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(Al) writes:
There is a dining room under the flat roof - which isn't used a huge
amount. Wonder if the vibration would cause any cracking on the
internal ceiling/walls?

No, just a hum. Imagine your fridge with a compressor some 10
times the power.

In terms of noise - I'm figuring there aren't any noise control laws
that would stop me using these? We are in a terraced house and the
neighbours bedroom window would be about 10ft away (approx. same
level) from where I plan to place the condensor unit.

I would say that's far too close, given their window is likely
to be wide open and possibly trying to sleep in there when your
AC is running. Also, they might pick up a large amount of the
hot air on occasion.

My main worry (and the reason I asked about fixing the unit) is
someone nicking the condensor. The unit would be easily visible from
the street - our house is second one in from the street. Do these
things get stolen?!

Not often -- they aren't really any use by themselves.
We did have one taken from someplace I worked a long time ago,
but we were told that was rather unusual.

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Andrew Gabriel