Well... here we go. My first blog post. No filters, no fancy graphics (yet), and definitely no polished logo—just me, Riley, sitting at a worn desk after a long install day, staring at a screen instead of a blower motor.
I’ve been in HVAC for over a decade, and I’ve gotten pretty good at troubleshooting a fried circuit board or figuring out why your house is 68 downstairs and 82 upstairs. But this—this whole blogging thing—is a new beast. This is me stepping into a world of links, headers, image uploads, and figuring out what the hell a favicon is. Spoiler: I don’t know yet.
I started this blog because the stories we live out in the trades don’t get told enough. HVAC isn’t just tools and ductwork and “your filter’s dirty.” It’s problem solving. It’s building trust. It’s crawling into hot attics and cold crawlspaces because someone needs to be comfortable in their home—and someone has to know how to make that happen.
And the people doing that work? They’re not all what you expect. Some of us are women. Some of us run our own businesses. Some of us started out scared to hold a drill and now lead crews, fix complex systems, and train the next generation.
So while this page doesn’t look fancy yet (believe me, the logo is coming—just as soon as I figure out how to make it not look like it was drawn in kindergarten), I hope it becomes something useful. A place where:
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I can share stories from the field
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You can get a better idea of what HVAC life is really like
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And maybe, someone out there who never saw themselves in the trades realizes that yeah, they can do this too
This is the start. It won’t be perfect. But it will be honest. And full of heart.
Catch you on the next call.
— Riley
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