Shingledon
Member
Greetings all.
So I have an old AC unit that I want to take out, to put in a new one.
The old unit is non functioning, and not accessible to change the cap unless I pull it out anyway.
So I am going to just replace it.
The unit was caulked in with some blocks of wood to fill in the hole. I did contact a handyman, and he just wanted to cut it out
of the wall even before he saw any pics of it. This I don't exactly understand unless that's his way of making the job easier for him
regardless of whether it is necessary to chop into more of my cinder block wall.
The caulk is old and pretty set in, but I could pierce it fairly easily with my utility knife. I have seen some videos that make it look
fairly straightforward to remove old caulk.
If you take a look at the pics, the wedge/shim put in there doesn't look cut very well, but there is a solid seal with the caulking.
I expect I could find a unit that is roughly the same size as the existing hole. But if not, what would be advisable when taking this old hunk out. ?
If I can find a unit of similar size and caulk it back in that would the best easiest solution I suspect. If not, should I pull the old wedges out and cut
new ones to size? I haven't done a project like this before so I am admittedly pretty ignorant about the best way to proceed. I am a little concerned
about compromising the stability of the blocks around the hole while trying to change this out, and don't want to end up causing unexpected damage.
Thanks for your consideration on this task.
So I have an old AC unit that I want to take out, to put in a new one.
The old unit is non functioning, and not accessible to change the cap unless I pull it out anyway.
So I am going to just replace it.
The unit was caulked in with some blocks of wood to fill in the hole. I did contact a handyman, and he just wanted to cut it out
of the wall even before he saw any pics of it. This I don't exactly understand unless that's his way of making the job easier for him
regardless of whether it is necessary to chop into more of my cinder block wall.
The caulk is old and pretty set in, but I could pierce it fairly easily with my utility knife. I have seen some videos that make it look
fairly straightforward to remove old caulk.
If you take a look at the pics, the wedge/shim put in there doesn't look cut very well, but there is a solid seal with the caulking.
I expect I could find a unit that is roughly the same size as the existing hole. But if not, what would be advisable when taking this old hunk out. ?
If I can find a unit of similar size and caulk it back in that would the best easiest solution I suspect. If not, should I pull the old wedges out and cut
new ones to size? I haven't done a project like this before so I am admittedly pretty ignorant about the best way to proceed. I am a little concerned
about compromising the stability of the blocks around the hole while trying to change this out, and don't want to end up causing unexpected damage.
Thanks for your consideration on this task.