If you have a wall-installed air conditioner that serves only as an eyesore anymore, you can yank it out and seal the hole yourself. Just make sure to get appropriate siding or other material to patch the exterior of the house when you’re done. If you can’t find an exact match, you can have paint computer-matched to your existing color. Here’s how to remove an air-conditioning unit and patch the hole: ½-inch sheetrock quick-dry joint compound drywall tape replacement shingles to match 2-by-4-inch boards batt insulation 1 sheet of plywood 220-grit sandpaper miter box or circular saw cordless drill drywall saw utility knife mud knife taping knife wonder bar 1. Remove trim around the unit on the inside and cut away caulk on the outside. 2. Remove the front of the unit. 3. Remove the motor and fins from the inside. 4. Remove the metal shell, using a wonder bar to pry away from the opening. 5. Frame the opening with 2-by-4’s. Measure and cut a piece of drywall to the opening dimensions.

6. Screw the drywall into the 2-by-4 frame. Apply a thin layer of joint compound in the gaps. 7. Press tape into the joint compound and cover with another layer of compound. Cover screw heads with compound to fill depressions. Spread a second layer of mud to joints, feathering out to minimize seams. Let dry and then sand mudded area smooth. 8. Insulate the opening with fiberglass insulation with an R-factor of at least 13. The paper side goes toward the interior of the home. Note: Don’t compress the insulation as you install it. The insulation value actually comes from the air space between the fiberglass strands, not the actual fiberglass. 9. Measure and cut a piece of plywood to the opening dimensions. Screw into the 2-by-4 frame. 10. Nail in siding/shingles to match the existing exterior. 11. Caulk around the edges of the siding/shingles to seal the seams. 12. Paint inside and outside as desired. $300 off Air Scrubber “Jose was extremely knowledgable about the vent and dryer system and provided me with a referral for fixing our dryer.”

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It stays in the window all year. When I first turned it on about two weeks ago, I found black speck over the white carpet. The next time it was on the same thing happened. I now see black spots in the slats at the top of the air-conditioner and can see black if I look to the back of it. I have cleaned the screen, but it isn’t coming through there. Is this how people develop Legionnaire’s disease? A. Mold spores have gotten into the air-conditioner, and that is why some of the condensate is black, although the condensate should be dripping outdoors. Try this before calling a mold remediation company: Lightly spray the unit, indoors and out, with 1 part bleach and 3 parts water. For the inside of the unit, spray where the air exhausts outdoors with the same solution, and put the unit on “air” until any smell is gone. If it’s still smells, call a mold remedition specialist. May Indoor Air Quality is a good one. All this won’t be necessary if you buy a new unit. Legionnaire’s disease is way out of my bailiwick.

Q. I live in the South End in Boston and I am sorely in need of a recommendation for a skilled roofing person who can take on the stripping and replacement of our roof. Yelp is usually all over the map and leave your head spinning with the contradicting reviews. Do you have recommendations you could share? A. I used to recommend my own roofer whom I have had for 40+ years and who put on two roofs, but not any more since he inspected one section that is in bad shape and promised to replace that section. That was last autumn. You can try another clearing house such as Angie’s List, and if that doesn’t work, talk with the bigger dealers, one by one. Q. We are desperate for advice about the possible mold in our bedroom walls. We can smell the mold, but we do not know where exactly it is and what exactly is the cause. We have been thinking ice dams, gutters, the roof, but we are not sure. Who can we contact to diagnose the situation and propose a solution that will not bankrupt us.