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Kind of torn here. We're replacing a gas boiler that will allow us an opportunity to also split up existing zones. Long story short, we consolidated 5 zones (5 thermostats on 1 floor + basement) to 3 thermostats on 2 floors + basement when we went from a 1-story to a 2-story and never thought to do this before.
Would you pay $100 (wireless thermostat) plus $300 labor to have the home office (I work from home full time) set as a separate zone for the winter months? Obviously less heat would be used this way, but how much is too much? As it's setup now, 1 thermostat (most likely 3 zones) controls the entire 1st floor where the home office is only in the corner of the house.
I find my home office runs warmer than the other rooms as it is just because of the additional computers and displays in it. So if the purpose is to have the office warmer than the rest of the house during the day I wouldn't need a seperate zone. I would just set the house lower and let the equipment warm the room.
If you use your home office frequently, as in working from home, it would probably be benficial for it to be on its own zone. I work from home and spend a good 8 hours in our home office and I'm able to keep it at a normal temperature, while the temp in the rest of the house when no one else is home can be kept lower.
Depends on how much of a difference you want the temp in the office vs the rest of the house, size of the office, insulation, etc.
I work from home a lot and I usually keep the office 2-3 degrees warmer than the rest of the house that isn't in use. For me, using a space heater is pretty efficient. Since the office is small (11x11 ish) and the walls have good insulation, I just need to run the heater for a short time in the morning (10 min?) to give the office that extra few degrees of warmth that lasts for the rest of the day.
If you need a larger differential temp or if the office is bigger, I'm sure the space heater isn't going to be sufficient and a separate zone would be better.
If you use your home office frequently, as in working from home, it would probably be benficial for it to be on its own zone. I work from home and spend a good 8 hours in our home office and I'm able to keep it at a normal temperature, while the temp in the rest of the house when no one else is home can be kept lower.
Yes - the lowest I can tolerate is 64F at the thermostat in the hallway which makes the office with the computer and a closed door about 66F. The issue is the 1st floor is all open and the heat also escapes up the stairs so the thermostat flips on to maintain 64F too often for my liking. I'm thinking a thermostat inside the office would be perfect and since the door is closed, it would hardly need to flip on. But it's a $400 price tag. Our entire last month of gas heat usage with it being in the 20s outside wasn't even $350.
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