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by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Jeff Wheat, this months NCI member of the month is one of the family members owning and managing Wheat & Sons, Inc. a nearly $5 million per year plumbing and heating company located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Jeff manages the technical side of the company with his...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Congratulations to Jack Davis, June's NCI Contractor of the month. We've been keeping an eye on Jack and his company since he attended an Air Balancing Seminar in January of this year and have been impressed with his ability to successfully implement Performance Based...
Is HVAC System Duct Leakage Testing Enough? by David Richardson Duct leakage is an issue that has challenged the HVAC industry for as long as duct systems have been installed. The concept of resolving duct leakage issues isn’t a new one. If you have seen some of the...
Is Airflow Measurement Enough? Rob "Doc" Falke, NCI President Recently a long time successful NCI contractor contacted me concerning a light commercial project he was struggling with - a 7 ½ ton and a 5 ton unit servicing an office area with sixty uncomfortable women....
by David Holt
Is 2014 Your Year to Shine? by David Holt, NCI Director Sales & Service Leadership The members of your team perform dozens of business processes each and every day. For example, your team may go through the same steps repeatedly when they generate a report,...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
How many times in a week is your service technician placed in a situation where he or she finds a problem with a customer's system and when he approaches them with their options they're upset with the unexpected expense? You're stuck explaining options until they...
by Michael Weil
What is the Relationship between the Internet-of-Things and Performance-Based Contracting? by Mike Weil The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not fighting the old, but on building the new – Socrates One of the things I love about the HVAC Industry is its...
Interior Doors and Intermittent HVAC Comfort Problems by David Richardson This cooling season, HVAC professionals across the country will be called upon to solve intermittent comfort problems they can't recreate. These frustrating and random problems often involve...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
There's nothing more frustrating than not being able to balance a system when it was built without balancing dampers, and the plenum and take-offs are behind a finished ceiling. Here's a little trick we use to install dampers on critical ducts in finished basement...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Rick Rohrbacher is the owner of Insight Air located in Phoenix Arizona. In addition to having his second daughter two weeks ago and moving into their new home two weeks from now, it's been a very busy spring at for Rick and the rest of his company. As we spoke with...
