We also made sure to keep the direct sun out so there was no ambient air heating either.
This year has been nothing but one thing after another. It seems like the effects of the pandemic keep coming at us. Of course, just trying to do the right thing to slow the spread has caused plenty of change for our household. The kids are being educated from home now. My wife and I are both working from the HVAC comfort of our home office now. That home office was just recently a guest bedroom. But thus far, all of us are dealing with the changes in the best way all of us know how. And that’s entirely all anyone can ask for. While it hasn’t been easy, all of us have persevered. It was absolutely the warmest office I have ever worked in. We converted the guest room to serve as our dual office. Both of us both wore nice tops in case one of us had to do video conferencing. Yet, my wife and I had to wear shorts to deal with where we keep the thermostat in the summer. But hey, we’d rather pocket the savings from the HVAC in the summer time than overcool the place during peak heating hours. That meant that we kept the HVAC setting about 15 degrees cooler than the outside temperatures. We offset this by incorporating fans during the afternoon. We also made sure to keep the direct sun out so there was no ambient air heating either. Regardless, all of us got through it and kept our utility bill constant. Hopefully next summer time will be back to an empty house where the temperatures rise during the day. But, we sure are glad to have the extra dough that we didn’t spend on the HVAC this summer.