Making holes in the glass for air conditioning and fan

When making repairs in an apartment or house, it is very often planned to install modern glass packs that ensure the tightness of the room. On the one hand, this is good; on the other, it requires a careful approach to the design of the installed household appliances.

Installed in recent times, modern plastic windows in the closed state do not allow air into the room, unlike wooden ones. This fact requires measures to equip rooms with ventilation, which is done by installing window air conditioners or fans.

Besides, more popular are floor air conditioners, which for their work require an air duct to the street. At the same time, the device itself is installed close to the window in a convenient place.

Often, when buying such household appliances, in order to simplify their use, they advise only to bring the air duct out through the open window. However, this method minimizes the use of air conditioning, as hot air will flow from the street through the remaining gaps.

To work effectively you need to make special holes. It should be borne in mind that there should be no gaps between the air duct and the hole for it, for which it is protected with a sealant and rubber seals.

In the case of using a floor-mounted air conditioner, only the cost of cutting a hole under the duct is added, which is much cheaper and simpler than installing a split system. But also in such cases the function unavailable in split-systems is realized. It is a space heating at an air temperature well below 10 degrees of frost.

To install air conditioners or fans, it is necessary to make holes in the installed or already installed glasses (for an air conditioner) or a circular shape (for an air duct, an exhaust hood or a fan).

Choosing one or another fan, it is necessary to take into account that not all manufactured models are suitable for mounting into openings. This needs to be clarified before buying them and cutting holes for them. It is especially necessary to specify the thickness of the landing of the fan and compare it with the thickness of the window in which it is planned to mount it. Otherwise, the fan will not fit the thickness and will not rise, even if the passage is the required size.

But you should also be careful about the choice of air conditioners. In particular, the glass does not withstand a large load, so in most cases it is impossible to plan the installation into the hole made in a household window air conditioner.

Work on cutting holes of the required size and shape is done manually, taking into account the requirements of the customer and the device for which it should fit. It is necessary to take into account the requirement of tightness of the hole, otherwise the effect of the installed home appliance will be reduced to a minimum.

When planning the hole cutting activities, it is necessary to take into account that this cannot be done in the finished assembled glass unit., because the glass itself can be damaged by lateral loads when cutting. In addition, it is very difficult to accurately make holes in the three glasses at the same time and exactly opposite each other.

That is why, especially in the case of double or triple glasses, the work is carried out by qualified specialists with dismantling and cutting holes in each glass separately using glass cutters.

Wherein the inputs and outputs must absolutely coincide with each otherbecause after cutting and installing the glasses, it is necessary to seal them and ensure a tight fit for the home appliance or air duct.

And also one of the methods of producing holes, often used in such cases, is cutting with a sandblaster. It gives the opportunity to cut the passage of absolutely any shape and size, which is not available for ordinary glass cutters.

In addition, a household appliance, for example, a fan, can be removed, and the hole closed with a special plug to prevent precipitation from entering the interior.

The corrugated pipe from the floor air conditioner must correspond to the diameter of the outlet in the device itself, otherwise the air outlet will be insufficient and the device will overheat.

Taking into account all the requirements for cutting holes for the use of various household appliances will ensure their efficient and long-lasting work, as well as a comfortable rest in the house.

More details about how to cut a hole in the glass, tell the following video.