01 · Test
Understand the Home First
Before recommending anything, we look at how the home performs today: airflow, duct condition, room-to-room temperature differences and indoor air quality.
Riley's Story
Built on the Science of the Trade.
Riley Rea started in HVAC in 2014 and found a trade he loved. What held his attention was the science behind it: how air moves through a house, why one room runs warm while the next stays cool, and what a mechanical system does to the air a family breathes every day.
He spent the years that followed with very good companies and learned a great deal. He also noticed a pattern. Much of the industry is built around replacing equipment. Homes are rarely tested to find out what is really wrong, and results are rarely measured once the work is done. Success is judged by whether the house cools in summer and heats in winter, with little thought for the health of the home or the quality of its air.
The problems most homeowners live with have real solutions. They simply have to be found, solved and proven.
So Riley went deeper. He became BPI-certified through the Building Performance Institute and studied building science, which treats a house as one connected system of structure, ductwork, ventilation and equipment. In 2016 he began installing VRF systems and came to see them as an important part of where residential HVAC is heading.
In 2021 he founded Rea's Air Conditioning and Heating Inc. to work the way he believed the trade should: understand the home before prescribing, design before selecting equipment, and verify the result. The company is family-run, and Riley is still personally involved in every project.
