Cooling Little Kat's Room

In preparation for hosting his friend at our house this summer, Little Kat moved his bedroom down into my study in the basement. It was a much bigger space than his old bedroom upstairs. I moved my study into that small bedroom. The only apparent problem is that now this basement room is really hot with all of Little Kat's electronics.

I asked my handyman if he could install a window unit air conditioner in Little Kat's new room. He said that was not possible because the back of the unit has to be exposed to the outside. Little Kat's new room is completely underground. However my handyman thought we could use a portable A/C unit. We actually have an extra one we keep in the dining room.

Today my handyman came to our house with his son to work on this portable A/C project. He cut a hole in Little Kat's closet wall. He ran a flexible duct through the wall, along the ceiling of the utility room, and out the back of the house. There was already an old unused exhaust hole in the back of our house from an old bathroom that could be widened and reused.

Now the remaining task is to have our handyman install an electrical outlet in Little Kat's closet to power the A/C. We currently have a long extension cord connecting the A/C to an outlet in Little Kat's room. Eventually we will need a new door for Little Kat's closet so that the door can be closed but the cool air can blow through into his room.