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I could never understand why anyone would want to live in a tiny house.

I saw them as a sardine can, and only my wife and I had to share it.

I knew it would be crowded and uncomfortable, but I at least liked the company I was keeping. I wasn’t sure if my wife would like me for very long if we had to live in a sardine can. Those thoughts were going through my mind when my daughter told me she wanted a tiny home. She asked me if I would help her decide what HVAC I should put in the tiny house. I had been an HVAC technician for many years, but I had never thought about installing HVAC into a tiny home. I looked into several different systems, but none of them sounded feasible. I knew they had compact HVAC systems, but after seeing the tiny home, I knew it would take up too much space inside the home. I asked my daughter if she had thought about getting ductless HVAC for the house. I showed her where we could put one unit that would virtually heat and cool the entire tiny home. She didn’t like where I showed her the placement, but I was afraid if it was at the other end of the house, it wouldn’t heat the upper level. Once I looked at the upper level, I wouldn’t want to go up there if I was a heating system. When I told her that, she laughed. She kissed my cheek and told me she was living in the playhouse I would never build for her.

 

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I wasn’t just helping people find the perfect HVAC system for their needs, but I was learning how to build HVAC systems.

Someone once asked me what it was like to be an HVAC technician, and I told them it was rewarding work. I could have been more effusive, but I was bored. I wanted something more to do. I liked being an HVAC technician, but I thought there was something more for me to do in my life. When I had the opportunity to become an HVAC contractor, I was finally excited. I knew how to repair and install HVAC systems, but now I was going to be building them. I could go into homes and inspect HVAC systems for prospective buyers and sellers. I worked with people having houses built, so they had the perfect HVAC system for their needs. I also helped people decide what type of HVAC system they want. The only problem with being an HVAC contractor was my interest. Being an HVAC contractor is interesting, but I wanted to go further. I went back to school for HVAC engineering. I wasn’t just helping people find the perfect HVAC system for their needs, but I was learning how to build HVAC systems. I knew the HVAC system inside and out, and was helping to build one that was more economical and environmentally friendly. I’m not just having a job that is rewarding or interesting or even exciting. I was enjoying being an HVAC engineer, and I was doing something that would be beneficial not for those today, but for the future of HVAC. It took about fifteen years to get where I am, but I don’t begrudge any of the time I had to put in to get here.

 

 

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The only reason I was going to HVAC school was to make my dad happy.

He wanted me to join his HVAC company.

I wasn’t sure I wanted to be an HVAC technician, but I knew I had to go. My father wouldn’t have asked me to be an HVAC technician if it wasn’t important to him. He had always talked about giving his company to his first born, when he retired. I wasn’t his first born, but I was his only son. My sister didn’t want to be an HVAC technician, and that left the HVAC company to me. It wasn’t until I went to HVAC school that I knew I wanted to be there. The excitement of the other students had me excited, and I couldn’t wait to get inside and learn all about heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. My father was an HVAC company owner, but he didn’t bring his work home with him. He was introverted, and the only one he really talked to other than my mother, was his HVAC technicians. He was now talking to me about what I learned and asking if he could help me. It wasn’t until I was in my hand-on classes that I found out dad was one of the instructors. I got to work for his best friend, and competitor for two months, and then I worked with dad. I couldn’t believe how much fun I was having, and how quickly the time went. Before I knew it, I had graduated HVAC school, and was working on my certification. I was also looking forward to working with my dad and someday owning the HVAC company.

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Until my husband became an HVAC technician, I had never been to a company party.

When my husband started talking about the BBQ the HVAC company owner had every year, I didn’t know if I wanted to go.

My dad used to talk about the company picnics he went to until he had us girls. He thought taking triplets to a company picnic was a little too much for everyone else. He and mom thought they would go nuts when we were growing up, and he didn’t want to put anyone else through it. We are grown up now, and on our own, but I remember dad not taking us to any of his work events. This year, my husband and brother-in-law work at the same HVAC company. Although I’m looking forward to spending the day with one of my sisters, I’m not looking forward to the HVAC party. We were talking about it last night, and she was excited. She told me she had heard a lot about the BBQ’s. The owner of the HVAC company had raffle tickets that got you anything from a gag gift to a three-day weekend without a beeper. I thought that would be nice, but I still didn’t know if I wanted to go. After she begged, I asked my husband what time we had to leave for the BBQ. He told me he had his beeper, but he would like to be there by lunch. We didn’t know that whoever had the beeper had a definite prize of a three-day weekend at the shore.

 

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I’m not sure why everyone talks about HVAC technicians and how much sleep they don’t get.

No one ever thinks about the wife of an HVAC technician.

There are no regular hours for my HVAC technician husband. He is always running late, or he is on call and I can’t keep up with him. I often eat without him, and his dinner is put in the microwave or the oven. I couldn’t tell you how many date nights we have had interrupted because his beeper went off, and he needed to go back to work. It got to where we didn’t go out unless he had the entire weekend off, and often he would still be on call. They always need a backup for the HVAC technician who was on call. If a second emergency came up and the HVAC technician was already dealing with an emergency, they had to have someone ready to go out. The last time my husband and I had an uninterrupted date night, was when we were on vacation. However, even then it wasn’t uninterrupted. We went into this new seafood restaurant that was on the waterfront. The humidity was horrible when you were outside, but it was even worse inside. My husband knew the air conditioning wasn’t working well. Instead of just asking if the HVAC technician was on the way, he offered his expertise. He said he didn’t think it would take very long to repair, because he thought it was just a clogged air filter. The only good thing was that we got our dinner for free, and a voucher for another free dinner any time in the future.

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When I walked into my first HVAC class, the instructor changed our seats.

• I always go to the front of the room because I have a minor hearing problem.

I have hearing aids, but if I’m not in the front, I can’t distinguish between voices. I have had this hearing problem since I was a kid, and I knew what to do to compensate. When the instructor walked into the HVAC class, he moved everyone. We were put according to last names, and I ended up in the back seat. For the first hour, I had no idea what was going on, because I couldn’t understand what he was saying. I didn’t want to say something in front of everyone, but he was accusing me of not listening. When the class was put on break, he stopped me. He asked what was wrong with his teaching? I shook my head. He wanted to know why I wasn’t listening, and told me I couldn’t have the earphones in while in class. I chuckled and told him they were earphones. I was partially deaf and they were my hearing aids. He turned all shades of red, and asked why I wasn’t in the front of the class. Once I reminded him I was until he changed our seats, the HVAC instructor turned an even deeper shade of red. When class was back in session, he moved several of us, so it didn’t look like he was just picking on me. He said they were shiny, happy HVAC faces that needed to be seen more clearly.

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I was a stay-at-home wife and mother.

I had originally planned to go back to work after the baby was born, but I didn’t have a baby.

I had three babies, and we didn’t know. The doctor had told us it looked like twins, but they were back to front, and it could have been a shadow. When two came out, we weren’t shocked, but when the third emerged, I knew my plans to go back to work were blown. I would be lucky if I got to return to work until the boys were in their teens, and by then I may not have a job. Ten years later, and I was still at home. I had to call the HVAC technician and have him come and look at the air conditioner. I wasn’t sure what was wrong, but it sounded weird. When the HVAC technician arrived, we talked about the AC, and he asked if it would be okay to turn the breaker off so he could look inside. Not ten seconds after he turned the breaker off, my youngest by twenty seconds, came running downstairs to let me know the AC went off. I said I know, just as my oldest by six minutes asked if I knew the air conditioning was off. The middle one walked in and started to ask, and I know there is no air conditioning. He looked at me and asked if I knew how much he loved the air conditioning. I told him no one loves air conditioning more than me, and told them to go back upstairs, and the HVAC technician is outside.
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