{"id":347,"date":"2010-09-25T19:42:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T00:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2012-01-14T17:53:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T22:53:54","slug":"air-conditioner-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Air conditioner saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I’m still trying to fix leaks. \u00a0I know of several around the vents and the olympic rivets securing the air conditioner. \u00a0So I took a slide down a slippery slope…<\/p>\n

Instead of trying to seal the vents, I decided last weekend to go ahead and replace them with fantastic fans since that was in the plans anyway. \u00a0And I would just get rid of the air conditioner and replace it with a sky light for now. \u00a0Unfortunately, the AC installer did a horrible job cutting out the hole. \u00a0I don’t think I can use a standard 14 inch sky light on this, check out the edges of the aluminum cuts. \u00a0Will do more research on options.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, I started on the air conditioner first. \u00a0I read the air forums and blogs and watched some videos on removing the air conditioner. \u00a0First off, the DIY guy had a nice mini-bulldozer bucket to work from and didn’t try doing this hanging off a ladder. \u00a0Secondly, most folks said they got it off in an afternoon. \u00a0Being a “girl”, I hate to admit when I can’t do something or do it well, but I will confess to just spending yet a third day working on getting this blasted thing off.<\/p>\n

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The shroud was already cracked so I didn’t worry about getting it off intact. \u00a0I drilled out the belt rivets, then the rivets holding the top on. \u00a0I found gobs, and I mean gobs of old hard caulk.<\/p>\n

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It took me all afternoon to get through the caulk to find the olympic rivets. \u00a0Removing those turned out to be the easy part. \u00a0A couple people said that you can just slide a scraper under edges to loosen the air conditioner. \u00a0HA! \u00a0It was grey caulk, but felt like cement. \u00a0I used the scraper, plastic knife, heat gun, mineral spirits, acetone, vice grips, screw driver, and a hammer. \u00a0Just before supper, the temperature dropped quickly, the wind picked up and dark clouds rolled in as I finally got the AC released from it’s bondage. \u00a0Tomorrow I’ll see if I can talk Craig into helping me get it off the trailer or continue to dismantle it piece by piece.<\/p>\n

I read somewhere that C’World would only install an AC if you took off the old one yourself. \u00a0I can see why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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