Article: Contactors' computers aid sales, productivity. (heating and air conditioning contractors use of computers)

Contractors' computers aid sales, productivity

* Using an array of programs, these contractors find it hard to imagine running their businesses without computers.

Roy Mjelde, owner of Top Hat Heating and Cooling in Baraboo, Wis., began using computers six years ago in his eight-year-old business.

Somewhat like Santa Claus, Mjelde came to the hvac business via the chimney; in his chimney restoration business, he found several that needed repair for appliance installations.

When he found he was losing a lot of business to heating contractors because it was cheaper to go with a high-efficiency furnace and vent it out with pvc, he decided to ...

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