Author: Frank

Heating is a key element of survival

There is an old hunting lodge halfway up the mountains, about thirty miles away from the city. When I was a kid my dad used to take me there. He said his dad had built it, but I actually don’t know the legal status of the place. As far as I know it is entirely […]

My HVAC mentorship and training program

I had a sit-down meeting with the chairwoman of the local school board, where I pitched her my mentorship program idea. At this point in my career, I don’t handle a lot of the day-to-day operations. I have a crew of techs, and an office of workers, who manage the business for me. After putting […]

Rock n’ roll HVAC tech

My lifelong dream was to be a professional musician. I guess that is like a lot of kids, growing up worshiping the rock icons and pop stars of the time. I tried my hand at playing guitar, but just wasn’t very good at it. I tried to be a singer, but I wasn’t very good […]

We have to get our air ducts cleaned

We have to get our air ducts cleaned next week. I know that a lot of people think that air duct cleaning is not something that needs to happen all that often. And maybe, that might actually be true. But for us, we have to have our ductwork cleaned out more often than the average […]

Our loud heating system lulls me to sleep

If we had a furnace system that is quieter than the one that we have now, I don’t know that I would ever be able to sleep again! I agree with him that there might be something wrong with the heating system that makes it that loud, but the last thing I want to do […]

We won a radio contest

A couple of weeks ago, we won a radio contest from a local radio station. They were doing one of those contests where they were going to give a prize to the15th caller, and we just happened to be the right number. I could not believe it when we got through to the DJ because […]