Trying to save money, zone controlled heating

My husband is finally seeing the light. By that I mean, he’s finally noticed the “declined” option when you don’t have enough cash in your checking account and decided he needs to have more financial responsibility. You see, this butthead grew up in a pretty privileged family, although he doesn’t seem to realize it. He genuinely thinks that he knows what it’s like to be poor, but in reality, he has no money sense whatsoever. That’s why I’m constantly up his butt, trying to deter him from useless spending when we have unpaid bills. Right now, I’m working extra hard to convince him of the importance of energy efficiency in our home. For the past several years, he’s lived as though energy is a free commodity, infinite and ready to be pumped into his AC unit without repercussion. It’s as if he doesn’t remember our sky high energy bills each month, the cost of having our AC unit professionally serviced, or the pending expense of a brand new air conditioning system in the next few years. But with each astronomically high electric bill, he’s finally starting to understand. That’s why I’m at least trying to convince him that we should consider zone controlled heating and cooling when the time for a new AC system comes. I’ve been telling him for 6 months or so about the many benefits of zone controlled temperature systems. I figure, if he has to have abundant air conditioning at home, we can at least contain the cool air to one particular room. That way, he can still have a cool and dry space in the house without racking up the highest unaffordable energy bill in the county again.

 

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Need garage for workspace, insulating space

I am so lucky that we want to live in this particular part of town. You see, we live in a major city where there are many diverse neighborhoods to choose from. Each one of these smaller regions has a distinct feel to the village, and there are also drastically different traffic patterns and attractions present in each neighborhood. Really, the diversity can be staggering. We personally love this town on the edge of the city, which means one particularly amazing thing for us; availability of big houses. Because the neighborhood is quaint and distant from downtown, we can get a lot of home for our buck. That’s why I’m happily planning the establishment of my new workshop in our massive new house! The space is present, but the one thing that’s missing is modern air temperature control. You see, I’m going to commandeer the basement as my new workshop, which means we need more air quality control measures in place. Currently the room is not linked to any central heating or cooling. Luckily, it’s not a huge expense to install a few pieces of HVAC equipment because it’s an inherently cool space and we live in the hot south. I actually won’t need any sort of modern central cooling or even an AC window unit in order to work all summer long. The thing I have to worry about is pumping some heat into the underground workspace during the chilly winters, and that can be easily accomplished with a few cheap space heaters. I also want to invest in a dehumidifying system so my work doesn’t get too moist and produce mold growth. It will cost a little money to get my space up to par, however, these small HVAC investments are minimal, especially compared to the cost of living in any other part of town!

 

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Smart thermostat and boyfriend talk more than we do

These days, I can always find him sitting in front of the air temperature control device, looking at his detailed notes of our daily activities and adjusting the furnace and AC by a degree or two here, a minute or so there

I have such a hard time understanding marriage on a philosophical and practical level. I mean, I don’t know how people manage to stay together for 20 or 50 years without strangling each other (most of the time). Honestly, I don’t know how people stay together for 5 years even. I certainly know that my boyfriend drives me absolutely crazy, and there are plenty of times I’m ready to get far, far away from him after 2. Maybe this urge passes with time, or maybe people just lose their fight or flight instincts after a decade of dealing with someone else’s bullshit. What I do know for sure, is he had better get away from our thermostat if he ever wants to see me again. I never thought that our basic thermostat upgrade, from an old dial model to a digital temperature control panel with the option to program your HVAC system, would be the straw that broke the camel’s back for us. I thought we were making an overdue update to our home central heating and cooling system which would allow us to set basic temperature control demands for the thermostat. I thought this would reduce our energy expenditure enormously, considering we often forget to adjust the air temperature before we leave for work in the morning. I never thought that my boyfriend would become consumed by the task of perfecting our air temperature control programming. These days, I can always find him sitting in front of the air temperature control device, looking at his detailed notes of our daily activities and adjusting the furnace and AC by a degree or two here, a minute or so there. He insists its all in the name of lowering our energy bills, but at this point, the programmable thermostat knows more about his daily schedule than I do.

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Glad we saw house when it was raining out – moisture in lower level

Sometimes the world works in mysterious ways, doesn’t it? I mean, it’s pretty hard to explain things like the coincidental and unlikely way that I met my husband.

He got divorced and in financial desperation, moved into the apartment unit below my best friend.

She told me about him often, and asked me to attend a BBQ he was throwing one day so she didn’t have to go alone. BOOM! After that, I was in a brand new, amazingly cohesive relationship. The same thing can be said for the house we just bought together – thank god we happened to view the house on a particularly rainy day. Otherwise we never would have known about the need for more HVAC equipment throughout the house. You see, we were desperately searching for a new home together, and found one that looked utterly fantastic… right as our realtor went on vacation. We happened to secure a showing for the property on a dark and gloomy day, when the air was hot and muggy. This wound up working to our advantage, as the home was definitely affected by the external air conditions in important ways. For starters, the upper level was ridiculously hot and humid, indicating that we needed to worry about a new AC condenser or additional AC window units. Further, the lower level was very cool and moist, and the muggy air seemed to have settled into the carpeting. The musty smell of mildew and mold let us know that we should plan on buying dehumidifying systems, and maybe even an air purifier. If we had viewed the home any other day, we never would have been able to factor these HVAC expenses into our offer!

 

Heating and cooling service

Touchy family ruins AC

My family is incredibly challenging to be around.

It’s a lot of large personalities all shoved into one space.

Things tend to explode. My family is also extremely identifiable plus everyone thinks that they had no more than the rest. This can be a large concern when my good friend and I have large gatherings, because nobody is blissful. This is what happened recently when I made the mistake of having a large family party at my house. For some reason, I thought that my good friend and I can all manage to get along these nights. My friend and I are, after all, adults now. What I did not plan on was my entire family having diverse air temperature preferences in my house. Sure, it’s Summer time so the outdoor air is pretty hot. That’s why I had the A/C unit running at an easy 68 degrees. This felt pretty good to me, however I believe it wasn’t suiting the needs of the rest of my family. Not that they could reach an agreement among themselves. Instead, every member of the family took a turn on sauntering over to the central control unit plus playing with the dials for a while. Everyone was getting their hands on the temperature control device, lifting the temperature a few degrees or dropping it back down. My A/C unit had no idea what was going on. It was getting yanked all over the location running on high levels plus low levels, being powered on plus off all day long. At the end of this stupid family party, I had spent well over $50 just on energy bills, plus Lord knows what happened to my A/C unit long term.

 

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Sick as well as Heating and Air Conditioning reliant

There’s nothing worse than being sick as well as feeling like you are out of control of your own body.

I do not like the feeling of being nauseous, having headaches, body aches, as well as shakes.

However, that seems to be a routine part of my life. Whatever is going on with my immune system, it’s been a long as well as hard journey so far. For the past 10 years my immune system has picked up every single freezing flu as well as Allergy that you could possibly imagine. I’ve been spending every day just trying to stay comfortable as best I can. It’s pretty precious that I even feel great enough to get up as well as leave the house. With all of these health concerns going on, the only respite that I can normally find is relying on my Indoor Air Temperature Control. I do not feel like my body can regulate its own temperature absolutely well. I am consistently sizzling or cold, perspiring or shivering, as well as I am rarely able to rest still as well as just be comfortable. Because of this, I am continually abusing my heating as well as cooling system at home. I do not feel like I have any option except to rely on the current temperature control that I’ve installed to moderate my indoor air conditions. Whenever I get freezing I option up my cellphone as well as dial up the temperature control so that the heating system kicks into gear. A few moments later when my body flashes to the other side of the spectrum, I can jump on my cellphone again as well as tell my temperature control to reduce the temperature so that my A/C unit will bring things back down to a normal level. I know this is terrible for my temperature control as well as my Heating and Air Conditioning equipment, but frankly I have no idea what else to do. This discomfort must end.

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Heat pumps – in the south

I do not know about you but for me whether is an important factor in determining where I live.

I am not one of the fortunate people who gets to live in California, however I do want to make sure my environment is semi-pleasant throughout the year.

I used to live in the far Northern as well as know the country, as well as it was pretty miserable. Six months of the year were excruciatingly sizzling as well as the other six months were ridiculously cold. This meant that you were continually running your Heating and Air Conditioning system no matter what time of year it was or what was going on outside. It was easily high-priced as well as I do not suppose that it was the best situation for my health either. That’s why I’ve been pretty cheerful living down in the South as well as enjoying some warmer weather, and yeah the Summer is easily humid as well as disgusting, but at least it doesn’t snow. Another great part about living down here is being able to use heat pumps instead of traditional forced air furnaces as well as air conditioner units. Not only are these systems far less high-priced to operate but they’re all so much cleaner as well as better for your health. Because the air is consistently so sizzling as well as the ground stays much cooler, you can effectively use a geothermal heat pump to cool your entire house without using any current energy from your utility corporation. Instead of creating heat or cooling power, geothermal pump simply transfer energy back as well as forth between the ground in your house. This leads to enormous savings each year and improved respiratory health as well as overall comfort in my case.

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New office, seasoned heating

Sometimes I wonder about the decisions that my boss is make.

They are not consistently the most reasonable things I’ve ever heard… Recently they decided that we should transport our entire operation to a new building.

That sounds like a great idea, considering we were toiling out of a pretty seasoned as well as stagnant office building, but however, you would be surprised at the details that they forgot to iron out before we made the move, then for instance, although the building that we are moving into is new to us, it’s not absolutely brand new. This workspace has been around for about two decades already, as well as in that time I do not suppose the heating system has ever been replaced. It seems like a detail that our realtor as well as companys truly should have relayed to my bosses… And maybe they did, but I can tell you that my bosses did not do anything to improve Heating and Air Conditioning system before our entire office of people moved in. Instead, we all arrived you a sizzling as well as sticky new office as we tried to transport our personal belongings to our brand new work spaces. Immediately, we assumed that the Heating and Air Conditioning system just needed to be powered on so we could get some fresh A/C flowing through the space. However, it turns out that the A/C yet already was running, then when I ask my boss has if they had inspected the Heating and Air Conditioning system prior to purchasing this new space, they just looked confused as well as shook their heads… Long story short oh, we are now paying a professional Heating and Air Conditioning company to come in as well as redo every part of the office so that we have a comfortable space to work in. In the meantime, we are all toiling at Starbucks.

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Heat pumps – in the south

I don’t know about you however for me whether is an pressing factor in determining where I live.

I am not one of the fortunate people who gets to live in California, but I do want to make sure my environment is semi-pleasant throughout the year.

I used to live in the far Northern and know the country, and it was pretty miserable. Six months of the year were excruciatingly hot and the other six months were absurdly cold. This meant that you were continually running your HVAC system no matter what time of year it was or what was going on outside. It was really overpriced and I don’t know that it was the best situation for my health either. That’s why I have been pretty cheerful residing down in the South and enjoying some warmer weather. Yeah the summer time is really humid and disgusting, however at least it doesn’t snow. Another great part about residing down here is being able to use heat pumps instead of traditional forced air boilers and air conditioner units. Not only are these systems far less overpriced to operate however they’re all so much cleaner and better for your health. Because the air is consistently so hot and the ground stays much cooler, you can effectively use a geothermal heat pump to cool your entire household separate from using any current energy from your utility supplier. Instead of creating heat or cooling power, geothermal pump simply transport energy back and forth between the ground in your house. This leads to enormous savings each year and improved respiratory health and overall comfort in my case.

 

 

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Don’t forget HVAC – chores

Is it just me or is being a grown up super exhausting? I mean first you have to have a full-time job just to have baseline items in your life, like a home, clothing, and food! These mornings, almost everyone have to have a second job to fill in their other needs, it’s not like you can go out and purchase a household with your career straight out of school like it used to be.

  • Instead, almost everyone are stuck renting and trying to figure out how to get by for the next decade or two before they have a stable job, and as if that is not enough to worry about, then there is the rest of your life stressors.

I feel like I can never keep up with the number of things that I need to get done. I have to do list that go for miles, one of those things I forget about most is having our HVAC system respectfully took care of each year. It’s not such a immense job, really, I just need to call out the heating and cooling worker twice a year to take a look at our boiler and air conditioner. The thing is, I have way too much on my plate already, each fall and Springtime I seem to forget about our ventilation system at home. I have set alarms, I have asked loved ones to remind me, and I have even put sticky notes on our temperature control..; Somehow I typically forget to have our air temperature control equipment professionally took care of, but most recently I have decided that I cannot stand the responsibility of arranging of these Heating and Cooling appointments. I offloaded the job to my HVAC dealership… Nowadays they just show up in our driveway and correct intervals and I never have to worry about calling them on the premises. One less thing to worry about.

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