{"id":1597,"date":"2020-11-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T19:09:29","slug":"your-thermostat-your-heater-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/your-thermostat-your-heater-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Thermostat, Your Heater, and You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heat-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heat-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heat-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heat-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heat-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes there&#8217;s a bit of a cycle we witness that goes on in the homes of our customers. At first, a customer has a problem with a heater that we then promptly fix. After that, there&#8217;s a problem with comfort levels, we try to pinpoint in the heater, only to find out that it&#8217;s a problem with the thermostat. Eventually, by the time the thermostat is upgraded, there&#8217;s a problem again with the heater. This cycle can happen over months, years, or even decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we&#8217;d like to talk about why thermostats are so important to this cycle, in regards to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/service-areas\/mandeville-la-air-conditioning-heating\" target=\"_blank\">heating in Mandeville, LA.<\/a> Thermostats, just like heaters, have an important duty in your home&#8217;s comfort, and the moment you forget that you&#8217;ll run into an issue that you&#8217;d rather avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how does your heater, your thermostat, and your comfort all work together seamlessly? Keep reading to find out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>What Your Thermostat Really Does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thermostats aren&#8217;t just nifty appliances that are fun to press and make things hot or cold. While that&#8217;s why they might seem like when you see the image on the box, they&#8217;re <em>much<\/em> more complicated than that. Smart and Wi-Fi thermostats have the capability to be controlled from anywhere as long as you&#8217;ve got a smartphone connected to the internet. This means you can raise or lower the temperature while you&#8217;re not home, while you&#8217;re in bed, or to get ready for weather changes at unpredictable times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, smart thermostats can start understanding your comfort trends. Let&#8217;s say when you get home from work, you want your home to be warm and cozy, but that same temperature is a little too hot for when you&#8217;re trying to sleep. This is achievable automatically with a smart thermostat since it will lower to a reasonable temperature during sleeping hours and raise to a comfy temperature when you get home. Experiment with what temperature settings are good for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Efficiency, and Saving Money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thermostats can save or lose your money. If you&#8217;ve got an old analog thermostat or even a digital one with no Wi-Fi or smart capabilities, you could be losing money and causing your heating system to run inefficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trends that a smart thermostat can learn about your comfort preferences can lead to less energy or fuel being consumed by your heater. This is a month to month savings, which will grow as time goes on. Additionally, if your heater works less during hours where you don&#8217;t need it, you&#8217;re going to avoid some serious repairs that would otherwise come up from a stressed-out heating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Change the Way You Think!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of your thermostat as a component of your heating system, and in extension, a component of your home. The more out-of-date it is, the less you&#8217;re going to get out of all the systems that rely on it. No brand-new heater is going to work as effectively as it could if it isn&#8217;t paired with a powerful thermostat that can keep it running effectively and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>It&#8217;s time to upgrade your thermostat with Professional Heating &amp; Air. <a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Give us a call today.<\/a> <\/strong><em><strong>When you need it done right call Professional Heating &amp; Air.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does your heater, your thermostat, and your comfort all work together seamlessly?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[174,179,109,180],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}