Author: Francis

I started working for a general contractor when I was 18. By the age of 22 I was certified, bonded, and had left the contractor to start my own specialty business. I won’t say it was an easy path, because there were several lean years at first. Eventually I started to grow my reputation, because […]

One of the local celebrities we have here in town is a crime fiction writer of some renown. She has written twenty three different crime novels over the last thirty years, and while she is not exactly a New York Times bestseller, she is a pretty big deal in our small town! She called the […]

I say that Max was a traveling HVAC repairman, but in truth he only ever fixed the H, never the V or the AC. Max is in charge of scheduling at work. A long time ago I saw the benefit of getting close with Max. Some of the other techs mock me for it, but […]

I am a book collector, and I want to talk a little bit about the importance of air quality to your books. I know this blog post isn’t for everyone – but it’s for someone! You know who you are. The people who love books, not just reading them, but owning them. People like us […]

Rex is the oldest guy at work. He rarely goes out in the field anymore, usually he handles the incoming shipments and manages the front office. Rex has paid his dues, so we take our orders from him and he stays behind. He once told me “learn everything you can, but find one thing that […]