Tips on setting thermostat to reduce heat bills on rehabs.

[Adam Craig]

Now that I have 6-10 Gas utility accounts at any given time from rehabs or vacancy, I am trying to be more economical with the heat settings this winter.

Turning the heat off is not an option on most because water in the pipes. Most of my knucklehead contractors always forget to turn it down at night so I am going to program the thermostat on each house. A couple questions about setting thermostats...

1. A regular programmable thermostat will do the trick right? No sense in spending big bucks on NEST or similar brands I assume?

2. Does it make sense to crank it way down at night - saw 40* ? I have heard in the past that it will require much more energy to catch back up during the day.