New Thermostat in Northern Cliamate

[Scott Schultz]

As we come into fall, I was thinking about the next 2 rehabs we are starting that will include new furnaces, and I just had a Boiler installed at another property. The advice from the HVAC Guy that put the boiler in, was to leave the old manual T-Stat, because if a tenant moves out at midnight in January, the heat will still work, because they dont require batteries, like the digital ones do. Do tenants really care about the T-stat? all mine are SFR's so tenants pay all their own utilities. Keep in mind, Im in Northern Wisconsin, we can have sub Zero temps for weeks at a time, and pretty much 5 or more, months of below 32 degrees. pipe freeze up and extensive water damage, can occur in less 24 hours of no heat.