new thermostat is smaller than old

[Sharon Gordon]

Hi,

My new house has an analog, mostly useless thermostat. I bought a snazzy,
digital programmable thermostat. However, it is about half an inch shorter
than the old one. Is there any way to make this switch without having an
eyesore above the new thermostat? Does any necessary patching have to be
done before the switch is made?

Thanks,
Sharon

[Joseph Meehan]

Generally all it should take is a little paint or wallpaper patch to
clean things up. If you don't have that, then try painting or papering
a small rectangle behind the new stat and frame it with a little molding
to look like a picture frame.

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Dia 's Muire duit

Joe M

[Roger Shoaf]

Mount the new thermostat to a metal plate or a thin wood or plastic panel
and mount that to the wall. You might even be able to use the back of the
old thermostat as a backing plate.

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Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.

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[Daniel Hicks]

A few of the thermostats come with or have optionally for sale a plastic
back plate that covers the area of the wall where an old, round
thermostat would have been. But most do not, for some strange reason,
even though this is a common problem.

Generally, all you need to do is paint the wall where the old thermostat
was, plus possibly fill a screw hole. The new thermostat should cover
the hole where the wire was and most of the space taken by the old one.

Of course, if the old thermostat had been dismounted while painting,
this wouldn't be as much of a problem, but this is rarely done.