With temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees F this week, we needed to find a way to install our old Air Conditioning unit in our brand new vinyl casement windows without damaging the window or frame. Most of the ideas we found online involved screwing things into the window sill, window frame and/or a large amount of plywood (which we wanted to avoid). After a lot of brainstorming, we put together several ideas and came up with a way to install the air conditioning unit by building a frame that doesn't require any screws into the window, then installing the AC unit into the frame. We used plexi-glass to keep the air conditioner as subtle as possible.
Since it doesn't damage the window frame, this method would also be great if you live in a rental and can't install into the window frame. We have vertical slider windows and a casement style AC unit, but this option would work for other types of windows and air conditioning units too.
Total Time: 1.5 hour
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I just recently had my window air conditioner installed by a friend. There is always a gap that needs to be taped or something every year. Today, I did the living room one with the self sticking plastic. It came out perfect and hardly showed.