Replacing a window air conditioner isn't as easy as it may seem.

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I had to do some board replacements. The bottom board, aka the window sill, and the lower board under it called the window skirt, both were in bad states, and had to be removed, caulked in the cracks where there had been none before and I had to go to Lowe's and Home Depot to buy new boards. How utterly tiresome! Then I had to measure, saw, use a leveler and since I could not find my drill, I had to use an electric screwdriver to mount the two boards. Then after a few days I had to remove both of them because they were in the wrong location to mount the window unit. Because the window slides up and down and just an inch or so below the bottom of the lower window frame, I had to place a new window sill board so it would meet exactly at the edge of the bottom of the lower window frame so it would be above the bottom outside base frame board where the window unit rests. There were so many things I had to buy I must have spent half of what it would have cost to have a window expert do the work. But I did do it myself and for that I am proud. It don't look that great but I think it may hold the new 12,000 BTU 115 Volt Frigidaire quiet and HEPA filter unit. We also purchased Window A/C bracket to support the weight of the window unit so it won't put too much weight on the window. This is all so difficult to do. If I were a rich man, I would have just called The Home Depot and asked 'PLEASE , can you install our new window box air conditioner?" I did however, save over 100.00 dollars by doing it myself. And I ain't no carpenter by a long shot.