How to Install a Portable Air Conditioner | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey offers a quick and easy way to cool off a room by installing a portable air conditioner. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Portable Air Conditioner:
- portable air conditioner
- wall vent
- 4-inch-diameter flexible exhaust duct
- foil duct tape, used for connecting duct to wall vent
- 1-inch stainless steel screws, used to secure wall vent
Tools for How to Install a Portable Air Conditioner:
- jigsaw, used to cut vent hole in wall for 4-inch duct.
- caulking gun with silicone caulk
- drill/driver
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