"SamNC001" wrote in message
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I am purchasing a house, and there is a sunroom-like room in it. It is
(in my
opinion) more than a regular sunroom, as it is carpeted, has real walls on
it
etc...

anyway, i want to install a window A/C pump on it. However, the windows
are
not the kind that slide up and down, and I would have to take the window
out
and replace it which is a pain for someone who knows nothing about fixing
anything.

my question is, aesthetics aside, can i put a window AC unit inside a
room?
would it harm anything? i know they make portable AC units, but the only
ones
i have seen are 10000 BTW, for 400$, and all i need is a $100 window
5-6000 BTU
system.

finally, the room has a baseboard heat, but i am not sure if it works. if
it
does not, and i can not fix that, how energy efficient are space heaters?
are
there any options to heat that room, other than to stick a duct in?

1. Can you just leave the door open, and draw cooled air from the rest of
the house? (with maybe a small fan to aid circulation.) If the 3-season room
is the enclosed porch it sounds like, it probably isn't insulated worth a
damn, so heating/cooling will be expensive. Is there an exterior-type door,
or the frame from one, between sunroom and rest of house? If so, it was
probably born as an open or covered porch. Hard to see from here- what year
was house built, and where is sunroom in relation to rest of house?
2. Why are you buying a house where you aren't certain if basic systems like
baseboard heaters work? That should be trivial to check, even in warm
weather. Turn the sucker on and wait half an hour, and see if it gets hot.
Does rest of house have baseboard heat? Maybe there is a zone control to
turn off that segment.
3. If you really want heat and/or a/c in the space, they sell thru-the-wall
units (small version of what most cheap motels use) that a carpenter can
easily cut an opening below the window line for.

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