I work for Appel Heating & Air Conditioning in Carmel, Indiana. We are a residential heating & air conditioning contractor serving northern Marion county & all of Hamilton county, Indiana.

We specialize in repair, maintenance & replacement of residential & light commerical comfort control equipment. I'm the Service Manager by title but wear all hats (keeps the dome from getting a sunburn!) as we are a small firm. Primarily I'm in the office scheduling & dispatching calls, processing service invoices and costing installations. I do all of the purchasing, stocking & dispensing materials as well. In the past I ran sales calls. In times of heat waves & cold waves, or when we are short of help,  I do run repair calls and do work installations when I can't get out of it. I do prefer office work to field work - don't like getting dirty & cut up. I've never heard of someone needing stitches from a paper cut but did see a cut one summer that required 19 stitches (a new company record) to a hand.

Much of what I've done online in the last 15 years is give advice to homeowners purchasing equipment and needing service. So below is are many pages of HVAC information. Start surfing! I hope they help answer questions you may have and even provide some entertainment!

GOAdvice on purchasing new heating & cooling equipment
GO See some pretty pictures!
GO To check out some HVAC links January 14, 2006
GO For a history of the industry's brands January 15, 2006
GO My employer's web site, I'm the webmaster!
GO For a comparison of A/C units (2006 models) May 21th,2006
GO For a comparison of 90% furnaces (2005 models) January 3rd, 2005

GO For information about gas furnace & chimney issues
GO To an index of some more HVAC stuff, funny & otherwise
GO To return to my home page