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jewels
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built in A/C units - do you cover them?
we have an A/C unit built into our LR wall. it's getting very chilly in there. do they sell something to cover it with? or do we just use plastic and tape? i assume we cover it from the outside. we just moved into the house this summer. before we only had window units. my parents had built in units but i don't remember them ever covering them. hmmm 
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IrishMom77
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Roseann
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
Lowes sells covers to put on the outside
Dh and I tape the really think garbage bags over the outside, then put one of the covers on
Then we tape a piece of cardboard over the vent on the inside. We feel it blocks out the draft a little better
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| Posted 10/12/08 5:58 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Jen
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
We cover ours. We bought the covers from Lowes or HD.
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| Posted 10/12/08 6:20 PM |
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jewels
Stop and smell the flowers
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
thank you. i had a feeling there was some kind of product for this. i guess this means another trip to HD - our home away from home 
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:33 PM |
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LemonHead
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
Posted by JldDolphin
We cover ours. We bought the covers from Lowes or HD.
Same here.
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| Posted 10/13/08 9:50 AM |
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JodiBabe
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Jodi
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
guess we need to get a cover for ours. 
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| Posted 10/13/08 6:06 PM |
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Michelina627
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Michelle
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
We have an outside cover and an inside cover to try to stop the drafts. I'm pretty sure we got both at Lowes or Home Depot.
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| Posted 10/13/08 7:43 PM |
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beautyq115
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Me
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
What if they are on the 2nd floor. We have two smaller units but they are in the wall in the bedrooms upstairs. we didn't cover them last winter. How would we even do this???
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| Posted 10/13/08 8:46 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
We couldn't find anything that did a very good job. DH just built them himself out of foam this past weekend.
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| Posted 10/14/08 12:22 PM |
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Jenn627
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Jenn
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
Posted by beautyq115
What if they are on the 2nd floor. We have two smaller units but they are in the wall in the bedrooms upstairs. we didn't cover them last winter. How would we even do this???
Grab a ladder - it's usually a stretchy cover - you just stretch it around the unit... You should be stable enough to cover it.
If you're afraid - just cover the inside.
In my parents house we had AC units in the walls upstairs, I just covered the inside and it wasn't drafty at all.
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| Posted 10/14/08 12:31 PM |
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Diane
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Re: built in A/C units - do you cover them?
yes, we cover the outside as well as the inside.
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| Posted 10/14/08 12:52 PM |
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