I don’t think your AC repair man is gone. Appreciate that. If you look at your AC your panel to access, your AC is on the side of your deck and that is the side that you enclosed. It’s gonna be very difficult for your AC guy to do any maintenance. You need that front panel to be a gate.
I would have painted/stained the entire untreated posts, as rain water will cause it to rot very quickly. We've even had pressure treated posts rot a lot more quickly than expected, and we only get rain during 3 winter months... 🙄 Looks great tho, I love that you're doing all the carpentry! 👍🏻 ❤ Shows what we women are capable of, with the right training! 😊
@@calista1280 I believe in doing yearly maintenance. In the before pictures before she started you could see the knob to the access panel to inspect and clean the AC unit. It now blocked by a post and slats.
This is exactly what I'm looking to do. RU-vid algorithm at it again! It always reads my mind. Creepy? Sure! Helpful? Absolutely! 😂 Also want to add that I love seeing women build things. It's so inspiring. Truly. 💪 #feminist #feminism New sub!
This is terrific. I only have a hand saw but it looks like something I can do to hide the AC and the trash cans. My only feedback is to put the sections with hinges for maintenance access. I know our AC guy cleans the coils and would need full access to the unit.
AC system designers need to start coming out with a stealth mode button. This is an excellent short-term fix. At some point it might help to make it so you can remove the panels for maintenance. Excellent design!!
The look and hiding functionality is great. The MAJOR problem I saw when watching the video was when your were pouring the cement/concrete bag mixtures into the post holes. The cement dust was being sucked or blown into the A/C unit coils. REALLY, REALLY not good for the unit. You should ensure that the A/C unit is off, and then you should drape plastic over the unit and make sure the cement/concrete dust can not get into the coils of the unit. Once it rains, gets condensation or any amount of moisture, even from humidity, the cement dust will turn into a layer of concrete, and you won't have an easy clean or repair process, but most likely will just need to replace the entire coil unit.
I'm not sure this would meet code in my area because they're weird about dumb stuff. But its a simple fix: just put hinges and a latch on the support holding the slats. This way it can be opened like a gate. 👍
Yeah your AC guy is gonna be none too happy with you. Leaving only 12" for service. Easily avoidable by making the panels removable. Ive been a HVAC svc tech for 30 years, I would charge you double to work on that.
Can't disagree with you at all. I'm a service tech I it drives me nuts when people do this and fail to consider the AC being serviced properly, safely and efficiently. The "troublesome" fee will definitely be applied.
