Summer in most areas of the country means a/c systems working in overdrive. For HVAC contractors, this leads to completely full schedules, emergency calls on the weekends, and dog-tired technicians crawling through blazing hot attics. During the peak seasons, there’s plenty of work to go around, so staying busy almost comes by default without having to do a whole lot other than be open and available.
Depending on the size of staff and capabilities, some contractors are booking weeks out or even turning away work by mid-summer. It’s a great problem to have, and life is good when you’re in the black and the schedule is full, but I want to ask a question here. Have you ever been through a peak season where it seemed like you worked just as hard as all the other years, maybe even more so, but came out on the other side with less money year over year? How does this happen?