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Where to store A/C? — Brooklynian

Where to store A/C?

scarlett
scarlett
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
Our apartment has an astonishing lack of storage. No hall closet, small ones in the bedrooms. We need to take our huge A/C out of the living room window cuz the cold air is coming in.

What do you do with yours? Put it under a hall table? Throw a table cloth over it and call it an end table? Have some sort of bench it fits under?

Help!

Comments

  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant

    Subject: Re: Where to store A/C?

    scarlett wrote: Throw a table cloth over it and call it an end table?
    This ^ kinda. I put it off to the side, throw the throw over it, and it just becomes decorative whatever...
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    I have no space, either. I bought one of those A/C covers. Any hardware store sells them for a few bucks.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    I keep mine in year round.
  • lo kee
    lo kee
    At my old place I just sort of listlessly tossed it in a lttle used corner of the kitchen and let it sit.

    This year the ole' boy's on his last leg so he's going in the trash this wekeend when he gets pulled out. I'll worry about storage next year.
  • dapearl9
    dapearl9
    Make it the decorative center piece of your hallway.
  • arches
    arches
    Lo Kee wrote: This year the ole' boy's on his last leg so he's going in the trash this wekeend when he gets pulled out.
    DSNY won't pick it up unless you've had the freon removed (which they'll do by appointment).

    http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/collection/freon.shtml
  • slappy mcbluelips
    slappy mcbluelips
    I leave it in the window and duct tape the hell out of the edges. Pretty much any answer I have to any question you have will involve heavy duct tape usage.

    It might be a little drafty if you're right next to that window, but it's better than having a damn AC sitting in your apartment. Plus, more duct tape = less draft.
  • flux
    flux
    Keep it in the left wing
  • carmen
    carmen
    im keeping mine in because my radiator is right below it and is making it aprox 400 degrees in my apartment. Its the only thing keeping me from baking.
  • christinafrombklyn
    christinafrombklyn
    wrap it somehow in a decorative throw and fasten a cool round cushion/pillow to the top of it and you have an ottoman!!
  • doctorj
    doctorj

    Subject: Re: Where to store A/C?

    scarlett wrote: Throw a table cloth over it and call it an end table?
    Precisely. Extra bed-side table in winter.
  • flux
    flux
    I keep mine in the zen room
  • daver
    daver
    If you can get to the outside of it, you can wrap it in plastic to keep the air out and leave it in. Just remember to remove the plastic before turning it on.
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Hm. Yeah, it definitely has to come out. Thanks for the suggestions!
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    Slappy McBluelips wrote: Plus, more duct tape = less draft.
    also, more duct tape = more fun
    Carmen wrote: im keeping mine in because my radiator is right below it and is making it aprox 400 degrees in my apartment. Its the only thing keeping me from baking.
    energy efficient! lolz
  • daver
    daver
    Carmen wrote: im keeping mine in because my radiator is right below it and is making it aprox 400 degrees in my apartment. Its the only thing keeping me from baking.
    Perhaps you could consider taking out the AC and just leaving the window open? Or do you mean you are running the AC as a fan?
  • arches
    arches
    What about turning off the radiator, leaving the window closed? So many options!
  • daver
    daver
    arches wrote: What about turning off the radiator, leaving the window closed? So many options!
    Well, I was making the assumption that she, like I, has no control over whether the radiator is on or off.

    You gets to control your heat??? I am _so_ moving!
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    At my previous apartment, the sleeve (in the wall) for the A/C unit was just big enough that I could push the entire unit into the sleeve and pop the cover on. Convenient, that...
  • arches
    arches
    daver wrote: You gets to control your heat??? I am _so_ moving!
    "Control" might be pushing it...i like to think that I'm able to "influence" the heat....ie, by turning off _all_ the radiator valves, I've lowered the temperature to a mere 78 degrees. Ugh, I can feel my carbon footprint growing.
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