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dandj
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Wall air conditioners
We need to buy an air conditioner for the living room, but it has to be one that fits in the wall sleeve, not the window. PC Richards wanted a crazy amount of money for one... I'm actually thinking of some smaller appliance stores rather than a chain...any recommendations in Queens or Western Nassau? Thanks!
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DjPiLL
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Re: Wall air conditioners
Is the sleeve already there? If its a standard fedders sleeve... those ACs are expensive. There is no real way around it.
You can't place a window AC into a fedders sleeve because the fedders ACs can only vent from the back.
The window ACs have to vent from the sides as well... and you could overheat the window AC placing it in a fedders sleeve.
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| Posted 4/20/06 4:50 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Re: Wall air conditioners
I had a wall sleeve with an ac that croaked. I went to sears and picked one out and had it installed. It's a giant unit though. It could probably cool my neighbors house too!
I found them much more reasonable than PC Richards..etc..
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| Posted 4/20/06 4:55 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: Wall air conditioners
We always use Jays on Hempstead Tpke in Levittown. We've replaced 4 of the 5 wall a/c units in our house no problem.
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| Posted 4/20/06 5:07 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Wall air conditioners
Posted by DjPiLL
Is the sleeve already there? If its a standard fedders sleeve... those ACs are expensive. There is no real way around it.
You can't place a window AC into a fedders sleeve because the fedders ACs can only vent from the back.
The window ACs have to vent from the sides as well... and you could overheat the window AC placing it in a fedders sleeve.
when i lived in queens we had a frederich sleeve and the AC for it was $700 (i bought it- it was unreal how well it worked- cooled a 2 bedroom apt.)
if you are going to buy it- get the protection plan- b/c if it breaks-it's heavy to take out of wall, etc.
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| Posted 4/20/06 5:17 PM |
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DjPiLL
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Richard
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Re: Wall air conditioners
I gotta be honest... i never liked the in the wall "fedders" ACs. They are mad expensive... and actually I never felt they cooled as well as a good 10k btu window AC.
Also... my house has "wall" ACs... but they are actually window style ACs (they vent from the sides as well).
So the first thing you have to find out is if your AC hole is a standard fedders sleeve or not. If it is... you really don't have a choice.
If you live in a house... it may just be a window AC.
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| Posted 4/20/06 5:20 PM |
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dandj
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Re: Wall air conditioners
We live in a building and the sleeve is already there with an air conditioner that must be older than me. I've never heard of the brand before and last year our electric bill was out of control because it isn't an energy saver model. and it also worked like crap because it didn't even cool off one room.
the one we saw last year at PC Richards was over $800!! I will check out Sears and the other place mentioned. I was told by the super in the building I can only get Friedrich's or Fedder's to fit in, but at least the super will install it.
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| Posted 4/20/06 9:49 PM |
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Re: Wall air conditioners
Posted by sarahsmommy
We always use Jays on Hempstead Tpke in Levittown. We've replaced 4 of the 5 wall a/c units in our house no problem.
We used them too this year.
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| Posted 4/21/06 7:02 AM |
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