HVACR contractors looking to get a leg up on their competition have turned to a popular method of direct mail advertising - Valpak® money-saving coupons.
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have become so popular, in such a short period of time, that one consumer poll ranked GPS satellites in a list of the 10 most important innovations in the last 75 years.
When a Houston-based business experienced repeated compressor failures that were a direct result of liquid floodback, G and W Service Co. was called to pinpoint and correct the source of the problem. Sporlan Valve was brought in for a consultation.
A recent study by a Baghdad University engineering graduate student, using load calculation software, has been able to determine the cooling loads for several high-profile projects to restore buildings that were either looted or destroyed during the war in Iraq.
Mike Murphy has been appointed editor-in-chief of The Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, as well as manager of conferences, announced News Publisher John Conrad.
After a year of rapid and challenging realignment of manufacturing processes, and now dealing with regulations regarding higher efficiencies and a new refrigerant, Nordyne president and CEO David LaGrand is predicting a bright future for the company's distributors and dealers.
Steve Miles, service manager for Jerry Kelly Co., St. Charles, Mo., and a Contractor Consultant for The News, recently introduced a system designed to locate and document cracks in heat exchangers.
Santa Energy is a company at work year-round, not just at Christmas. This contractor installs and services various types of equipment. However, fuel oil is its passion.
Sean Smith was wrapping up a no heat call. He had just replaced the thermocouple and decided to check for spillage from the draft diverter - a sure sign that the draft from combustion products was not going up the chimney, its intended path. It was a routine checklist item. Smith determined that the chimney was completely blocked.
A contractor may choose to switch when a distributor sells or merges his or her business, or makes changes with key personnel. The News asked its panel of Contractor Consultants if there is any way to cushion the blow of a business breakup.
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