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Blowing and sucking.

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There was a little of both at Chez River recently… but not the kind you might think.

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The blowing was in the form of a new window air conditioner we bought to replace our previous old as dirt unit. $500 and a broken back later it was installed and ready for summer. Someday someone will explain to me why these things have to weigh as much as an African elephant.

While this new a/c is more powerful and quieter than the last, I admit I was not happy with the left handed cord placement. I’m an inveterate cord hider and this monster is one inch too short to plug behind the antique radio to the left and two inches too short to swing around the corner behind the arm chair on the right … so this is the horror I must live with for the next few months.

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Sigh.

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Even Lord Dudley disapproves.

As for the sucking…

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Yesterday morning heralded the arrival of the poop truck.

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And it’s extremely long, highly suspect caca hose.

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The less said about this process the better.

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40 thoughts on “Blowing and sucking.”

  2. I’ll be replacing my window a/c unit this summer. The windows in my room face north and west, so I have a bit of time. My house is connected to the municipal sewer system. Per your wishes, that is all I will say about that.
    Back to the air conditioner, is the cord long enough to reach the outlet if you take a turn around the face of the unit and fasten it with the handyman’s secret weapon, duct tape (You can get it in white)? Or, as a more utilitarian alternative, you might build a long narrow table out of 2×4’s and plywood with a tablecloth on top. It hides the cord and gives you a nice spot for some more plants, and the cat a place to hide while he observes his future prey or throws dirt all over the room. BIG upside here: You can ask your devoted husband to build the table; he’ll be thrilled.

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    1. While I appreciate the thoughtful suggestions, plywood and duct tape don’t actually fit my decorating style. And I think you know by now I would never request husband built furniture. I shudder at the mere thought…
      😳

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  3. I’m going to send you a couple pics of my cord concealment method and my virtuoso husband built furniture skills. You’ll be amazed, just be sure not to look while you have a mouthful of coffee. Now that I think about it for a minute, a blog post that shows how form and function come together in 240 square feet of my world. This won’t take long (Said the great procrastinator).

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  4. We are in Florida, where A/C is a 12 month affair, and we have central A/C but choose not use it. Our Electric bill was Alfred Hitchcock like, and we were cooling lots of space we did not use, so we went with two discrete window units: a 12,000 BTU in the rear LR window, and a 5,000 BTU in the side window of the MBR. Neither are public visible. Our electric bill went down almost 70% with no degradation to the comfort of our living space (it stays a very comfortable 70 (F)). The extension cord in the MBR has the same issue as yours, but we are willing to tolerate it for the savings.

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      3. 12,000 is the highest capacity that can be plugged in to a normal receptacle.. Anything higher requires a 220 outlet and special wiring. You can find them, but most places stop at 12,000 since most people do not want to rewire their house.

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  5. We use heat pumps for both heating and cooling here. Had two installed last spring and getting another put in. They are wonderful and the power bills are not high at all. There are surprisingly inexpensive to run. Plus they are so quiet. Maine has very similar weather to Nova Scotia but I don’t know if they market them as much there. Here it is about reducing fossil fuel consumption. The units go into the wall and are wired in place. Not as ugly as AC units either. No cords showing.

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    1. We put a heat pump in the man cave/barn but find the heating costs to be quite high. The a/c feature is much cheaper to run. Sadly our house isn’t laid out well for heat pumps , we’d need four and if I was going to do that I’d just put in central air.

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  7. We call those Window Shakers. When I was a kid, that was all we had because whole house a/c wasn’t either invented or affordable. So we would sleep in my Mom’s room where the Window Shaker was. 😳

    We are getting a new a/c unit tomorrow and they’ve gone up considerably (6k) But so necessary here all year.

    Also, I hope seeing your poop truck doesn’t make my septic start acting up…ours hasn’t been emptied in a long time.

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    1. No one has central air here. For the 3 months we use it off and on it would be a waste. We did put a heat pump in the man cave though, so that’s perfectly cool all summer.
      As for poop sucking, it’s recommended every three years.
      😉

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  8. Poop truck visit I’m sure sucks as it should, lol. New AC? Is that the only unit y’all have? I’m sure it’s not as hot in Maine as it is here in Hell Paso (it was 102 yesterday) right now or any time of the year for that matter. But I could not make it with one window unit for the entire summer. But if it’s quieter that your last unit than that’s a huge plus! Your decor OCD might get the best of you though with the exposed cord 😝.

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    1. We have one unit in the living room and one in our bedroom. It keeps the front of the house cool but doesn’t circulate well in the back. Of course we only use it off and in the 3 months so it’s alright. Today? A perfect 65 degrees.
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  9. I had thought from the title of this post that it was going to be another instalment from that book you are reading 🤣.
    I recently bought a portable air conditioner for my place as I am not willing to suffer through another “heat dome” like we experienced last summer. It’s a floor model though…and the exhaust hose goes through the window instead of the A/C unit. And of course the weather people are predicting a cool and wet summer…ah well. Better to have and not need and all that…

    Deb

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  12. Are you intending on making this spot for your a/c permanent? Drill a small hole in the window casement under the unit, and stuff it through into the interior of the wall. Presuming you have drywall, of course. Open up the drywall, move the electricity outlet inside the wall too, or build a new one attached to a stud (not your husband)! Plug the hidden cord into the new outlet, reclose the drywall, and forget about it (after making sure there are no potential fire hazards). Problem solved.

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    1. No, air conditioning isn’t permanent here. We keep it in the window until September then it goes back in the closet. I’ll complain, but can live with the cord until then..

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  13. I recognize that AC box, and will attest to its elephantine weight. Ody doesn’t tends to sit out of direct range from box fans, even when it’s really hot, so I’m surprised Dudley enjoys getting a face full of compressed air….

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