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The coop I live in where 3 years ago the board wrote a ltr about ac installations and posted on the bulletin board & sent in the mail to shareholders. To date, we still have residents with ac's installed with bricks, styrofoam, the yellow pages and after pointing this out to the managing agent they are still not properly installed. Who's at fault? the board, the management company, the super. It seems like such a liability not to have ac's installed correctly.
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As I was reading your message, I noticed that Habitat had an article on this very topic. I captured the URL here: http://www.habitatmag.com/PDFs/Window-Air-Conditioner-Installation-Tips
I am not a lawyer, but I think the ultimate responsibility belongs to your board because managing agents, supers, etc are all agents or employees of the board. There are fines if the DOB does an inspection and finds improperly installed window A/C units, and there is a lot worse if a unit falls out.
We had the same situation in our building. What we did was contract with an A/C installation company to install brackets under every unit that needed them. We then sent around an email to all shareholders informing them of the requirement and their responsibility for proper window A/C support. If they needed brackets they simply had to reply to the email with the number of window units. A few days were set aside for the super to escort the company to every apartment that needed brackets and to supervise the work. The cost was $165 per A/C for the bracket and labor. We charged this back to the shareholders on their maintenance bill. We are fortunate in that our shareholders are very cooperative in situations such as this. They understood the need for the brackets and accepted the charges.
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