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Ernie's Estimates
Ernie had been building his business like a man laying bricks. He believed in being methodical, and he believed in doing things right. You advertise. You return calls promptly.
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Too Many Choices?
It was time to redo the kitchen. When we did the dormer 25 years ago, the plumber ran the copper tubing across the kitchen ceiling and over to new upstairs bathroom.
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Different Trade, Same Story
Carl’s nephew, Mark, had just graduated from high school and was working as Carl’s helper for the summer.
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The Right Tool for the Job
You know the feeling. You are in a tight crawlspace with a 20-foot crawl to the hatch.
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My Tenderfoot Years
I was an 11-year-old, Tenderfoot Boy Scout, spending a weekend at my first Jamboree. It was just a few miles from where we lived on Long Island, not off in...
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The Ouch Factor
My earliest memory of truly learning about conduction was when I was an 11-year-old Boy Scout at my first jamboree.
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Work for Someone First
An acquaintance wrote to ask this question: I am considering obtaining HVAC licenses and opening up a business.
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Fathers Be Good to Your Daughters
I can't hear that John Mayer song without thinking about our four daughters, and not just because they'll probably choose my nursing home.
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Tracks and Animals
I went to school in Hicksville, New York, starting in 1957 when my parents moved my big brother and me out of Manhattan, where we went to Saint Monica grade...
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Zack the Ripper
Zack the Ripper had no idea what he was looking at but he was not about to let that simple truth stand in his way.
