This is my first of your videos that I have watched... very well done. Looking forward to watching the rest of your content... subscribed!

*Love this unit! Using upstairs in my sons bedroom **Fastly.Cool** and he’s finally able to be comfortable upstairs without me freezing downstairs. Works for more sqft than expected!*

Nice job. Some of these units don't need a drain in cool mode. They actually 'spray' the condensation over the hot coils which vaporizes it and it is blown out the exhaust with the hot air. The Frigidaire FHPC102AC1 is one such unit. It even says that in cool mode you should cap the drain for best performance. In 'dry' mode however you would need to connect a drain hose - it does have a drain hookup bottom rear. Thanks for a informative and nice video.

What a bench!!! So nice!!!

Excellent video. Thank you!

How many of us have a garage full of stuff that we “bought extra” that we intended to return after we finished the project?

Great video I’m in central Texas and do tool review videos in my garage and during this past summer it was almost unbearable in my garage

Love it when you wing it. You're honesty and transparency when things arent perfect shows your humility. It makes you relatable.

I understood everything except that part about "clean up the shop." I seem to forget that step.

Great to find this...I had bought the same exact unit and am doing the identical install. Just wondering about using the 4" exhaust rather than the 6"?

I plan to merge the exhaust to the dryer vent exhaust by using a merging pipe.

Nice job... I just moved to Houston and it's been ~100F and I need a garage cooling solution. What do you think about adding those panel pieces for the garage door slabs?

I’m was hoping there’s a way I could vent through the garage door but I guess not. No way I can do this or my hubby, but you did a great job!! So had to give a like!! 🙌🏼

FYI for future DIY's, you can rent a hand held core drill to do that wall penetration.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing this. I was just wondering, what's the purpose of the piece of plywood that sits right against the wall? You already have one that slides to the grooves of the plastic ducting that comes with the AC unit. Just curious if it serves any purpose. Thanks again for the video.

Nice job. DFW in the house also. I can't work on my car in this crazy heat, so looking to run a portable unit. I'm thinking of using the provided rectangle vent that would normally sit under the window and place it under the garage door. That means I'd have to support the weight of the garage door on a series of bricks, then cover off the remaining gap with plastic sheeting or something perhaps a little more heat reflective. Going to be a bit of a kludge. The garage door faces north. Any thoughts?

Was the hose counter clockwise or clockwise? I know its a 5" but was wondering if the coupler goes both ways or just one direction?

I bought a portable (actually 2) AC unit for my garage in Florida many years ago. The first one was 9000 BTU cooling which did not bring the temp down. The second one is a 1200 BTU cooling unit. This also does not bring down the temp but is a good dehumidifier. So Basically they do not work. I did pretty much the same you did and put a dryer flapping louver vent in the wall. The problem is 2 fold. First the heat the unit generates (because all the working parts are in the room) sorta defeats the cooling it can create. The 2nd problem which some units have a fix for is that you are drawing air from your interior space and blowing it outside creating negative pressure in the garage. This causes air to come in all around the garage door. (Yes garage door is insulated and has weather stripping) Some units now have an intake air line that you also put through the wall. This will fix the second issue. Since you are using this as supplemental air to your split system I'm sure you don't have the same issues but as a stand alone for me it was a fail.

First ten seconds and I subscribed. I too, am Lance with too many hobbies. Is there a membership card? Discount at Sams Club or Home Depot?

Purchased: August 2023 - still works GREAT!I kzfaq.infoUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install. This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment. I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!

Good video. Is there any benefit to install the unit higher up as typically the hot air goes up?

I'm looking at doing the same thing for a different reason. I bought a used 11000 BTU unit and haven't decided yet how I'm going to exhaust it. But I believe you made a mistake using the 4in instead of the 6in dryer vent. You reduced your ductwork by 33%, which is definitely going to affect your efficiency because you're forcing more air into a smaller space, which slows the air down due to back pressure. All in all, you're getting less CFM over your condenser coil, which reduces the efficiency. This might also lower the life expectancy of the compressor due to overheating.

Liking the mtbs

How do you keep critters from going into the unit from the low opening on the outside?

I plan on doing this same thing for the same reason, poker, in my 2 car garage. Question: Why didn’t you use the 6” vent instead of the 4” and forget about reducing, what is just too big on the outside of the house?

Does it shut off when it reaches temperature. And also does it get to the actual degrees it is saying?

First of all nice place my reason for asking these questions... I noticed over your door there is a system similar to that of a mini split system AC/ heating system and that is wouldn't that have been enough to cool and heat the garage? If that is a mini split AC/ heating system wouldn't it have been easier to up date the mini split to cover a larger area rather than cut a hole into your beautiful house for a portable AC that won't do as well? Just asking because I find that the mini split, even though it cost more, is more efficient, covers more of the area, and acts as a larger system but ductless and less daily maintenance. Just saying. I use one in my 460sqr ft shed and man does it cool and heat. It covers up to 550 sqrt ft.

Love to see him plugging into the outlet that he is then drilling thru from the other side of the garage, I thing thats called “completing the circuit”. Please isolate (turn off the breaker in the main panel) the outlet circuit before doing this. Good video, I have been looking at these for sometime now.

only thing I would of did was took a long drill bit and drilled 1 hole from inside out, to give a guide as to where I needed to make the vent hole. The inside and outside "ground level" are not always the same, so it can skew your measurements. But it turned out great. Get yourself a hand grinder with a cut off wheel. That would of worked great cutting the exhaust duct. I have always said, a guy is either a wood guy or a metal guy, very rarely both. Your a wood guy.

How about venting up into the attic

I am thinking to do something for my garage (in Plano, TX) with the recent 100-109F heat. I spoke with some folks, and they said Texas does not insulate the attic garage bcos they want the heat to escape to the roof unhindered. Is this a valid statement? in my opinion it is better to have both garage door and attic insulated. and the ventilation (portable AC) added as a complement to those. What you guys think? Gathering experiences for those that already "been there done that" before I plan what to do :) .. thx

Follow up video with temperature before portable AC on and then what the temperature is after a few hours please. Also, any worries about bugs or rodents getting into the vent/hole?

I live in McKinney and am about to install two portable AC's in my garage. Anything you'd do different looking back? Has your setup held up well?

Great job, clean execution. I am also planning to do the same, i’ve got 500sqf garage, how is it , is 14k BTU enough to cool your garage? Also, is there any problem reducing the hole from 6 to 4inches? Thank you so much for sharing this video.

Next time it would be easier and quicker to drill your hole through the drywall first then drill a small hole from there through the brick. This way you will see the exact spot on the outside for your larger big hole.

If you have a natural gas water heater or furnace in your garage you could actually pull the exhaust fumes back into the garage now that your pulling air put of your garage. You're basically making your garage negative and air is pulled from the easiest place aka your exhaust pipes....be safe

I'm a dryer guy about to install one of these in my garage- I know exhaust reductions are usually bad in laundries because we're moving so much air. Have you had any issues with heat dumping reducing the exhaust from 6" to 4"? I'm looking at doing the exact same thing.

How about the wall vents ?? Do you somehow close them?? If you don`t close them or plug them the cold air will go out.

Poker's going to get you to 100K

u r almost my neighbour.i live in fort worth and i am trying this project next week.

Great video. Thinking of doing same. Our garage is 30 wide x 22 deep (600 sq ft). What is yours?

Mini split

Great job but you need one more hose as an intake for the condenser

While functional, reducing the exhaust vent size like that may cause units to fail prematurely or operate inefficiently. One can go larger for short distances on the exhaust, but as a rule of thumb, never smaller. Otherwise it looks ok.

To everyone that keeps saying mini split..mini split....He has one! as he has mentioned repeatedly and shows in the video this is to help on poker night in Texas with 25 guys in there.

These portable AC units are trash due to pulling hot air from outside through all cracks in your home/garage. This happens as a result of having the compressor inside the home rather than outside as found on a non-portable ac unit/typical window unit. The room is balancing the pressure when the unit runs which pulls air from outside to balance the pressure. A window ac unit or any unit with the compressor outside like a Mr. Cool unit will keep the same air pressure inside. This results in not pulling hot air from outside through cracks to maintain the rooms air pressure which is counter intuitive in any ac unit. Should have went with a Mini split like Mr. Cool if your committed on putting a whole through the wall. Your energy bill would have been much less, and more importantly, your garage would have been a great deal cooler.

Those portables all end up having trouble with water not properly being handled and dripping while in air conditioning mode. Make a small hole to run a hose from the tank you can empty at the bottom of the portable outside. Problem solved. I had one on a old wooden box and ran a hose to a old 2 gallon hundred year old whisky bottle and emptied it every few days. Drilled a small hole right bellow the neck to allow air. Portables are noisy, inefficient but are ok if that's all you got. I bought Mitsubishi mini splits and they're quite. Cool great cheap to run.

instead of punching a hole through the nice brick wall, is it possible to exhaust through the ceiling ?

Would you have used a window unit if you could've?

Anyone knows if i can do this on a existing dryer vent already there

10:45 Would have put the exhaust vent on the other side of the garage. IMO it would be rather unattractive seeing the vent or having the vent blow hot air on you as you walk to the front door.

Would you say a mini-split is better for the two car garage or portable AC. I’m in Texas as well. And I am looking for something for my garage. Stuck between the two. However, I still need to get insulation for the attic.

The silver exposed metal on the garage doors is allowing alot of heat transfer. Need to insulate the whole surface.

Did he say for the Heat Exhaustion?

Hello bud, It's me again, bro. How has the unit been performing after two years, especially following the 4 inch reduction? Is it still functioning well? Hope you make another video for update, and to shutdown all the haters for the size reduction 😂

It's a nice idea, however "in. Budget" I don't think so, the easiest ? Yes but if in Texas and your garage doors are not insulated as well as the top of your garage, the the budget thing will actually cost you more in wasted energy

Why does that portable air conditioner need draining? They supposed to self-dry. You must have an older unit. I also would have went with the 6" dryer vent. The 4" puts too much back pressure on the air flow. I put one in a basement with tiny windows. It wouldn't fit. I had to cut a hole like you. It was near the electrical panel, so I put it on a dedicated circuit. The unit works great! 🐀🐾

What if I have a window

These one hose a/c are so backwards while it's cooling the air it's also taking the cool air out the room to cool itself off that's how it blows the hot air out you should always try to find the type with the two hose one pulling outside air in just to cool itself off and blowing it back out instead of using the inside air

that type of unit will barely knock 5 degrees off the temp in there

you'll be fine with this but you could use a 6 inch vent and made a bigger hole but ya who wants a 6 inch hole in their friggin house. especially that beautiful brick.... reducing it to 4 inches will slightly decrease the efficiency but probably not very much or at all if you keep the exhaust vent run short. these portable units arent nearly as efficient as the mini split is in fact they had to stop rating them by seer because they produce their own heat. ya even though they do vent outside they still produce some heat in the house that you are fighting so these units i think they only get like maybe 10 or 13 seer. and dropping to a 4 inch vent for sure no more than 10.

Big mistake restricting the outlet flow by reducing 6" to 4".

You bought the AC unit from a reseller who got it from Home Depot for a 5 finger discount 😂. Great video though.

The problem with portable AC units is they pull air from the room and exhaust it outside. This creates negative pressure which pulls warm air into the room from outside. I would be interested to know how well one of these units would function if it was basically stored outside and set up to duct the cold air inside.

These people are stupid. I can’t stand it. Watch the whole video before you comment about a mini split and blah blah blah. He obviously wasn’t doing this to be the most efficient thing in the world. It’s just to help out when people are over for poker. Even if it helps by 2-4 degrees it’s worth it. Great job man. I was actually thinking of doing the same thing for when I have people over for playing darts in the summer. Gonna check Facebook marketplace now.

U forgot to put drain hose in the bottom back

I don't see enough room in there for 30 guys playing cards.

You scared of that table saw?

How to install budget AC in garage 1: Own expensive tools 2: Own shop 2: Know how to use said expensive tools 3: Cleanup said shop

30 grown men, pizza and a player with an all in 7/2 hand hoping to bluff his way out. 😓

these are useless. They actually pull conditioned air from the room and exhaust it outside. Meaning they pull a vacuum on the room drawing in hot air from doors, windows, and vents. I used one in conjunction with a window unit when my ac went out. It was in the living room and I had a window unit in the bedroom. My bedroom wouldn't get below 73. I shut off the portable in the living room and the bedroom dropped to 65 in 30 minutes. They do make dual hose portables that work much better and suck air from outside.

LOL you sure you did not buy a "stolen" unit? Its hard to trust facebook marketplace.

Those air conditioners are horrible, and inefficient. I would of gone out and gotten a wall unit. And made a hole in the wall.

"There she goes.... nice hole"😅

bro, you need to blink. i feel like you're coming on to me. "implications" and all.

Definitely not a budget friendly installation video. You own expensive workshop equipment that I don’t own. So this video doesn’t help me.

Portable ac's are useless.

Sureeeee.......💩 if everyone made a 6 figure salary 💩🤣💩

Get a Mini-split, the thing you’re using does nothing and you’re lying if you say it does