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You offer HVAC services to homeowners and businesses and you want the whole world to know. You always put your best foot forward and you provide service to your customers that is always above and beyond their expectations. The customers you serve are always pleased with your work and you want to parlay their happiness into more business for your company. Word of mouth is an effective way for your past customers to help your business grow, but these days, there's nothing better than online revie …

  So what does the Testo 550 do better? Higher accuracy, the Testo 550 has 2-3 time the accuracy of analog gauges and does not easily go out of calibration No need for a temperature pressure chart, the Testo 550 calculates saturation temperatures for every common refrigerant Real-time superheat and sub-cooling. The 550 will calculate superheat and sub-cooling on systems when they are unstable like periods of low load. Because it tracks changes in real time it is easy to see min, max, …

In my twenties, I spent a lot of time doing service calls in some of the tallest buildings in downtown Baton Rouge.  Some of the mechanical rooms inside these buildings are a sight to see.  They are full of heavy industrial equipment from pumps to chillers and steel piping everywhere!  Have you ever been in a large commerce building that is vacant?  It can be a bit eerie and creepy quiet.  This is the same feeling I would get when walking into a basement floor mechanica …

Last summer I went to the home of a new customer on a sales call.  A previous company had come out and told her that the system had a bad compressor and that the air conditioning system needed to be replaced. I went into the home, and I came to the same conclusion.  However, upon my inspection, I pointed out to her that the fresh air intakes for both air conditioning units were disconnected and capped off.  She went into an explanation that the previous company who capped off the …

This story begins with a Catholic priest, Fr. Miles Walsh. Fr. Miles pays remarkably close attention to his church’s real estate, and especially the church itself. I know this because ever since I turned 18 and first became a bonafide technician, Fr. Miles’ account at the church of Our Lady of Mercy in Baton Rouge was one that I more or less supervised. Now here is something that I still have trouble trying to explain: I know that Fr. Miles wanted me to personally service his church—not that he …

Do you remember at the beginning of Jerry Maguire when Tom Cruise had that moment of clarity as he composed his mission statement? As I sit here tonight, a young man, who has just been promoted within the company which I work.  Now, more than ever, it has become my task to feed the need for our technician gap. This has always been an issue, but now this is on my shoulders- to fill this void. I have nobody to blame if this void is not filled, nobody but myself. We have all used the excus …

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Combustion efficiency is a measurement of how well the fuel being burned is being utilized in the combustion process. This is different from the efficiency number produced on the analyzer, which is reflective of the total amount of heat available from the fuel minus the losses from the gasses going up the stack.   Stack loss is a measure of the heat carried away by dry flue gases and the moisture loss. It is a good indicator of thermal efficiency. The stack temperature is the temperatur …

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Social media for HVAC companies is now essential for any business looking for ways to improve its marketing. With over 70% of Americans on social media, it just shows the size of the potential market that you could miss when you don’t incorporate the platform in your marketing strategy. You can market your HVAC business on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and other sites easier than you think.  Read on for more information on how to use the Internet to get more business for your …