I asked the HVAC pro to come back in a few days to install a smart thermostat
I know that bill is coming. I can almost hear it getting slammed into the mailbox with a thud because it is so heavy with big numbers. We’re in the middle of a very hot summer and this next few utility bills will be very hard on our household budget. We are fortunate enough to pay all our bills as they arrive but, it doesn’t come without some serious checkbook gymnastics. In fact, the summertime HVAC bills have been so big that I had to question my HVAC system. I called out the professionals to have a look even though they were here in the spring for preventive maintenance. The heating and cooling tech told me, while the HVAC is on the downslope of productivity, it was still in good shape. He was able to assure me the rise in energy costs was not due to HVAC unit. The higher costs were due to how the HVAC was being used. Somewhere in my heart I knew that HVAC tech was going to say this very thing. The people in my house act like the HVAC is just instant comfort with no consequence. I have walked into my home when it felt like a fridge because my wife and daughter had just been to the gym and were too hot. My son actually had his window open the other day while the a/c was struggling against near triple digit temps. Well, that’s it. I asked the HVAC pro to come back in a few days to install a smart thermostat. The HVAC will now be under my control alone. I am setting it and keeping the manual override code to myself.