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That person who let me borrow their portable air con swing by today. Old unit. Reckon it's about as old as me, but it is indeed blowing out very cold air. Unfortunately all my windows are basically floor to ceiling, so I'm gonna need to cut some cardboard and tape it over the fly screen to stop more outside air coming in. And it's just my luck I've lost my duct tape in the move, so I'm gonna have to make do with very thin cello tape
Anyway, very thankful for something. My electricity bill is not going to be, but I'm hoping I might be able to convince the landlord to take the gov up on their rebates for decommissioning gas heaters and install a split system in its place, even if that means offering to cover part of the costs
air con
Edit: I couldn't make it work so I've had to just sit it out my bedroom door and hope for the best. It's probably just creating more heat, but at least if I sit in front of it, it's bearable until evening when I can open doors and windows
Nice. Any update on The Smell? Are pest control coming sometime soon?
TheStench™️ is still present. It wasn't very bad this morning, but after I got home earlier, it was a bit strong outside the bathroom and is no longer contained, so I guess the heat has reignited it
Got a phone call from a budget termite removalist this morning. They said someone will come between 12-3 tomorrow to climb up there and try to find it. I forgot to ask them to bring a ladder though, so fingers crossed they bring one. Not sure why they chose a termite specialist specifically, guess they must just be offering the best rates
I reckon they'll have a ladder. I hope whatever it is is easyish to get at.
Me too, though do you remember the time a tradie "fixed" a window frame by putting a nail through the window? I have no confidence in tradespeople!
get those thermal blankets for a couple bucks, or use alfoil rather than cardboard. Better heat reflection
Couple of questions for you Baku.
How tall is the window and is a sliding window?
What does the exhaust hose attach to?
Floor to ceiling was a tiny hyperbole. The actual window does go almost floor to ceiling, but it's 2 panes. The topmost one has a sliding window with a fly screen. Couldn't tell you dimensions, but it's somewhat large
The exhaust pipe has a little piece of plastic at the end that looks kind of like a semi-circle. I guess the idea being you can push the window a lot closer to closed
The larger problem is that the blinds are very rigid and are easily damaged in the sort of position I had them in the OP. Opening them means that the neighbours can see directly into my bedroom which I'm not a huge fan of, but they also get partial sun and aren't double glazed or anything fancy like that
I put my high velocity fan outside my door just in front of the top of the exhaust fan, and that's actually working decently enough. I realise it will still overall heat my house, but it made my room drop maybe a degree or two over the span of about an hour, and was pleasant to sit in front of
Ok. They sound like my windows that run from floor to almost the ceiling with sliding windows left to right.
Also in relation to your exhaust pipe, I think you might have an attachment at the end of the exhaust hose which is the shape you’re describing to me.
I had a bracket that came with my which was a small plastic board with a hole and you attach the exhaust to it.
I measured it up and bought some wood and stuck it altogether with nails so that it would stand upright in the window with the sliding window holding it in place to vent the hot air out.
Something like that might work for you possibly.
You also need to cap off and angle the nails if you use them else you’ll tear the fly wire screen.