"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 20:30:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> That made no sense to me either. And I simply can't have a portable unit
>> because I have no way to securely vent it outside. I can't do it out a
>> window and can't think of a wall space where it could be done. Nor would
>> I
>> want to put a hole in my wall because as I said, most years it would
>> never
>> get used!
>
> Why are you disregarding the floor unit type? It is not dependent on
> being in a window. My DD had one (similar to what Jill posted) in the
> living room of an 800 square foot house. Your house is a lot bigger
> with an open floor plan, so you have plenty of space to find a place
> to put one somewhere.

As I have said countless times. Those need to be vented outside. The usual
way is to open a window and vent it out there. Not an option for me. You
can't have a screen and/or hardware cloth over the window to do that. I
also fail to see how that would work with the large windows that I have even
if I were willing to do that. The window would still be open from nearly
top to bottom and that would just let the hot air in.

If you don't do that, you then have to cut a hole in the wall. I don't want
a hole cut in my wall for something we might go for 2 years without using at
all.

Our house is 1700 sq. ft.