My house isn’t large, however, it isn’t tiny either.
Even though it’s considered the middle of winter, the temperature has been mediocre for the past week. Last week, the high temperature we hit was 40 degrees and this week the temperature has risen past 70 degrees every day! I went from sweaters and boots to t-shirts and sandals within a matter of a few mornings. At one point, the temperature got so sizzling that I considered turning our furnace off and switching our AC back on. This was only a brief thought because I didn’t want the hassle of switching the air con back on. I had already had the HVAC system worked on before I turned on our furnace for the season, so I didn’t want to mess anything up with our air conditioning system. I didn’t know too much about HVAC systems, however turning on the air conditioning randomly for a few mornings and then shutting it off for an entire season seemed impractical! My HVAC system would have to run tirelessly to cool the entire house down, only to be told that it no longer needed cooling down. Then, our furnace would have to do the opposite and warm up the entire house once again. My house isn’t large, however, it isn’t tiny either. Heating and cooling an entire house within a short time frame used a lot of energy and put a lot of stress on an HVAC system. This is why I didn’t really turn our AC unit back on when there was a warmer than normal month while I was in the winter. Instead, I opened the doors and windows and let our house cool naturally with good old Mother Nature.