It’s important to strive to give your customers the best service possible.

This is how you get repeat business, and folks who want to join plans. I started my HVAC business about a decade ago, and it’s not been the smoothest ride. In the beginning, it was me and me alone working in different homes. I had a few customers who kept me going, and I managed to expand. That’s when I met Bridgit. She was fresh out of college, and eager to learn. I had advertised that I wanted experienced HVAC technicians. But, she applied anyway and stated she just wanted a chance to prove herself. I saw that to be quite brave, and decided to bring her on board. I then started an apprenticeship program, and she got to accompany me on jobs. Bridgit was true to her word, and eager to learn. 8 months later she was going out on jobs on her own, and I got a lot of positive feedback about her work. If she didn’t know something, she’d call for assistance, but that was rare. We recently celebrated the company’s 10th anniversary and I praised my staff during the party. Bridgit is one of the only 3 female workers at the company, and she does a phenomenal job. I hope more women see the HVAC world as a safe space for them to work since the career is quite fulfilling. I am always willing to hire more people like Bridgit who enjoy what they do and are quite excellent. If you’re thinking about joining HVAC school, go for it!

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Summer times are quite busy for mom.

In fact, it’s all year, but for some reason, summer sees her do the most work.

When my dad passed away, mom had to find a way to pay for the house. She’d always baked for special occasions, and even sold some of her cakes and treats. However, she never turned it into a business. Now that she needed more money to survive, mom chose to turn her hobby into a business. I have a good grasp of social media marketing so I helped her spread the word. We made videos showcasing her treats and cakes, and even did how to bake videos. This helped to create a community, and they all came to place orders on the website we set up. Mom was doing great, and I was so happy for her. One morning, she called saying she didn’t know why her AC was blowing out warm air. This was distressing since baking can make a home even warmer during summer. I told mom the best thing was contact an HVAC expert to sort that out. I was away, so she went ahead and phoned a local HVAC business. They sent out a HVAC expert who diagnosed the issue as a clogged air filter. This was preventing cool air from blowing into her house. We had completely forgotten that it was time to change the air filters. It’s important to change air filters at least 3 times a year to keep the HVAC unit running effectively. A clogged air filter can lead to all types of issues including lowering the unit’s lifespan.

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Owen left the HVAC worker to work, and hoped he’d have his AC working efficiently before his girlfriend arrived at his house

Owen was eager to get home after his two week business trip. Everything had been successful and he managed to close the deal. However, he missed his girlfriend and wanted to see her. Owen met Asha when he was attending a work party in the city. They hit it off, and it was love at first sight. They were always together when they weren’t working. Owen had to go away for work, and he wished he’d take her with him. However, she was a fulltime employee, and her job was important to her. So, instead they spoke everyday. He planned on taking her to dinner, and a spa treatment when he got back home. She loves things like that and he didn’t mind at all treating her like a queen. Owen arrived home from the airport in the afternoon and wanted to cool off in his own air conditioning. He turned on the air conditioner, and rested for some time. When he woke up, Owen noticed his air conditioner wasn’t turning off. This had him concerned since he didn’t want the unit failing during summer. He contacted a local HVAC business about this and they sent out an HVAC worker. It turns out his thermostat was malfunctioning and he had to get it fixed. Owen left the HVAC worker to work, and hoped he’d have his AC working efficiently before his girlfriend arrived at his house. The guy took his time working on the thermostat so he’d leave it functioning properly. Thankfully, Owen didn’t need a new control unit since the one he had was repairable.

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The HVAC workers were more reliable and came to do the work on the agreed timeline.

Monica had little time left to move into her new home before winter. She knew it was best to get all her things in the house before the snow came down. So, she tried her best to get the work done, and was always calling the contractor. A friend had suggested she hire professional help to fix a few issues she was having with the house. Mindy went ahead to find a local contractor with excellent reviews to do the work. This included installing a new kitchen, doing paint work, and checking on the roof. The contractor started off well, and had his guys there doing the job. Then, he started to slack off, and this had Monica feeling anxious. Eventually, she called her friend to say the guy wasn’t even there when she went to check on the progress. This worked out and the next day they came back to finish the work. After that, Monica hired a local HVAC company to handle installing a new HVAC system and a new toilet. She’d come across the HVAC company online and saw they also did plumbing. This was great news for MOnica since she’d not need to hire separate businesses to do the job. The HVAC workers were more reliable and came to do the work on the agreed timeline. One day was enough to install the new HVAC unit and set up the toilet in Monica’s house. She left them a good review and planned to get a HVAC maintenance plan. That way, they’d always inspect, service and repair her unit if there was ever an issue.

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During the pandemic, Arnold was at a loss on what to do with his life.

He felt like his life had been turned upside down.

He lost his job, and now he had to find a way to survive in the city. His roommate opted to move back home since he was also out of a job. Arnold didn’t want to do the same, but his dad called. He told Arnold it was better for him to move back, and save his money. When things were back to normal, he’d move back and get work. Arnold heeded his dad’s advice, and went back home. It got quite boring sitting at home doing nothing so he went back to a hobby he loved while in college. Arnold loves making music beats, and he did this in his room. Then, he moved to the basement, and put up some insulation. His dad, who is a contractor, chose to renovate the space for him and it became a studio. The only thing left to figure out was the heating and cooling for his new studio. Already some of his beats had sold for good money so Arnold chose to splurge on a ductless unit. He found this HVAC company selling energy efficient ductless units and he got one for his space. His dad once more came in to help set up the ductless heating and cooling unit in Arnold’s new music studio. It’s been a year and a half and he is doing quite good for himself. He’s even thinking of renting studio space in town in a building with commercial HVAC.

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My sister was having issues with the air quality in her beach house, and she wanted my help. She was only about 4 months in this house, so I knew this would need my attention. I asked her to wait until later that day when I’d pass by the house. She works from home so she said she’d be there waiting for me. I work as a heating and cooling specialist in our area, and I run my own business. I have residential and a few commercial clients. So, my days are usually quite full. For some time, I was working alone to service my clients. But later I managed to hire 4 guys, and now we are a team of 5. I also have an office administrator who makes sure the business day to day is running smoothly. He is the absolute best and helps me feel peaceful when I am out working on heating and cooling units. My sister didn’t have to call the heating and cooling business to book an appointment. I had always told her I’d handle any issues she was having in her home. We didn’t manage to do an HVAC inspection before she moved into the beach house. And I suspected this was the reason she was experiencing poor air quality. At 6 pm on that day, I pulled into her driveway and got to work. The issue was her ductwork was filthy and we had to schedule an air duct cleaning pronto. Air duct cleaning works wonders for indoor air quality. Dust, dirt, mold, and all manner of filth collects there and this affects the air quality in your home.

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I told my kids from day one that they should never smoke cigarettes or any tobacco products for that matter.

I learned myself at their age how dangerous it is to use nicotine and all of the disastrous effects that it has on the lungs.

However, my kids didn’t want to listen to me. It started when my oldest daughter got busted smoking a hookah at one of her friends’ birthday parties. The photos ended up on social media and I saw her holding one of the hookah hoses and then another photo that showed her exhaling the smoke. She got grounded for 2 weeks after that basically because she lied when I confronted her about it. I’m the type of parent that’s very stern but I’m not hell bent on extreme punishments unless my kids double down and lie when I confront them about something that I’ve noticed. I’m fairly open-minded about being forgiving in certain situations, but not when it comes to lying about tobacco use. My son recently tried smoking a cigarette outside near an open window and the air conditioner pulled the smoke right into the house. The window was only cracked but there was enough space for the smoke to get in and circulate through our central HVAC system. Not only did I bust my son smoking and lying about it, but he also got nicotine into the indoor air and now it’s permeating the HVAC system. It took two days to get this tobacco smoke out of the ductwork and ventilation system. The effect on the central HVAC system is what frustrated me the most.

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I desperately wanted to get out of that room everyday because the air conditioner was so lackluster in my dormitory

I spent a lot of time thinking about what college I wanted to go to. I thought I had a good idea of the pros and cons of each school, but there are a lot of things that I just could not have predicted on my own. You can’t possibly know all of the factors that are going to lead towards a college experience. For instance, the large school I wanted to originally attend would have been a bad choice for me for a number of reasons. I ended up choosing a small liberal arts school in my home state simply because of the money difference. It was at least a quarter of the price per year compared to the larger school. But now I know I would have struggled with the large student body population. My liberal arts school had a student body of about 850 students. By contrast the college I originally wanted to attend had tens of thousands of students. I realize now I would have gotten lost in a sea of students. But maybe they would have had better heating and cooling systems in the dorm rooms at that school. Because my small liberal arts school had terrible HVAC systems. Even the classrooms felt far too hot during the summer weather. I desperately wanted to get out of that room everyday because the air conditioner was so lackluster in my dormitory. I would have had a much better experience overall if we had better heating and cooling systems and thermostats we could actually control. Instead, I had to suffer with whatever temperature the school’s administration would set the machines to.

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It’s good to find a working industry where there’s a lot of job security.

• I had a friend who was a professional tap dancer and he said the covid-19 pandemic was the final nail in the coffin for that niche industry.

Now he’s working as a carpenter building houses in a part of the state that’s exploding in population right now. He’s not dancing any longer, but he’s making a lot more money building houses. On top of that, he’s got work skills now that translate to a whole set of different job opportunities in the future if he chose to do something other than specifically carpentry. My dad started out as a carpenter and eventually became an electrician. You can even start out in the trades doing service work and eventually advance on to doing sales if you really wanted to. It’s a lot easier to sell equipment that you’re intimately acquainted with from using it on a daily basis in your previous work. Right now there’s a huge demand for HVAC workers regardless of where you live. I have a brother who eventually ended up in the heating and cooling industry after he failed to sustain consistent employment as an auto mechanic. He says that the money is a lot better working as an HVAC technician compared to a low level auto mechanic in this particular part of the country. There’s going to be even more job demand for HVAC workers in the future as the rest of the world slowly transitions into using air conditioning and air purification.

Energy saving tips

Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to purchase my own cabin.

I got to visit my grandparents up north for Christmas one year and we all stayed in a cabin that they rented.

It was a really fun experience and I never forgot how much I loved that cabin. There was plenty of snow and we got to use the fireplace inside the cabin since there was a pile of wood outside too ready to go. It was one of the most exciting experiences of my early childhood. But I never got to experience it again until recently. I had been looking at cabins in an area that’s right off the edge of the city into the mountains a little bit. It finally became possible for me to buy one so I reached out to one of the sellers and made a bid. Now I’m installing a smart thermostat in the cabin after having owned it for a year. But with the smart thermostat, I can control the heating and cooling system no matter where I’m located. It’s nice that I don’t have to go over to the cabin everyday just to check on the air conditioner and make sure the temperature is where it needs to be. If there’s a change in the weather and it gets cold outside, I can turn the heat on to prevent the pipes from freezing. And once I get all these other smart devices installed, I can control everything in the cabin remotely. I’ll have smart devices controlling the lights and even the electricity in the cabin.

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