Quote Originally Posted by blue matt View Post
I guess you know it all depends on the size of the room

Is it the type that has the hose that you stick out of the window ( that the hot air gets blown out of ) ? ? ? as we used to have 3 of them, when you put the hose out of the window, draw the curtains / pull the blinds, as you want the room fairly airtight so the cold air doesnt escape

I now have them " plumbed in " in the wardrobes, hot air hose into a " Tumble dryer vent " cut through the walls, that way they are out of site ( in the wardrobe ) and you can keep the windows and doors shut and the temps drop down really quick

temp in the bedrooms are set to 15 C ( so they kick in and out after we turn them on 1 hour before bedtime ) they are fairly noisy though, when the girls are asleep, i turn them off ( so save them waking them up )

We did look at the real units that live in a bank on the side of the house, but they amount they would be used and the cost of them seemed a little too high for usage, the plus on these is they are outside the house so noise isnt a issue

We also have one that lives in the spare room, this i have made a " front box " with 3 outlets on, when its hot we wheel it into the bathroom, then just drag out the hoses into the bedrooms, the noise is in the bathroom but the cool air goes into the bedrooms, it never really makes the room cold, but makes it bearable, it works well enough
Thanks for the reply 👍. Yeah that’s the type I’ve got. Got a similar setup , where i vent through a wall. Having it vent through a open window seems pointless to me. I’ve bought a 12000 BTU one , which is quite powerful from what I can gather. I’m just concerned it is far too powerful for the room and I might be better off buying a less powerful one for the bedroom.

Might start to use the more powerful one in the spare room to cool the whole upstairs from gh bathroom. Then use the smaller one for the bedroom. Out of interest what BTU are yours ?