Do you have air conditioning at home?
Unfortunately for me, I had a string of 13 heart attacks in 2014 which left my heart permanently damaged. I told the doctor that I can't seem to handle the heat. He said, "And you never will again."
We're in the middle of a heatwave here. On Wednesday, I decided I couldn't put it off any longer and start setting up the air conditioning to fit the balcony door. No one will cut me the proper sized pieces of wood with the oddly shaped holes that need to be cut into them for the dual hoses to vent. So, I have had to makeshift something for myself using the existing pieces of wood the guy offered me when I purchased them at the garage sale. The bedroom window was easy to makeshift with some thick cardboard and a outdoor sized garbage bag and each year all I have to do is lift it in and out of the window frame each year.
The balcony is a different story. It requires a lot of cardboard, garbage bags and tons duct tape because it doesn't fit properly in the door after all that tape I use to attach the thick cardboard to the existing piece of wood. It leaves large spaces and all kinds of critters like mosquitoes, fly's, wasps, bees, hornets, spiders of all shapes sizes and colors, free entry inside.
It also requires me at five feet two inches tall, to climb on to a chair and with the additional help of a long handled shoehorn, and 2 old phone books on the seat of the chair, to reach the top of the 15 foot high balcony door frame. I fell off the chair 3 times . I could hardly move yesterday and I am moving pretty slowly today. Lots of cuts, bumps, bruises and really sore muscles. Not to leave out mentioning twisting my back, hips and an ankle. Hey it took 2 hours but, I got air conditioning.
No air conditioning means overheating and that means stroke/heart attack and or death for me. That's why I am so appreciative of Kent working this hard to make sure my old vehicle has what it needs to keep me safe and comfortable.