Precision Plumbing and Heating Systems

WHAT:
It's really very simple. If you know someone who is in need of a new furnace but can't afford to pay for a replacement due to unfortunate circumstances, then tell us their story. We will choose a situation that we feel will most benefit from a new system and install a top of the line Trane Comfort System for them at no charge. This is up to a $12,000 value for someone who really needs a special gift!

WHY:
Bob and Leslie, the owners for Precision Plumbing & Heating Systems, have been very fortunate to have been raised in Traverse City and to start a successful business here in the place that they love. THis is a way for them to give back to a great community, especially as we face another cold Michigan winter. It's all to easy to be comfortable in our homes at Thanksgiving and not think about those who are facing serious illnesses or overwhelming financial challenges. This gives us a chance to make a little difference.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:
The following information is needed, either by mailing the information to us, or by filling our on online form at the bottom of this page.

Mail to:
P.P.H.S
Attn: Extreme Precision Make-Over
2829 Cass Road
Traverse City, MI 49684

or email information to: precisionplumbing@charter.net

or fill out the online form below:

Entries must be postmarked, e-mailed, or submitted online by December 20, 2009.

Precision Plumbing & Heating will have sole discretion in choosing the home, and the system will be determined by appropriate application and in accordance to state and local codes.

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Choosing a winner for the Free System this year was a more arduous task than ever before. We found ourselves overwhelmed by the great needs in our community and felt very insignificant in our ability to really make a difference. However, we chose a beautiful family in the Area with a baby who has suffered with breathing issues ever since he was born. The parents both are working to make ends meet and have faced significant financial stress due to their sons breathing conditions. Their furnace was "Red Tagged" last fall as it was unsafe to continue using the 30 year old rusted relic. Our candidates work hard, not only to pay their own bills, but also volunteer for local community services such as toys for tots. Once again, through their courage to continue on, although faced with adversity, we feel truely honored to have met them and to have chosen this very special family. The love of their friends and family was evident by their show of support the morning that we arrived to surprise them with the new system. We are grateful to Trane for assisting us in this endeavor to help out our community by not only suppling a 95% high efficient furnace, but due to the childs breathing conditions, they once again included a Trane CleanEffects whole house air filtration system. We look forward to following the family over the next few weeks to watch the expected improvement in their son's breathing condition. Again, we are so thankful to all who nominated loved ones for this make-over. The nomination letters that we read moved us to tears and made us feel like we live in the most caring part of the world. We thank all those who took the time to put into writing your care for your neighbors, friends and family. We also want those of you who were not chosen to know that we deliberated long and hard over this decision as you are each a pillar of strength and stamina to our community and especially to those around you as was clear in the nomination letters.

Thank you once again, to all who participated, for making this possible! We couldn't do it without you!

We chose a family who lives in Leelanau County, near Cedar, Michigan. Every year the process of choosing a deserving family is both an honor and a great challenge. How do you put a measurement on who is most deserving of a furnace makeover? All the nominees where very qualified and indeed in great need of new furnaces. Many were facing challenges both financially and physically and yet they continued to keep their chins up and help out their neighbors in need. I must say that this is one of the most heart wrenching challenges that we as a company face each year. However, we felt that because of our candidate's years of putting others first despite her own situation, she was a great choice. Her daughter has breathing problems and when they would heat with wood she would wake up in the middle of the night due to difficulty breathing. So on those occasions they would dress very warm and huddle around a very small, 8"x8", space heater. Thanks to Trane we were able to install a whole house CleanEffects air filtering system as well as a humidifier to improve the daughter's breathing condition and a high efficiency heat pump system that will cost effectively heat their home for many year to come. We want to thank all who nominated friends, family, and acquaintances who were all very deserving. We again wish that we could put in a new system for each nominee. We truly feel blessed to live in an area where people care so much about others and will reach out to them no matter how large their own needs are. We saw this in both our nominees and those who took the time to nominate them. Thank you to each of you for making this possible for us.

We chose Alison of Grand Traverse County, who was nominated by her sister who knew that Alison wouldn't ever expect something like this to happen to her and certainly wouldn't ask for it. She faces many difficulties in her life with great dignity and yet still finds the strength to help others. Alison's equipment was dangerously old and broken down as well as being very inefficient.

Alison's old furnace, held together by duct tape and housed in an area with crumbling wallboard and insulation, and her new Trane Furnace in a more sound structure.

The safety of her new system can give her the peace of mind of knowing that she and her children have a new highly efficient system (picture at right) that will no longer pose a threat of fire or carbon monoxide leaks and will reduce her heating bills as well. We also included a 10 year warranty so that she doesn't have to pay for any repairs to the system if any are needed during that time period. Her son has asthma, so we hope that the installation of the Clean-Effects will help to improve his breathing condition as well as a Heat Pump/Air Conditioner to keep the house a comfortable temperature year round.

We feel honored to know a little more about this extraordinary family and to be able to help them in this way.

We also want to thank Alison and Britten Banner for the very FANTASTIC banner that they made for us as a thank you, as well as Alison's sister for nominating this very special family to the first Annual Precision Make-Over.

A big thank you goes out to TRANE and our TRANE representative for providing this top of the line equipment and making it possible to install extraordinary quality and dependability in Alison's home. We feel confident installing Trane equipment because it is equipment that we can stand behind as a firm in offering you great peace of mind. We heard from a pretty reliable source that this is likely to be a yearly event so check back with us and we'll keep you informed!

To read the Traverse City Record-Eagle article regarding the makeover go to this link.
Click on the article when it opens up to get a larger view of the image.

4th Annual Extreme Precision Make-Over

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