Triad Heating & Cooling
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n 1982, Danny Ward left Eveready Battery, where he worked as a mechanic, and started Triad Heating & Cooling with a partner. The original location was directly across from Zeko’s on North Fayetteville Street. They started from scratch and worked hard to build up a base of customers. The business was incorporated in 1986, and Danny took on full ownership in the early 1990’s. They moved to their current location in 2000, which was originally built as two chicken houses, but was only used for that purpose for a year before being converted to a flea market, which ran for 20 years. Danny purchased the buildings, and then poured concrete for the floors and remodeled the insides over the next two years. Triad now has 27,000 sq. ft. of space where they manufacture all of their custom ductwork. “Every house is so different, that in order to properly install a unit, if we don’t build the ductwork, it’s not going to be custom.” Eric Ward grew up in the business. At the age of 12, he was riding along with the crew, crawling around underneath houses helping install new units. He never had any intention of running the business. When he graduated high school, he
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