How to help my little air conditioner cool the room

Post date: 2024-03-23 08:32:00

My room has an old thru-the-wall air conditioner like this model. The landlord mounted it in a wall hole that's a foot above the floor. The A/C blows cool air which hovers near the floor, and the majority of the room is still hot. What can I do to use the A/C more effectively?

When I turn on the A/C, I feel cool air coming out. Because the landlord mounted the A/C in a wall hole close to the ground, the cool air hovers in the ankle/shin area. My bed is a few feet away from the A/C. There ends up being a little pocket of cold air between the bed and A/C, low to the ground. That cold air isn't getting distributed to the rest of the room.

The landlord won't allow a new hole in the wall, so I can't relocate the air conditioner's position.

What can I do to make my A/C more effective? Here are my ideas:

1. Would it help to lower my bed as close to the ground as possible, so that a little A/C air goes over it?

2. I have a powerful fan at the foot of the bed pointed at my head, but it ends up re-circulating the warm air near my head. Is there a way I can position the fan so that it's instead funneling the cold A/C air up to my head?

3. Will getting the A/C unit serviced frequently help?

Any other suggestions? Thanks!

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