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Haller Enterprises, Lititz, PA

Haller Enterprises of Lititz, Pennsylvania has been selected as September's NCI contractor of the month. Haller Enterprises, Inc. provides a full range of plumbing, heating, cooling, electrical and water conditioning services for residential construction, light...

Halco

If you had told Hal and Tammy Smith in 1984 that one day their new small business venture would be generating $10 million in sales and supporting 75 employees, they might have thought you had a very vivid imagination. But 27 years later, it turns out that they were...

Guaranteed Comfort, Memphis, TN

Butch Conway, President of Guaranteed Comfort of Memphis, Tennessee is our choice for August NCI Contractor of the month. Butch and his wife Lynnette started the company in 1992 with Butch saddling his truck until 2001 when he finally began to dedicate all this time...

Greiner Heating & Air Conditioning Inc., Dixon, CA

In our four years of selecting our NCI contractor of the month, we are excited to present our second female winner. Patty Greiner of Greiner Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. of Dixon, California has more than earned her stripes in the industry and has proven herself...

Goodman Manufacturing Company – Not Your Father’s Janitrol!

This month we're featuring one of our ContractorsOne key vendors, Goodman Manufacturing, manufacturer of Goodman and Amana products. In 1982 Harold Goodman was the largest HVAC contractor in the Houston, Texas area. Frustrated after years of having to deal with...

Getting a Diagnostic Test From a Service Call

Besides the valuable information the reading provides to help resolve the service call issue, it can be a prime lead-in to selling a complete system diagnostic and potential duct renovation work. To provide your customers with air conditioning systems that perform as...

Generate New Work With CO & Combustion Testing

In addition to keeping your customers safe and saving them money, CO and Combustion Testing can be a very lucrative source of revenue for your contracting company. One of the main benefits of testing is the repair work it generates. These repairs are offered by few of...

Fresh Air Requirements

Since the ASHRAE IAQ Standard 62 has been in turmoil for over a decade, we've put together a few rules of thumb to consider when designing and testing fresh air in homes and buildings. Fresh air intake = Occupants in a building X 15 CFM To maintain an adequate...

Four Seasons Air Conditioning and Heating Company, Kingsville, TX

In Kingsville, Texas it's been over 100 degrees every day since early June. It hasn't rained for over a year and unless you've been watering your front lawn constantly, your yard is now only dirt. But if your cooling contractor is Four Seasons Air Conditioning and...

Foley Mechanical – Alexandria, VA

Dan Foley is the President of Foley Mechanical serving the Washington DC Metro area. Foley Mechanical specializes in designing and installing hydronic heating systems, enhanced frequently by airside work. Dan started in the HVAC industry the Monday after he graduated...