattle]

Article link here: https://www.king5.com/amp/article/ne...3-251e3be58b95

“This weekend is forecasted to be the warmest weather western Washington has seen since October with temperatures expected to reach the mid- to upper-80s and into the lower 90s.

If you’re looking to buy a window air conditioner or a portable air conditioner before the weekend, we’ve rounded up where you can find them in stock and available for same-day pickup.

Your safest bet for being able to walk out of a store with an air conditioner is Home Depot or Lowe’s as they have the largest selection of room sizes for window and portable A/C units.

The Home Depot locations in Seattle and the surrounding area have the largest available selection available. As of Wednesday afternoon, the stores have 27 different types of window units and 11 types of portable units in stock.

Lowe’s stores in the Seattle area have 15 different types of window units and eight types of portable units available.

Best Buy locations north and south of Seattle and in Bellevue and Issaquah have both window and portable units available, but their selection type is limited.

The Walmart Supercenters in Everett and Renton and the Lynnwood store also have limited selections for the type of window and portable units available.

The Seattle area Target locations only have window units available for same-day pickup.

Only one Ace Hardware in Seattle has air conditioners in stock, according to its website. You can find window and portable units available for same-day pickup at multiple stores north and south of Seattle.

Seattle: Hero Ace Hardware - window and portable units
Renton: Fairwood Ace Hardware – window and portable units
Renton: Highlands Ace Hardware – window units only
Normandy Park: Ace Hardware – window units only
Mountlake Terrace: Cedar Plaza Ace Hardware – window and portable units
Edmonds: Edmonds Bowl Ace Hardware – window units only
Make sure to double-check if the nearest store has the specific unit and room size you’re looking for before heading out the door.

It's important to know the warnings and symptoms of heat-related illness to help protect yourself and others against potentially life-threatening illnesses”.

[Hemlock140]

Our last one came from Amazon, and they still have several models available for delivery tomorrow.

I already installed the one in our bedroom, and will put up the family room one tomorrow. Even with the current warmer summer trend, I find them to be far more practical (lower PSE bill) than getting a full-house system, which would cool rooms we never use. I have to also remember to open up the vents on the greenhouse, already yesterday afternoon it hit 99 inside it.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

If you think you will want a window unit, get it now, As soon as the first hot day hits, people rush out and buy an AC and the stores sell out quick. A couple of hot days later, there wont be a window unit for sale anywhere.

[primaltech]

My portable AC came from Amazon, but the guys at Hero Ace Hardware helped me find the right pieces of hardware to connect the hose on it, to the existing portal on my window which didn't quite match in size. They were very helpful.

[jabogitlu]

Costco also has a couple models.

[leastprime]

47 degF, Wed night, 5/31.
YTMV

[Hebrews12]

I also saw that Costco has some of those free-standing models. I would highly recommend having an air conditioning unit (or 2) on hand as this summer could turn out to be a rough wildfire season and windows could be closed often due to smoke.

I should add, though, that CliffMass is predicting a cooler, wetter period ahead. I remember a summer in west.WA (maybe 10 yrs ago?) that had fairly chilly temps w rain in August. That year we had a pretty nice spring. There's this idea that we only get a certain amount of sunny days around here and they were all used up in the spring! LOL

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

Our last one came from Amazon, and they still have several models available for delivery tomorrow.

I already installed the one in our bedroom, and will put up the family room one tomorrow. Even with the current warmer summer trend, I find them to be far more practical (lower PSE bill) than getting a full-house system, which would cool rooms we never use. I have to also remember to open up the vents on the greenhouse, already yesterday afternoon it hit 99 inside it.

Are you sure about that? I've been surprised as to how affordable it is to run central A/C. Window units draw more electricity to run, so if you have more than one, it adds up. Of course with central A/C, the big expense is buying in, but usually, the HVAC guys give you a more efficient furnace in a heat/AC combo unit, so you save a little on winter heating in the bargain. But if you're happy with the electric bills while running 2 window units, there's no need to get central, I guess. Especially in the NW, where you only need to run them for a few days or a week at a time, sporadically.

I don't know what the electrical utilities will do, when the climate becomes warmer consistently, so people have to use A/C more regularly. Are they preparing for that eventuality? Is foresight in their job description? In the Seattle area, it's a public utility; is there any oversight of management?

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by leastprime

47 degF, Wed night, 5/31.
YTMV

It's not the nighttime temps people are concerned about, mainly.

[Hebrews12]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Are you sure about that? I've been surprised as to how affordable it is to run central A/C. Window units draw more electricity to run, so if you have more than one, it adds up. Of course with central A/C, the big expense is buying in, but usually, the HVAC guys give you a more efficient furnace in a heat/AC combo unit, so you save a little on winter heating in the bargain. But if you're happy with the electric bills while running 2 window units, there's no need to get central, I guess. Especially in the NW, where you only need to run them for a few days or a week at a time, sporadically.

I don't know what the electrical utilities will do, when the climate becomes warmer consistently, so people have to use A/C more regularly. Are they preparing for that eventuality? Is foresight in their job description? In the Seattle area, it's a public utility; is there any oversight of management?

We have a heat pump (plus a gas furnance backup for freezing temps as our heat pump doesn't work below certain temps). It also cools in the summer and works great.