My Home is My Own Again!

 

I lived with this precaution for five days. It did do a great job keeping the dust contained. On the inside was this, with its repeated applications of "mud":

   

And then the little access door was installed...

And now, finally, with bonus improved task lighting....

Ta Da!!!

Just in time for fall, my AC/heating unit is completely installed.

I Wish I Could Say It Was Over...

but it's not.

My air conditioner unit has been installed and working for about three weeks now. But this is what I still have for my troubles:

A Hole.

Another hole.

Now, let's pull back and get a good feel for the area, all right?



Yup, I cook food in that room.

They plan to close the ceiling tomorrow. I'll let you know.

More of the Same

Okay, sorry for leaving that boring and visually unappealing post up on my blog for so long. unfortunately, here is more. This is where that whole situation stands now:

The estimated completion date of the new part for my ceiling AC unit will be finished by August 16. Oh, did I not tell you that they had to manufacture/build that part? Yes, they couldn't find one to order so they had it made in Texas. So I have another month before they can repair my AC. Which wouldn't be so bad if...

• I had access to sunlight in my bedroom. I can't tell you how hard it is to wake up during the work week and O.M.G. how hard it is during the weekends when you have no idea what time of day it is.
  
• The windows in my bedroom had more coverage (blinds, curtains, something!) than a sheet of blue Tyvek (white side facing out) that I swear is not reflecting the heat away but is actually heating up my room. It is so muggy and tepid in there while the unit in the living room is cooling a space three times the size because of the high 13 foot ceilings.

I swear there will be pretty things on this blog again. Soon.

Though there is some good news. I cleared out my basement storage space so that saves me $10 a month and I've been going through and designating stuff to a section of the apartment for things I'll take to Goodwill or sell on Etsy. So the clutter is slowly (very slowly) going away.

Take care and if you're on the East coast in the States, stay cool.

My Heat-ed Situation

Two weekends ago the air conditioning unit in my apartment started malfunctioning on a Friday. So there was no AC at all during the weekend and minimal cooling after that. The building management informed me that I will need a completely new unit and then installed one mobile AC unit in the living room. I swear that thing was the size of an old-school R2D2 unit.



However, on the first day, whatever cooling air came out the top of it was immediately overpowered by the pizza-oven-hot air coming out the vent in the back.(it still needed to be vented to the outside.) So let's just say, I was miserable in my apartment for a few days. My brain cells ran away and hid, I had no energy, and I actually looked forward to going to work every day because of the constant AC going on there. Now, that's sad, right?

That right vent is the devil!

Update: I realized I forgot to mention that I live on the third floor (heat rises) and my living room ceilings are 13 feet high (again heat rises) and that is a lot of space for one droid AC unit to cool.

The only thing I was able to do when I got home was try to move as little as possible, turn off all the lights, eat Popsicles, and hover over the unit while avoiding the waves of heat from its' backside.

However, by Day 7 a temporary solution was achieved by the apartment management company, and I had two correctly installed units in place.



Here is the improved installation of the little DeLonghi Pinguino (Penguin, get it?) unit in the bedroom, complete with baby blue Tyvek paper over the two windows, a proper hose, and no further use of my personal bathroom towels. It's a bit weird living inside a room that glows blue in the daylight (see below) but it's better than the former 'sweating on top of my sheets before passing out' that was messing with my sleep a while ago.

Daytime with interior lights out*

The Danby Premiere

This is the better situation in the living room. Though there is no access to fresh air, at least here I can still open the curtains and raise the blinds to get some sun. However, in the bedroom, both sunlight and fresh air are out of the question until the replacement ceiling unit is installed.

And guess what? Since these two have been installed, Richmond has just had some of the best cool weather and beautiful, breezy nights. Figures.

* Does this remind anyone of the escape from the quarantined house scene in E.T?