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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Malsua, can you give a ballpark cost?
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I know you can buy Honeywell WiFi thermostats for under $100 on Amazon. If you can follow basic instructions, you can do it yourself. They used to be $179, so they've come down a lot.
The Nest thermostats are easier to install, that said, depending on your HVAC system, you may need the more expensive one. I had both the Nest E and a Honeywell, and the Nest E($130 now) didn't have one of the wire ports for my Trane heat pump in TV, So I installed the Honeywell. The more expensive Nest Learning($150 now) has the right connections for pretty much any system. At the time, both of those thermostats were $50 more expensive than they are now. I ended up using the Nest in NJ.
There are some Carrier systems that don't have a common wire to the thermostat so in those cases, you'd need to run an additional wire from the air handler to thermostat. Check your system before you buy.
I've never installed an Ecobee, no idea how to get that done.
As to how much they'd charge to install it, you'll have to ask them. A pro can probably do it in 30 minutes if all the wires are there and most of the time will just be connecting it to WIFI and setting a program. It would probably be several hours to run new wires in the walls if that has to happen. Shrug, the answer is it depends.