We don’t just get heat down here.
We get heat that feels like someone put a wet blanket that has been heated in a steam sauna over your head.
And we get four straight months of that business each and every year. Yet, we live in an age where residential HVAC comes to the rescue. I grew up this far south and so I have some experience with managing the heat and humidity. But my grandfather never had residential HVAC until the early 70’s in any of the homes he lived in. That’s sort of stunning to me. I just can’t even imagine what that must have been like. For one, he sure was partial to the shade, a nice breeze and a fan if you had one. That was my grandpa’s idea of cooling. He really wasn’t all that fond of residential HVAC believe it or not. So I guess there is a perspective there to learn from perhaps. I do my best not at not over HVAC cooling my house. I don’t have a smart thermostat so I’ve learned to program my thermostat. It’s programmed for a thermostat setting of the low 80’s during the heat of the summer. Even when we’re away, I make sure the HVAC cooling is still on. That’s because the heat pump is not just cooling the house when the air conditioning is on. The HVAC cooling process is also balancing the humidity levels inside the house. And that keeps me from having to take a bunch of bleach and water to the mold and mildew all summer.