Swamp Cooler installed

After 15 years, it was finally time to put the swamp cooler in its permanent position.
This took some brainstorming.
And we realized that since we were able to successfully vent hot air from the furnace to the upstairs bedroom through the wall cavity, that we should also be able to vent cool air from the swamp cooler to the downstairs through the ceiling cavity.
So that's what we did.
We put the swamp cooler up high and created a shaft and directed the cool air through the ceiling joists.

First we had to make a homemade lift to get it up there...
yep, that should do it.

and..yes..that hot tub was very much in the way..... but...we didn't want to empty it and move it...so we just did it the hard way.
There's was no one to document the terrifying act that it took to maneuver the swamp cooler on the lift and around the hot tub and up into the air and onto the platform....sorry...I know you would have enjoyed that part.


When Denise saw this view from the inside she said, "Oooo...I want a window in all four of my storage spaces!"

Here's my calm, cool and collective Tim giving me a smile after the scary stuff just happened. I was still shaking and hysterical when I grabbed the camera to capture Tim in action.

And on the inside....here's Tim using his creative ability to create a shaft that will take the air down into the ceiling joists and out the vents that are in the ceiling in the kitchen.