Friday, February 28, 2014

First Name Basis

My family uses our air conditioning Port Orange, FL a lot. So much, in fact, that I’m on a first-name basis with everyone at the HVAC company that we use. Just the other day I called them to discuss air conditioning repair options, as I didn’t quite know what was wrong with our unit. They came out to diagnose the problem and provided me with some repair options that would keep our air conditioning running for years to come. As soon as they left, my daughters came home from school and cranked up the air conditioning, insisting it was too hot in the house. Good thing I’m on that first-name basis with the HVAC crew.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Spring RIGHT Around The Corner

With spring around the corner, I can’t help but think about the warm days we’re about to get. And then I remember last spring, when we suddenly had a heat wave here in Birmingham AL, and our air conditioner just wasn't up to snuff. I found myself Googling ‘air conditioning repair’ in Birmingham two days before a big party I was throwing. I was sweating in more ways than one! Luckily I found a local guy who came out and got the system up and running again. He’s on my list to call this spring to come and check everything out, so that I don’t get stuck in the same hot spot again!

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Opposite Sides of the Spectrum

The Mid-Atlantic region can get both extremely hot, and extremely cold. By far one of the longest ongoing struggles for my family is finding a reliable contractor for when things go wrong. This past summer, we came back from my sons little league game to find that our Air Conditioning had cut off. We were not sure what the issue was, and I have no knowledge of AC units. Luckily I found a reliable Clinton MD air conditioning contractor and they were able to correct the issue quickly. They were great- I will never use another contractor again!

Help! Need Help!

I own a small coffee shop and recently was robbed by the manager of my store. As you can image I was completely shocked and horrified. You hire people and help them grow in their careers and they turn out to be stealing money from you. Since the theft was only a couple hundred dollars, the cops aren’t really taking the situation seriously (or as serious as I’d like). I immediately called building maintenance experts in Houston TX to change the locks on all the entrances and put a report in with the police. Aside from that apparently there isn’t much I can do! 

Brand Name

When I was hiring someone to install my heating and AC unit, I needed them to use trane parts. I don’t mean to sound like a snob, but without knowing the name and the quality of the parts that these professionals are using how are we supposed to know their longevity.  It is an expensive endeavor to install an entire heating or AC unit in your home and without knowing the brand name and the type of parts being used, you may be throwing money down the drain as you are going to need to replace these parts dozens of times within your unit’s lifetime.  Who wants to throw money at a problem without it being resolved? I’d rather know the quality of the parts that the company I hire are using rather than continually investing in repairs, wouldn’t you?