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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Flamingo13
House has casement windows so not possible
It is actually possible with some additional work. You can buy a portable AC unit, they cost more than the window type, but they stand on the floor, and have only a vent tube. You can have the local plastics place (or online) cut a piece of Acrylic or Lexan that fits in the window opening and with a hole cut in it for the vent. Then you can use duct tape inside to seal around the plastic to keep the heat and bugs out. Just make sure the hole for the vent is on opening side, not the hinged side of the window. In this picture they use flexible plastic, but that would let in some heat when sun hits it more than rigid, 1/8" or 1/4" thick plastic.
I grew up in a cape. My bedroom was upstairs....I would sweat all night long, in the heat of the summer, and I had three windows. My parents put in a window AC. I think that is the only answer.
I also grew up in an upstairs bedroom of a Cape... and the only air movement we had was the box fan in the widow at the top of stairs blowing out, theoretically sucking air in through the open windows elsewhere. I expect that's scientifically sound with the right fan... but that ain't what we had. It was miserable.
There ARE window air conditioners for casement windows
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Originally Posted by Flamingo13
House has casement windows so not possible
When I lived in Ann Arbor, my apartment had casement windows but I WAS able to buy a window a/c (then sell it after I moved to a place with central a/c) ... I thought it was VERY expensive, but when it got into the 80s in my apartment , it was worth every penny to buy it!
They are 2-3 times more expensive than regular window a/c's of comparable size, but they work.
I just googled window air conditioner for casement windows and the first one I saw costs just over $400 for a unit that cools 450 square feet (which would be quite a large room). I think I paid more than that for my unit in Ann Arbor about 25 years ago, so they are not even as expensive as I'd thought they were.
1. Get an a/c for your casement window.
2. Get a split a/c that doesn't require window access.
3. Cut a hole in one of the walls and install a sleeve and a/c through the wall.
I've utilized the first and last alternatives and they work very well. Split a/c's are getting very popular in the US and have been used in Europe for many years.
There are three good options for you, unless you have objections to all suggestions that you get a/c for, what is essentially, an attic. It's being used as a bedroom, but it's really the attic in the cape style house.
It is actually possible with some additional work. You can buy a portable AC unit, they cost more than the window type, but they stand on the floor, and have only a vent tube. You can have the local plastics place (or online) cut a piece of Acrylic or Lexan that fits in the window opening and with a hole cut in it for the vent. Then you can use duct tape inside to seal around the plastic to keep the heat and bugs out. Just make sure the hole for the vent is on opening side, not the hinged side of the window. In this picture they use flexible plastic, but that would let in some heat when sun hits it more than rigid, 1/8" or 1/4" thick plastic.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply (bedroom isn't that large and wouldn't really have room
Sure it is. Take the window out, build a frame with some plywood to attach to the window frame and hold the AC in.
I lived in a hot 2nd floor apartment for 22 years, with casement windows. That was the solution for me.
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There ARE window air conditioners for casement windows
