Garage AC

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  1. Jsarnold

    Jsarnold Senior Member

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    Put a 15.1K BTU/Hr AC unit in my work garage. There was a perfect place for it above the header over the window.

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    It has a remote control so no need to climb to change controls.

    It weighs 100# so had to come up with some way to raise it. Location for it is about 8' off the floor. A beam made from two 8' 2X6s and an 8' 2X4 provided a 4' extension to the cherry picker boom.

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    Cut a hole, added a 2X4 on each side of the hole, then another pair of 2X10s for the header above the AC hole, a stubby 2X4 to the top, and installed the outer cabinet.

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    Its cooling now. [​IMG]
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Cool.. lol I like having AC in the work area.
     
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    Wish I had a window in my garage...:cry:
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    I need to do that too, but then I would have to clean the garage to get the car in...lol...
     
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    Nice! Now u can work in comfort, be more productive and not have to be totally dependent on weather condx to work on projects.
     
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    Takes away ONE excuse for procrastinating. :D It'll sure help with the NC summer humidity.
     
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    Come to think of it.. It was around the time my window unit stopped cooling that I kinda stopped going out to the garage.. That was years ago. Gonna have to look into correcting that. :rolleyes:
     

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