After successfully assembling a few hundred dollars worth of IKEA furniture a few months ago, I have been taking my new DIY endeavors a bit past my actual skill levels.
- I decided I wanted to install an overhead light in my bedroom.
But, I have little experience with electricity and wiring and I was so naive that I didn’t even know to turn off the circuit breaker before touching the wire ends and shocking myself. At least I figured it out after enough trial and error and before long had the light fixture I had wanted from the beginning. But my issues with my air conditioner have tested my patience in a way I never thought possible. I have an old window air conditioner for my one bedroom apartment that had been working well until recently, whereas now it cycles for considerably longer periods of time and it’s starting to really accumulate a noticeable odor as well. I bought a window air conditioner in a very similar style and with similar performance ratings, but I struggled for days trying to properly seat it in my window so it wouldn’t fall out two stories and smash on the ground below. After constantly being unsuccessful at safely seating the window air conditioner, I returned it to the hardware store I found it at and replaced it with a portable air conditioner on wheels. Although the exhaust hose needs to be seated in a window as well, the process was much easier given the huge difference in weight at window level. It only took me a few hours to get every last bit of the installation complete and having the crisp, cool air blasting from the machine throughout my whole apartment yet again..