I’m sort of savoring these last days of great weather before the heat and humidity hammer comes down once again.
It’s mid April and that means we are on the cusp of temperatures soaring into the mid 90’s and staying there.
And when I say staying there, I mean until October pretty much. So that means that the heat pump is about to get the biggest workout of the year. Sure, the HVAC equipment takes the vast majority of the Winter season off. It gets to sleep like a bear most of the Winter because we just don’t need it. Actually, we have gone entire Winters without even flipping the thermostat over to heating. These days, we breakout a space heater if we need it in the morning to knock the chill out of the place. But when it comes to air conditioning, this is the time of the year that you need to be sure to get an air conditioning tune up from the HVAC company. The heat pump needs to be in top form for our sort of heat. I like to add new way each year to contribute to lightening the load on the HVAC equipment. This year, I have added a smart thermostat in order to better manage the air conditioning when the house is empty during the peak heating hours. In addition to the smart thermostat, I had a solar shade system installed. It actually syncs with the HVAC technology. The smart thermostat will deploy the shades where it detects rising temperatures from direct sunlight heating. While I’m not exactly eager for four months of overwhelming heat outside, I’m excited to see what these additions can do.