It’s air conditioning season in this part of the country.
Most people hardly even call this time of year summer.
It’s heat season for us locals and natives. And there is a certain acceptance about the level of heat and humidity necessary if you’re going to live and thrive in this area. For me, I’m not only a native but my family goes back many generations. I still think about the stories my grandpa would tell about living without residential HVAC. He worked a farm and would get up each morning just before 3 AM in order to get the chores done by lunchtime. Once the peak heating hours hit back then, there was nothing to do but find some shade, a fan and be still. I still can’t imagine just what that would be like. I love living here and the heat comes with that but I’m still not sure how I’d fare without the cooling comfort from the heat pump. I work at home so I know first hand just how hot a house can get. To save money, I try to keep the thermostat setting around 80 during the heat of the day. Then, I lower it down to the mid 70’s in late evening so we have plenty of cooling comfort for sleep. But it isn’t just the HVAC cooling that I’m getting from the heat pump. Without the HVAC cooling process, the humidity levels in the house wouldn’t be balanced. Without the balancing of the humidity levels from the heat pump, there would be a whole lot more mold & mildew in my life. And I can assure you that it not something that I’m looking for.