Do you think it's smart to place the hose of a non-window portable air-con unit into the bathroom to vent?

Question

Summer here in Australia, damn hot, really need a air con. BUT no hole in my window, so can't vent the hose out of window (can't cut a hole out either :( ). My bathroom has a door and a vent though, and my room's pretty small.

So, do you thinks its ok for me to vent a portable air con (which will be placed in my living room) by placing the hose in my bathroom, which has a vent to take out the hot air coming out of the hose? Planning to buy a portable air-con, non drainable type.

BTW i used THREE fans in my small room and aluminium foiled my glass window, but because of the afternoon sun, my room is BLAZING HOT. SO i really need an air con >.<

Answer 1

If you can slide any of your windows open at all, you can vent outside. Usually these kinds of air conditioners have an expandable piece of plastic to block the rest of the gap.

If you have casement windows that swing outward, you can get a piece of wood or something to block the window except for the small square for the hose.

If you have a clothes dryer hookup, you can vent to that hose.

Venting indoors is going to be extremely inefficient and is going to heat your bathroom up like crazy. A lot of that heat will leak back into the rest of your living space too.

Another idea is to buy a relatively inexpensive door to replace one you currently have and cut a hole in it for your vent. Then, when you move out, you can put the old door back, and everything is fine.

Finally, if you do vent into your bathroom, don't keep any medication in there. It's sure to get too hot in there, and your meds may lose potency.

Answer 2

To vent the hot air it can't hurt. More of an issue however is how much humidity and moisture collect, and your management of that. The less air venting hose you have the more effective will be the effort, and perhaps less strain on the appliance.

Since this will be an ongoing issue; and hopefully you'll have many Summers; can you also invest in shutters for the exterior? One problem with FOIL, is that while it reflects; it also absorbs and allows some heat transfer to the interior.

Answer 3

It wont do much i have a small room and a 12000 btu air conditioner i sealed my window as much as i could and it still works very hard to get to 73 degrees. you have to find a way to seal that window up. Cut a piece of wood that fits the window and make two holes for the pipes.

Answer 4

if it vents to the outside maybe

can you build a little box around it so it pushes the exhaust and heat out ?

to inside cavity no