A/C Finally Arrives and I can function once again

I was very cranky yesterday morning after trying to sleep in an 88° house - unsuccessfully I might add. We have ceiling fans, tower fans, regular fans, lots of fans, but at that point they were just redistributing hot air. That's why yesterday was such an exciting day at the Dang Household - our new built in A/C finally arrived! The other had quit working and was ancient, so after lots of research we finally ordered a GE a few weeks ago. Of course we didn't get around to ordering it until there was a heat wave, so we've been suffering in an 80°+ house the past few weeks.

So long old A/C

The delivery men took away our old A/C, but Adam had a heck of a time getting out the old casing. One of the bolts attaching the sleeve case to a support beam was rusted and wouldn't come apart. 

Adam with the problem bolt

I don't think he was too happy I took these photos...

 After a lot of sweat and frustration, he pounded it out. Once that was done, he had the new sleeve and A/C in and running in no time. The cool air was most welcome!

The old A/C as viewed from outside. I need to take one of the new one viewed from outside still.

The old A/C we never used. Hideous. I've also circled the wood cover we put over it to blend into the wall, because well, it was super ugly.

Beautiful new A/C. It's shorter than our old one (they don't make them as large anymore), so we're going to have to do some wall patching and insulation work.

Now a wall A/C is hardly ideal, but it's better than a window A/C. We have radiant heat in old school radiators, so central air isn't really an option. We'd basically have to convert to forced air and destroy our walls. Our house is 2 stories and we're never up on the second floor, so adding A/C in the attic really isn't an option either. I guess it's part of the charm of living in an old house. 1880 represent.