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by Jim Davis
We've just released a new Barometric Damper Installation Procedure that will enable you to easily determine how to diagnose the need for, and install, barometric dampers under a variety of field conditions. Let's walk through a typical multiple vent scenario...
Balancing a zoned system requires a few more steps than balancing a typical constant volume system. Let's take a look at the zoned system balancing procedure and investigate the differences. The added work increases the labor about 25% on a project. The first step is...
Balancing a zoned system requires a few more steps than balancing a typical constant volume system. Let's take a look at a zoned system balancing procedure and investigate the differences. The first step is to inspect the system and compare the plan to what actually...
Remember your first day in NCI's air balancing seminar? Most of us registered for the class thinking we were going to learn how to use a balancing hood and adjust dampers and that would be about it. By the end of the seminar your head was swimming with all the...
by Nita Brooks
Avoid Communication 'Misfires' by Nita Brooks, NCI Business Solutions Development Manager In today’s fast-paced world, everything revolves around effective communication. The stream of communication, or the lack of it, makes a huge impact on your productivity and...
If you flip through your NCI Inc. Air Balancing Workbook you'll see techniques to implement testing into your service, sales, installation, and marketing. These testing and sales methods constitute the NCI Inc. system to put into practice air diagnostic testing and...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Mr. Willy Müller invented the first automatic answering machine in 1935. Do you know...? How your business phone is answered says a lot about your company. Done well, you have increased customer loyalty and revenue. Done poorly, you have lost a client and lost...
When it comes to sizing HVAC ducts, we all have some interesting stories to share. One saying that many of us often repeat is "every duct system we ever designed worked perfectly, until the day we got our first air balancing hood." We all learned a few things that...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
NBI Certified Balancing Contractors are beginning to lead the industry in Kitchen Exhaust System balancing. While kitchen exhaust balancing is touched on in the air balancing seminars, more specific training for commercial kitchens is covered in NCI's PerforMaxx...
by Nita Brooks
Are You a Trailblazer? Then Embrace Change! By Nita Brooks, NCI Business Solutions Development Manager A trailblazer is a person who makes, does or discovers something new and makes it acceptable or popular to follow a new path. Do you have a vision of a different...
