ImaDuffer264
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Mercer, PA
|  premade window AC brackets?
Our house has hot water baseboard heat and no duct work so therefore no central air conditioning. Early last summer we bought 4 window units. A 15,000, a 6000, and 2 - 5000 btu units and they cool the house pretty well.
When I installed them I used the brackets that came with them and drilled holes in the window frames etc knowing that the windows would soon be replaced. In October we had all new vinyl windows installed with lifetime warranties. The window company said we were not to drill holes in the new windows to install the AC units or it would void the warranty.
Short of buying angle brackets and bending, cutting, drilling and making my own new brackets is there anything pre-made that I can use to hang my AC units out the window this summer that does not involve ruining my new windows? |
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Willy
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USA | There are kits.
Did you check with the manufacturer of the units you have? |
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SandShark
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You may be able to figure out how to mount the smaller units without having to drill into the window frames, since they generally don't have a separate sleeve for the unit and they're lighter in weight compared to the larger unit. However, the larger unit probably has a sleeve that has to be secured to the window frame, along with the brackets being secured to the outside wall.
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Greg_Z
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Unless it is a huge unit like what I have by the computer here, it will stay with the window holding them in place, just make sure that you secure the window with a board. If you want, get the brackets at any Hardware store, but most of the time, you see a piece of wood holding the unit, which will not work for long after rot starts. |
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ImaDuffer264
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Sorry I didn't respond last night but got tied up replacing my kitchen faucet. One of those 40 minute projects that took me 3-1/2 hours. Once I got started I decided to replace the flexible pvc supply lines with metal ones so off to the hardware store to buy those. Then decided I probably should replace the shut-off valves as well. When I tried to unscrew the hot water shut-off the pipe snapped of at the threads  so I had to go back to the hardware store and get a couple of new brass nipples  . Well, anyway that projest is done  .
Now back to the original problem:
I think I'll just install the smaller 5000-6000BTU units into the windows and cut a board just long enough to hold the window down against the unit so it doesn't fall out and so nobody opens the window by mistake.
I'm still not real sure what to do with the larger unit. I'm guessing it weighes about 80 lbs or so. I'm thinking about maybe having my neighbor (pretty handy, has a nice little shop does welding, fabricating, etc.) make me some type of bracket that will permanently attach to the house underneath the window so that I can just open the window, slide the AC unit onto this bracket then close the window against the AC.
Should be pretty easy to assemble and then wouldn't have to put any holes into the window frame at all. |
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Warzau
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This is so far the most common I've seen in searching online. But you will have to anchor it some where. |
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ImaDuffer264
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| That just might work for me Warzau. The new vinyl windows have "channels that the window sash(?) is mounted in so I'm thinking I might be able to take a piece of 2x4 lumber the width to the inside of the vinyl frame and notch it with my table saw so that I have a nice flat surface to set the AC onto. If I do that I may be able to anchor this bracket thing you found onto the top of the 2x4 and then also onto the house below the window.
Where did you find this thing? Do you have a link? |
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Greg_Z
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Springfield, IL | Any hardware store. |
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Warzau
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Here is a link »www.repairclinic.com/SmartSearch···PStack=1 but Im sure once you have the namebrand you can find it cheaper, ebay or ace. |
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ImaDuffer264
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Mercer, PA | Thank-you (and you too Greg_Z  )  |
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