A-1 Guaranteed Heating & Air, Inc. Earns Coveted Angie's List Super Service Award
Award reflects businesses' consistently high level of customer service
A-1 Guaranteed Heating & Air, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Angie's List Super Service Award, an honor bestowed annually on
approximately 5 percent of all the businesses rated on the nation's leading provider of
consumer reviews
on local service and health providers.
In addition to this award, they have received Best of Solano County Heating & Air awards for 7 years and KRON4 Best of the Bay for 2 years. They
are also Diamond Certified and one of Vallejo's 1st Certified Green Businesses. Recently they have partnered with Energy Upgrade
California as a participating contractor in their program.
A-1 Guaranteed is located at 1768 Broadway in Vallejo, CA and employs 26 people. Their office
hours are Monday through Saturday from 8am to 5pm. You can reach them at (707) 645-0734 or (888) 421-2473 or www.a-1guaranteed.com.
"Only a fraction of the businesses rated on Angie's List can claim the sterling service record of being a Super Service Award winner because we set a
high bar," said Angie's List Founder Angie Hicks. "The fact that A-1 Guaranteed Heating & Air, Inc. can claim Super Service Award status speaks
volumes about its dedication to consumers."
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Press Release - September 29, 2011
A-1 Guaranteed Heating & Air, Inc.
has now partnered with EnergyUpgradeCA
A-1Guaranteed Heating & Air Inc. has some exciting news for customers.
Richard and Krissy Hiteshaw,
owners of the company
since 1996, said A-1 Guaranteed
has partnered with EnergyUpgradeCA,
a program
created to help reduce energy
usage throughout the state by
offering incentives to homeowners
for a limited time.
These incentive packages
encourage homeowners to take
a "whole house" approach by
combining several related improvements
at once to increase
a home's overall energy efficiency
- and to achieve
greater savings.
By working with participating
contractors, homeowners
can choose from two
incentive options, the Basic
Upgrade Package or the Advanced
Upgrade Package,
based on their improvement
needs and budget.
This program lets A-1
Guaranteed offer the following:
Energy Upgrade California,
$4,200, and Energy Upgrade
California for Contra
Costa County $5,000.
Also available are federal
tax credits ($500), CHF
grants ($1,950), and financing
rates from 0-3 percent.
Company President
Richard Hiteshaw has recently
received his B (General) Contractors
license in addition to
his existing C20 license, which
"has made it possible for us to
be a participating contractor
with the EnergyUpgradeCA
program," said Krissy Hiteshaw,
vice president.
A-1 Guaranteed also is
Building Performance Institute
(BPI) certified, Krissy said.
"When you use a BPI-certified
professional, you get a member
of the elite - someone who
has proven that they have the
knowledge and skills to diagnose
the root cause of the problems
in your house, and the
ability to provide solutions to
fix it right the first time," she
said.
"That means you get your
money's worth - a comfortable,
safe, durable home with
improved indoor air quality
and lower energy bills.
"At A-1 Guaranteed, we
take a house as a system approach
to all our HVAC and
retrofit work. As prescribed
and recommended by the
Building Performance Institute,
our process concentrates on indoor
air quality, safety, energy
savings and true comfort.
"We are a Certified Green
Company, Certified Recycler,
Diamond Certified, Nate Certified,
and have won "Best of
Solano County for seven
years and KRON4 'Best of the
Bay' for two years," Krissy
said.
A-1 Guaranteed offers a
five-year parts and labor warranty
on any new install, as
well as 100 percent customer
satisfaction, Krissy said.
"If for
any reason
within the first
one year, you
are not 100-
percent satisfied
with your
new system,
we will make
it right or we
will remove
the system and
gladly refund
100 percent of
your investment."
In addition
to air-conditioning
and
heating services,
A-1 offers
air
purification
systems that
help those
with allergies,
asthma and
other breathing issues, Krissy
said. Clean Effects, a wholehouse
cleaner that removes
more than 90 percent of the allergens
is a home's air, is a
product the Hiteshaws have put
in their own home because two
of their children suffer from allergies.
Even when they have
horrible days outdoors, Krissy
said, the children can go inside
- and thanks to Clean Effects,
their symptoms pretty much
disappear.
Krissy said A-1 Guaranteed is a
family business that puts customers
first. "If it wasn't for
them, we wouldn't be here,"
she said.
A-1 Guaranteed also believes
in community involvement.
The company's staff volunteers
at several events in the
community: Helping to rebuild
homes with the nonprofit Rebuilding
Together, donating
turkeys to the Christian Help
Center, and volunteering to
serve breakfast to middle
schoolers at the Breakfast
Club.
"We've been blessed by
the community," Krissy said.
"We want to give back."
A-1 also is Vallejo's First
Certified Green Company. "We
really try to go that extra mile,"
Krissy said.
The business started
when Richard, who worked in
the heating and air conditioning
sector growing up, decided
to open his own business, starting
in their garage and building
the company for the past 15
years. They now have 23 employees.
A-1 Guaranteed is located
at 1768 Broadway in
Vallejo. Business hours are
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. For more information,
call 645-0734
