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Questions to Ask BEFORE Adding Services

Questions to Ask BEFORE Adding Services by Rob Falke I recently enjoyed a conversation with a longtime successful contractor from California who told me he was considering adding duct cleaning to his company’s services. I found it interesting that he described the...

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Pruning During Tough Economic Times

Few people will argue with the fact that it's time to reshape our companies to respond to current changes in the economy. One way to view the needed changes that we need to make is to compare them to pruning a tree. To a tree, pruning is like cutting your fingernails....

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Proving Training Value through Measurement

Proving Training Value through Measurement by Brian Roseman In August of this year, NCI launched a Training Performance Measurement System on our website. What does that mean for you? In a nutshell, you can now see the actual knowledge gained from attending NCI...

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Progressive Water Heater Troubleshooting

Most of us wrestle with frustration when it comes to solving problems related to water heater pilot outages. Some of us admit we often give it a half-hearted effort because we think the problem should be fixed by the utility company or someone else. When in many cases...

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Profitable Register and Grille Change-outs

Quite often we can trace airflow problems to restrictive and/or poorly performing registers and grilles. In these cases why not offer your customer a complete register and return grille change-out package. High quality registers and grilles are available from...

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Profiling an HVAC System

While profiling may be an unpopular word in airports these days, it remains the title of one of the best diagnostic procedures we've ever brought to you. You can profile an HVAC system by taking a series of temperature, pressure or airflow readings across it, and...

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Non Union Employers Beware!

The Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA, was re-introduced in Congress on March 10, 2009. The bill essentially would eliminate the secret ballot provisions contained in the National Labor Relations Act, thus requiring employers to bargain with a union once the union...

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NCI Practical Standards vs. HVAC Industry Standards

You may often hear NCI refer to what we call Practical Standards. Sooner or later the question is asked; "What's the difference between HVAC industry standards and NCI Practical Standards?" The purpose of this article is to explain the difference to help you better...

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NCI Photo of the Month – Sept 2010

Out with the bad air and in with the... bad air again. From the look of the equipment, this has been going on for a while. When David showed this one to Jim Davis, his hair stood on end! Photo submitted by David Richardson, Richardson's Heating & Air. Submit your...

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NCI Photo of the Month – Oct 2010

Boy, you miss just ONE day of sheet metal class... This was just one of the three "transitions" we found in this duct system. Photo submitted by Dan Paprek - Climate Makers, Inc. Submit your worst HVAC system photos to robf@ncihvac.com for the October Photo of the...

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