Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine January 2025

News Magazine January 2024

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be slow, and demand will continue to increase. As a business owner you must choose your business. Finance, or HVAC installations and service. Long term financing may force you to change your business model. Certainly, there are companies that carry the paper on the financial side. But your strategy may move from growing a business to maintaining financial opportunities for customers. Larger companies will have a leg up on most financing opportunities. Just as discounts on equipment bought in larger lots can be substantial, financing for the small business owner will be more expensive in most instances. Never lose sight of the fact shorter term financing presents less risk to your customer base. The longer you finance, the more risk of the relationship going bad. While keeping the financial assistance as short as possible sixty months can give the customer,

Comfortable. With these issues obtained, the systems would run trouble free for years with accompanied maintenance. The number one issue preventing QEC from delivered, is correct airflow across all components as designed. If air is not spot on, nothing works right. Requirements for the home In the last issue of Arkansas HVACR magazine, we discussed the fact that most contractors trust the builder to get the framing and general construction right. All too often it is not the case. Blower door research will validate the actual air leakage that exists. These numbers can provide confidence to adjust capacity when necessary. This information can be a great defense attorney when a contractor justifies his position on sizing or troubleshooting someone ’s work other than your own. Requirement for the equipment The manufacturer will set the air flow requirements in the data provided with the new equipment. We need to take the time to read the information supplied with the new equipment. Selecting filters Selecting filters is a greater challenge than most will ever believe. As a contractor, do your research by looking at real-time performance of filters. A filter may claim to deliver specific cfm, but at what expense in static pressure. Statics across the filter should never run at over a .15 IWC. Most filters we evaluate on an average installation cost well above .3

$10,000 for just over $165 monthly

$20,000 for just over $330 monthly

$30,000 for just over $500 monthly

These numbers are just as a general outline depending on the customers’ credit worthiness. Regardless of how you get the equipment in the home, the result must be products that meet QEC. Quiet, Efficient and