Install A Window Air Conditioner In The Wall

Pull the unit forward while an assistant holds the case until it is fully withdrawn.

Install a window air conditioner in the wall.

This allows for a replacement unit which might be larger. Use a stud finder to locate two adjacent stud bays that will provide enough room for the opening. Remove unit front cover and screws that hold the unit inside its case. Allow several inches of the case or sleeve to protrude from the wall into the room.

Your appliances should also have come with an installation guide that you can tape onto the wall and trace its outline. Once the window air conditioner is secure take some final steps to help keep the warm air outside and the cool air inside. Then measure the width of your through the wall air conditioner and transfer that measurement to the wall where the studs were marked. Once you locate 3 4 wall studs mark them on the drywall with an x using a pencil.

Extend the accordion panels from both sides of the air conditioner to the window sash track. Build a jamb box of 1 6 pre primed pine about 4 inches wider and 4 inches taller than the air conditioner required.