My home is over three thousand square feet and divided into a lot of smaller rooms.
I live in a part of the country where the weather is hot and overly humid in the summer and extremely cold and snowy in the winter.
Attempting to keep a comfortable indoor temperature all year round is challenging and pricey. We need both a furnace and an air conditioner and the two units run most of the time. The ductwork is installed behind the walls and ceilings and links to multiple vents located in every room. For the first few years we lived in the house, we had one thermostat located in the living room. To make changes to the setting, we had to manually adjust the dial. Any raising or lowering of the temperature affected every room in the house. While the living room was always perfectly comfortable, there were certain areas that tended to feel overheated and others were chilly. We were also heating and cooling quite a few unoccupied rooms. The furnace and air conditioner were working way harder than necessary. Our monthly energy bills were way too high. Hoping to reduce costs and lessen wear and tear on the heating and cooling equipment, I looked into the upgrade to zoned control. The cost of it wasn’t nearly as high as I expected. The installation process was far less involved than I anticipated. I hired a local HVAC contractor who implemented a series of valves into the duct system to direct the conditioned air to specific rooms. He added separate thermostats into each room. These smart thermostats allow access through an app on my smartphone. I’m able to customize temperature settings with a tap of my finger.