What's yer house thermostat set at?
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Haha yes placement of thermostats are crucial and even in commercial projects they are sometimes placed in the wrong areas. Maybe you can have it relocated if it is not too much work.
Heat pumps
Honeywell programmable wifi thermostats
70* day, 68* bedtime downstairs / 71* day, 70* bedtime upstairs in winter
74* day, 71* bedtime downstairs / 74* day, 71* bedtime upstairs in summer
Master bedroom downstairs
Heating bill is typically atrocious for a couple of months thanks to 1) heat pumps suck at making heat below freezing and 2) Duke Energy has high rates. We replaced all the windows last year with high end energy efficient ones. That helped a lot.
Honeywell programmable wifi thermostats
70* day, 68* bedtime downstairs / 71* day, 70* bedtime upstairs in winter
74* day, 71* bedtime downstairs / 74* day, 71* bedtime upstairs in summer
Master bedroom downstairs
Heating bill is typically atrocious for a couple of months thanks to 1) heat pumps suck at making heat below freezing and 2) Duke Energy has high rates. We replaced all the windows last year with high end energy efficient ones. That helped a lot.
I have to do the exact same thing. The downstairs thermostat is mounted in the foyer hallway. The vent for the foyer is hooked to the UPSTAIRS HVAC unit! The foyer has a 10' or 11' ceiling at the entrance that sores up to 18'. Talk about a nightmare trying to get the house at correct/comfortable temps! I have to run the upstairs hotter than downstairs in winter, otherwise the foyer would be cold all the time and the downstairs HVAC would run constantly because it's essentially getting no airflow from its vents. Whomever thought that was a good design should've been fired.
It took 3 years to figure out the right temps and configurations to get this damned house comfortable! I tried keeping the heat at 69* in winter, but it would just be too damned cold all the time. The thermostats have a recirculate feature that can keep the air "fresh" inside the house. Turns out cycling the air was doing more harm than good. It would either cool off the air you just heated or warm up the air you just cooled. Finally figured out that I needed to turn off the recirculating and set upstairs hotter in winter (which is completely opposite to most homes).
It's true what they say. Cathedral-like ceilings are nice to look at, but they're a PITA and cost a fortune to heat.
Very true about being nice to look at. I'm not comfortable in that room at all either. Just not cozy. I put a 9 foot pool table in there with some couches and a stereo system but only go in there when I play pool. Never to relax with a book or anything.
8’ ceilings FTW for a reason in my house.
Chicago burbs, 66* currently in the house
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68 winter, 78 summer.
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