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Estimating Heating Equipment Size and Room CFM

Many members called our tech support line this last month as you've shifted gears to test in heating mode. A large number of the conversations have been about sizing heating equipment and how to estimate room heating airflow. So let's get back to the basics and review...

Estimating Heating Equipment Size and Airflow

An essential part of diagnostic testing is communicating your findings to your customers. Your success will be in direct proportion to your ability to help them understand the impact of system performance on their comfort, pocketbook, health and safety. Back when...

Enhance Revenues With Commercial Air Conditioning Diagnostics

How would you like to generate additional revenue using Air Diagnostics with your existing commercial customers? If you currently have service agreements with commercial accounts, consider contacting property owners and managers to offer them a service that enhances...

Don’t Put That Analyzer Away!

While some of us are already dealing with summer air conditioning work, in many parts of the country some of us are still dealing with heating. There's also a large number of contractors that aren't doing heating or cooling work because it is between seasons. This...

Don’t Let “Mother Nature” Control Your Summer Success and Profits!

We all love hot, humid and miserable weather in the summer because it's good for business. Unfortunately in many parts of the country that's not been the case the past few years, and for many, business just hasn't been what it should be. But should air conditioning be...

Diagnostic Tests That Teach and Sell

Since the mid 1980's most contractors have been selling air conditioning and heating using methods like slick calculations that promised return on investment and energy savings. Times have changed and so have our customers. Today's buyers are better equipped to make...

Declare Independence from the Weather

Declare Independence from the Weather by David Holt Outdoor temperatures have been exceeding 100° F all across North America this summer. HVAC contractors in these "hot spots" have been racking up some serious overtime trying to handle all the emergency no-cooling...

David Richardson, Richardson Heating and Air, Frankfort, KY

David Richardson cut his teeth in the industry in the low bid game of residential new construction air conditioning and heating. He works in a small family business and was thinking about getting out of it. He knew there was more to the HVAC industry, but didn't know...

Corcoran Heating & Air Conditioning – Schaumburg, IL

Member of the Month: Corcoran Heating & Air Conditioning - Schaumburg, IL Tom Corcoran is our April NCI Member of the Month. Tom got started in the HVAC business when he didn't make the hockey team in college and followed a buddy into trade school nearly 30 years...