Anyone use WI-FI thermostats?

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Wally Sconce

Winter.. humidity issue. wood floors are sensitive to it.

Which would be compounded by freezing temperatures.

[Wally Sconce]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

I never said 55ish temperatures were going to damage anything, what I said was once you get below 55ish you are running the risk. There is many variables involved, there is no exact number.

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Lower temperatures cause things to contract and If you allow it to get below 55ish you are running the risk of drywall cracking and flooring issues. Also note you need to winterize which includes draining everything, putting antifreeze in all traps etc.

There is no RISK below 55.

[Wally Sconce]

Originally Posted by btuhack

True statement. My old office had parkay flooring that had buckled loose and sprung up after I moved out ( the property mgr turned the stat off for the winter). Similar winter temps to Phoenix.

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Which would be compounded by freezing temperatures.

lol once again..he said "similiar" winter temps as Phoenix.......it ain't going to FREEZE....cold had nothing to do with his floor buckling..it was lack of humidity. What part of the world do you live in that makes it so hard to understand the difference between cool and COLD?

[btuhack]

Originally Posted by Wally Sconce

lol once again..he said "similiar" winter temps as Phoenix.......it ain't going to FREEZE....cold had nothing to do with his floor buckling..it was lack of humidity. What part of the world do you live in that makes it so hard to understand the difference between cool and COLD?

You're not even close, why are you arguing?

The unheated space lead to the buckled floor due to excess moisture and higher dew points , not a lack of moisture. The space air temperature patterns changed hour to hour and day to day similar to the outdoor conditions. As the indoor air temp rose, the floor, which has thermal mass, remained cold and as we all know moisture is drawn to the coldest object. The cooler floor tiles absorbed moisture and grew to the point there was no more lateral room to grow at which point, they popped up.

Had the space remained heated, the indoor RH would have been lower, the floor temp would have been stable, and never would have buckled.