I found my HVAC technician through social media advertising

I haven’t had the most positive experiences dealing with social media.

I guess I’m thankful these websites weren’t around when I was a preteen, but it has been enough in the time since college.

Staying in touch with my friends from school shouldn’t require me wading through so much negativity. I feel bad for anyone who fails to see through the facade that we all perpetuate on these websites by only focusing on the happy and exciting moments in life. Or, you have people who are toxic and only want to post about how much they hate the world and everyone who inhabits it. Once you’ve seen this world evolve over the past 15 years, you start to lose any desire to stay in it. However, there are occasions where I find good information through social media. Sometimes social media websites are the only places where I can find reliable reviews for local businesses that aren’t reviewed on Google. Other times you are confronted by ads for these types of businesses when you visit pages on social media devoted to your city, neighborhood, or community. That was the case with my new heating and cooling supplier. I had been grumbling for months about the below-average service I was getting from my previous HVAC company, but I hadn’t started looking for an alternative yet. When the ad for the new HVAC company appeared on my newsfeed on Facebook, I decided to look into their presence in my community through local reviews. It turns out that this HVAC company is highly rated among other people in this area. I’m glad that I took a risk and hired them for air conditioner service, because now I have a maintenance contract with the highest rated HVAC company in this part of the state.

 

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My home’s value rose after I installed a geothermal heat pump in the backyard

If I get a holiday bonus from work, I try to use it to invest in my house and property.

Even though this place was built decades ago, I have slowly renovated it during the time living here. Instead of spending it on alcohol or food, I’m building equity in my home. And because of my construction experience, I don’t need to pour lots of money into labor fees with a handyman or a home contractor. The real cost is in supplies like plywood which have risen in value over the past few years to a degree that we have never seen before. You have to factor in the cost of materials whenever you’re planning a new improvement on your home. Unfortunately, my skills in home improvement projects don’t extend into the world of heating and cooling. On top of that, you can void warranties with HVAC manufacturers by installing or repairing their equipment if you’re not a certified HVAC technician. But even when I found a good HVAC company for my new heating and cooling system, I got stuck trying to choose the equipment and style of HVAC. I had read about geothermal heat pumps but was taken aback by the insane cost of installation. But since my holiday bonus was a lot larger than I was first anticipating, I used that money as a downpayment on a geothermal heat pump while putting the rest of the equipment on a payment plan. Obviously the quality of my indoor climate control jumped with the geothermal heat pump, but I wasn’t expecting the value on my house to jump so high. I guess these are coveted HVAC systems and are seen as the ultimate investment in climate control if money wasn’t an issue. They’re inaccessible to most people unless they were lucky enough to find a house for sale that already has a geothermal heat pump installed.

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I’m glad that I let an HVAC technician assist me with installing my new window a/c

My dad told me that a mature person admits when they need help, especially if it’s with something that is new to them.

  • He was humbled by the computer technology that his employer embraced in the 1990s.

It wasn’t easy learning these new machines at my father’s age during this time, but he persevered. Now he’s a leader in his industry and has seen several generations of computer technology in the years since his first exposure. We can only make the most out of the circumstances in which we’re raised and from the people who brought us into existence. The only way we can learn is by asking for help from those that already possess the knowledge and experience. I thought that I could install my new window a/c on my own because I’ve seen others do it before. Despite this, I’m really thankful that my anxiety got the better of me and made me realize that I needed professional help. I called my HVAC supplier and they sent out an HVAC technician a day later to help me get my new window a/c installed in my house. I bought it for my home office to give it an independent source of air conditioning. Thankfully my HVAC supplier did the work for free as I already pay for an annual service and maintenance contract on my central HVAC system. The technician was happy to help me with my window a/c because he said that it’s a nice break from dealing with commercial HVAC systems everyday that require him to hurt his body twisting and contorting in weird angles. He was also very patient in showing me what he was doing through the whole process. Now I feel confident that I could install a window air conditioner without help in the future. But if I hadn’t reached out for help in the first place, I would have never learned!

 

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Some of the best heating and cooling companies survive on referrals and word of mouth

I worked for a family and estate attorney towards the end of high school. He was young enough to be an older brother figure, but old enough that we were in two different generations. It was nice learning from him for the two years I worked at his law firm. He told me to be cautious with any lawyers who use TV commercials and highway billboards to advertise their services. His employers in years past got by without ever needing to invest law firm money into commercials or advertisements. Honestly he said that it was crazy when they were in such high demand and had to turn some potential clients away or give them referrals to other lawyers who also survive without ads on TV. It’s not just lawyers, there are other professionals and tradesmen who also get by on referrals and word of mouth alone. The best heating and cooling companies I have ever worked with from one state to the next have been companies that survived for decades through positive customer recommendations and referrals. My current HVAC supplier is a good example because I would have never discovered their business if it hadn’t been for the man behind the counter at the local hardware store in town. This was a tactic I learned from one of my former coworkers. He doesn’t trust online reviews exclusively, so he said that he will look for members of his community that deal with these sorts of companies regularly. And since so many hardware store customers are working with these HVAC companies, the employees of the store hear the gossip. Thankfully this tactic worked out for me and now I have a great HVAC supplier that gives me great service at an affordable price.

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Movies under the stars, however only when it’s cold out

I was fortunate to have cool roommates when the lockdown hit.

Both of us had a span of a few months where we literally could go nowhere, plus were totally homebound. If I had been trapped with another group of guys, it might have been torturous, however we managed to make the most of it. It helped that we were all actually into smoking weed plus watching movies, because that was about all we could do. I had the plan to set up a makeshift movie screen in the backyard, so we could smoke plus watch movies under the stars. When it got cold, we dragged the aged space furnace outside plus used it as a footrest, however when it got too boiling there was little we could do. First of all we didn’t have a small air conditioner system, plus even if we did, kneeling it outside really wouldn’t make much difference to the heat plus humidity. Also, there is a sizable difference that I have seen in the volume levels of heating systems as opposed to cooling units. A space furnace might hum a little bit, however it will never be loud enough to drown out a movie, but can you imagine 1 of those hotel sized air conditioner systems roaring away while we were trying to watch a movie? Even if it worked at cooling us off, we wouldn’t be able to hear anything else. Alas, outdoor movie mornings only happen when it gets cold, plus the rest of the time we stay in the boring aged living room with the central air conditioner.

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Helping to build up smaller Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies

In what has to be the weirdest timing in history, I was laid off from our task several weeks before the COVID pandemic shut them down.

To be honorableit actually helped to motivate me, because although the two events were unrelated, it still felt like revenge being exacted on the business who fired me.

I set up an office in the spare dining room of our home plus got right to work in building a modern patron base plus finding modern distributors to represent. I had worked in the advertising office of a major Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C dealer, plus now was determined to use our skills to help the competitors of our aged bosses. I didn’t want to go big, though, plus decided that if I worked for another major Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business I would get treated the same as before. I started approaching locally owned plus operated Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies instead, because I thought that it would be great to help the “little guys.”The concern the smaller Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies have is reach plus exposure, because they don’t have the budget for major advertising campaigns. I scaled down our approach plus focused on social media, so I could work with small Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies in a dozen unusual areas, so that none of them would be in competition with 1 another. Instead of 1 big patron now I have a dozen smaller clients, plus our bottom line has improved, plus the income for the Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies I work for; Both of us may not put the major Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C companies out of business, however we are still making great strides toward success.

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The tornado ripped up our air conditioner system

This section of the country is known for hurricanes, not for twisters; Every year the state gets pounded with several large storm fronts, causing property damage to varying degrees, but last year was our first encounter with a tornado, however, plus I have to say it’s a lot more alarming to witness, then i was at home, late at night, plus the power went out.

I didn’t even have time to get up from our chair when I heard what sounded like a locomotive engine, passing right over the house. I heard a metallic shredding sound, plus then the winds settled down plus the noise went away! A few moments later the power came back on, however the air conditioner did not. I was too uneasy to go outside, so I waited out the rest of the night without our air conditioner, but when the sunlight came up, I heard a lot of people outside making a fuss over their disfigure, plus I stepped out back to see how badly disfigured our AC unit was, and on the positive side, it was not disfigured, however on the pitfall side, the air handling unit for our central Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C plan was legitimately gone, then the air conditioner system had been plucked off of the cement slab to which it had been bolted, plus taken away to Oz, I guess! I walked up plus down the street, talking to folks plus finding out how bad their damage was, plus despite the fact that I kept our eye out for our air conditioner system, I never found it. What happened to the AC unit, I will never know.

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The tornado ripped up my air conditioner

This part of the country is known for hurricanes, not for twisters; Every year the state gets pounded with several massive storm fronts, causing property destruction to varying degrees.

Last year was my first encounter with a tornado, but, and I have to say it’s a lot more horrifying to witness.

I was at home, late at night, and the power went out. I didn’t even have time to get up from my chair when I heard what sounded love a locomotive engine, passing right over the house. I heard a metallic shredding sound, and then the winds settled down and the noise went away! A few moments later the power came back on, however the air conditioner did not. I was too concerned to go outside, so I waited out the rest of the night without my air conditioner; When the sunshine came up, I heard a lot of people outside making a fuss over their destruction, and I stepped out back to see how badly destructiond my AC component was, on the positive side, it was not destructiond, however on the negative side, the air handling component for my central Heating, Ventilation, and A/C proposal was legitimately gone, however the air conditioner had been plucked off of the stone slab to which it had been bolted, and taken away to Oz, I guess! I walked up and down the street, talking to folks and finding out how poor their destruction was, and but I kept my eye out for my air conditioner, I never found it. What happened to the AC unit, I will never know.

 

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I had a enjoyable plan about air filters

When I took apart our first a/c, I didn’t guess that I was taking a glimpse into our future; My father was the handyman for a local hotel at the time, and I would spend a lot of time at work with him.

Every one of us didn’t have money for a sitter ,or afternoon care, so after school I just went to the hotel with him and carried her tools around.

Sporadically I got to watch cartoons in the room as she did her repairs, so overall it wasn’t too bad. One of the tasks she hated the most was working on the a/cs in the rooms, because it seemed savor they broke down all the time. One afternoon I told our dad that the maids should check the air filters in the A/C units whenever they cleaned a room. She asked myself and others why I said that, and I replied that the main cause of the a/cs overheating was due to blocked up air filters. If the maids checked and changed the air filters respectfully, then there wouldn’t be so much building up dust and dirt, and there would be fewer A/C concerns. My dad passed the air filter plan on to the management, who implemented it and provided our dad a raise! Since the air filter plan had been mine, she took myself and others out for ice cream, and told myself and others that she wanted to start teaching myself and others a lot more about Heating and A/C systems. She knew I was smart, and that reading the Heating and A/C trade would give myself and others a enjoyable future.

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A close call with a tornado and an a/c

A few years ago a tornado tore through this city.

  • The night before I heard the winds and the rain, but fell asleep in front of the television and didn’t notice anything major happening.

The next day I woke up and took the cat for a walk, at which point I saw that several houses on our street had been utterly destroyed. I could clearly see the path the twister had taken, and thankfully it had gone down the other side of the street, and not our side. It wasn’t until later that afternoon when I went out in the backyard when I saw the smashed a/c. To be clear, it was not mine — I ran over to our air handler and found it none the worse for wear. In the middle of the yard was someone else’s a/c, and it looked savor it had fallen from a fantastic height, and smashed to pieces on the ground, how deeply asleep was I that I didn’t hear this big Heating and A/C machine plowing into our yard? It wasn’t until later I realized how lucky I was, because that a/c was just 12 feet away from hitting our house! I am not a scientist, but I guess that such a big a/c coming down from such a height would easily tear through our roof and possibly kill whoever was under that roof! I would come to find out that the a/c belonged to a girl named Ed, who lived about several miles from me. I’m ecstatic the injure wasn’t worse!

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