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Walk through Salt Lake City’s older neighborhoods in the middle of July and you can feel the tension between charm and comfort. These homes were built in a different era, often with thick walls, distinctive trim, original windows, and floor plans that were never designed around modern air conditioning. They can be beautiful to live in, right up until the hottest part of summer settles in and the indoor temperature starts climbing. That tension is a big reason more homeow

A thermostat gets blamed for a lot. The screen is blank, the house will not cool, the heat turns on at odd times, or the temperature in the living room never seems to match the number on the wall. It is easy to point at the thermostat because it is the part you can see and touch. It feels like the command center, so when comfort goes sideways, that little device becomes the prime suspect. But after enough service calls, a pattern shows up. Plenty of so-called thermostat