In our mind, the dial thermostat needed to be set higher in order to combat the frosty temperatures
I decided to begin house hunting while I was in one of the most brutal times in history to purchase a house. I didn’t arrange this, however, but unluckily it was the way things worked out. I saved diligently for a reasonable down payment and I told myself that whenever I had enough saved up, I would contact a real estate agent. It just so happened that I had our down payment saved up while I was in this crazy real estate market. After trying many times and putting in countless offers on houses, we finally moved into our first home. As a current homeowner, I’ve been studying a lot about general service and upkeep. One of the areas that I have been really struggling with is our HVAC system. I didn’t really understand anything about HVAC systems or how they worked or how much service went into running them efficiently. Then during our first month of living in this house the two of us experienced a significant drop in temperature and I thought it would be a bright idea to raise the temperature on the control unit. In our mind, the dial thermostat needed to be set higher in order to combat the frosty temperatures. I learned the difficult way that this was a horrible plan because our house was already warm! All I did was make our furnace run extra long and cause stress on our HVAC system, and not to mention that I heated up our house and we were forced to open a few doors and windows to let the heat escape. I still don’t reckon that I know much about HVAC systems, even though I guess raising the temperature on the old dial thermostat when the temperature outside is cooler isn’t the answer.