So here we are.
After talking about it repeatedly as a family, the time for execution of our heat pump strategy is upon us.
Well, we did the first two steps this Springtime so getting started isn’t the right sentiment. We are now to the point where the Summer heat and humidity are for real and the hardest part of the plan begins. The Springtime stuff wasn’t too awful when it came to adopting a modern approach to cooling our lake house. We started the modern heat pump plan with a tune up for the heat pump. This way, we’ll be operating at max efficiency. And this Springtime, we decided to leave the cooling off as much as possible so we could adapt to the rising temperatures over time. Simply put, we just had to save money on the heat pump in our lake house. Perhaps we are the outliers but the couple of years of inflation have hammered our family budget. We are not the sort of folks who simply live paycheck to paycheck. Each month, there is a number that goes into savings or investments. But with inflation and no rise in pay, we had to really address some cost cutting. Of course, one of the higher fixed costs for us as a family are costs with cooling. We have a history of just doing whatever we want with the thermostat setting all Summer. Well, not this year and that’s going to be the toughest part of the year. Yet, we can supply disciplined thermostat control. We are convinced of it. Our target is to shave 25 percent off the utility cost that comes with cooling our lake house from mid May through mid October.