We were honored to have our owner, Hugh Joyce, interviewed by NBC12 concerning the fiscal cliff situation.  Video below:

Richmond business owner reacts to fiscal cliff discussion

James River Air is pleased to announce that we have again been recognized as an Angie’s List Super Service Award Winner for 2012 in the categories of HVAC and Plumbing!

Thank you to all of our clients that have taken the time to give us feedback through the Angie’s List site, we appreciate your time!

Last night we were pleased to have a large turnout for our Women’s Career Seminar.  Pictured below is one of our female techs, Lindsay, checking out a unit.  We’re going to start a six-week course to teach basic preventive maintenance strategies, troubleshooting, and customer service.  We think this is a great opportunity and were glad that so many people were interested!

As you may know, James River Air has a team of both commercial and residential plumbers to handle issues like leaking sinks, toilet and water heater replacements, and sewer line cleaning.

One problem we run into is tracing down sewer issues.  One way we can test it is using peppermint extract, but sometimes we need something more sophisticated like a smoke test.

You can spend over a thousand dollars to buy a tool to do this.  One of our commercial plumbers, Bob, had the bright idea to make one in house for a fraction of that!  He had our sheet metal shop fabricate a box for him with a door to put a smoke pellet in, hooked up a spare fan motor he head, and put some insulation on it since it gets warm when operating.  Nice job, Bob!

We’re all about finding creative solutions to problems like this that will help our customers.

James River Air Conditioning is proud to announce that we have been named Contracting Business Magazine’s “Residential HVAC Contractor of the Year”!

This is a great honor, and we would like to thank our customers for their business, as well as all of our employees who work hard to give those customers great service!

Thank you, Richmonders, for again voting us one of the 2013 R-Home Reader Favorites!  Check out this month’s R-Home Magazine for the full story.

Our Solar Idea House was featured in an article in the Times Dispatch – Click here to read!

Wendell East in our Commercial Service Department faced a challenge… how to get a huge water heater into a room when it wouldn’t fit through the door! His ingenious solution – build a stand and roll it in! We’re proud to have Wendell on our team of technicians that are able to do whatever it takes to get things done for our clients!

James River Air is proud to be featured in the following two articles posted this month!

“Solar Cottage I Showcases Sustainable Technologies” – by Candace Roulo of Contractor Magazine

“Embracing a Green Business Model” – by Contractor Excellence Staff

Click through to read about the exciting new techologies we’re using in our Idea Buildings. Call us at (804) 358-9333 to learn how you can use these same technologies in your home or business!