Usually the biggest disaster one has to worry about on one’s wedding day is Uncle Al getting overserved and somehow ending up with the microphone and making an inappropriate toast. For a couple in Brooklyn, the bigger problem was air conditioning.

A lot of day-to-day annoyances can ruin the week. Customers not paying their bills after the work is done, employees not taking their jobs seriously enough, and the DVR malfunctioning and not taping “The Jersey Shore” are all occurrences that can lead to frustration.

Ron Lyon works in the facilities department as an HVACR technician at Bombardier Aerospace and is the second winner of the Dealer Design Product Giveaway.

Many Americans no longer have a hands-on philosophy when it comes to home repair. Who says so? Cliff Clavin says so and that is good enough for me.

There are many reasons there could be some strange noises coming from an old air conditioner. It could be loose hardware, a refrigerant problem, or a family pet getting a chill.

The first winner of The NEWS’ Dealer Design Product Giveaway contest was recently announced. The lucky individual was Jennifer Rodriguez from Big Sky Heating and Air Conditioning in Caldwell, Idaho.

The NEWS has launched an exciting product giveaway contest of which everyone reading this is eligible to win. All you have to do is visit our 2009 Dealer Design Awards Website (www.achrnews.com/2009dealerdesign) and register to win.

On those hot summer days, I’ve always thanked Willis Carrier - the man who invented air conditioning. So imagine my surprise when I was trolling the Internet and ran across the name John Gorrie.

This appeared in my e-mail inbox last week and was verified by snopes.com. With all the talk about the importance of green living, I thought readers would find this interesting.

The editors at The NEWS know enough to know we don’t know it all, so we are opening up the blog section to some real experts - contractors.