The air conditioner must vent the hot air somewhere.
Vent portable ac through garage door.
You ll need a space of 6 7 inches.
If you need to run a portable air conditioner without any exhaust vent tube set it to run in dry or dehumidifier mode and connect a garden hose to the top drain port so you can collect condensed water in a bucket or floor drain.
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Let s say that the vent hose is five inches in diameter.
Issue of venting the portable air conditioner.
If a window is not an option the other choices would be venting through the roof or wall.
One option which seems to be preferred by some people is actually using a wall vent to remove hot air from a portable air conditioner.
Garages usually do not have a traditional sliding window which is the most common way to vent a portable unit.
This would require drilling a hole through the side of the garage to fit the exhaust hose.
Slide your sliding door back far enough to allow for the vent hose.