The Good Guys Heating & Cooling (formerly known as Christensen & Wisnet Heating & Cooling) is a family owned and operated business serving the Fox Valley and surrounding areas since 1966. Our Christensen family has been in the trade for a century. We are a proud 5th generation family business and have earned our reputation over the years as "The Good Guys", using it as a slogan since the early 2000's and making it part of our business name in 2020.
We were founded by Earl Christensen and Joseph Wisnet Senior in 1966. Those who grew up in the Fox Valley will remember our days as an Oil Company. We delivered oil for many years to customers in the area with Oil Furnaces and Oil Boilers along with the service, sales, and installation of HVAC equipment. In the 90's we shifted priorities to being 100% into heating and cooling sales, service, and installation. Trading our Oil division for US Oil's Heating & Cooling company around 2000.
Christensen & Wisnet shifted when Joe Wisnet Senior had an unexpected heart attack and passed away. His son Joe took over and ran the business with Earl. A few years later, Earl sold his half to John (son). John & Joe ran everything up until the end of 2019. Many know John & Joe for being stand up guys and have worked hard to grow the business.
As of 2020, "The Good Guys" is now owned and operated by Andy & Dan Christensen (cousins). Andy has been working at C&W since he was a teenager, learning every aspect of the business from Installation, Service, and Sales. He is incredibly knowledable in products as well as troubleshooting and solving problems His mind is like a trap for Furnace and Air Conditioner information. Dan has been working at C&W since 2007 and built our website, all the marketing materials, as well as all our custom company software we operate on. They work along side with everyone and earn their paychecks like everyone else.
Our goal is to be incredibly easy to work with. We have been adding more and more conveniences which helps you and us. To our knowledge, we are the only residential HVAC contractor in the country that runs on their own software. We have the benefit that our owner is a programmer and has been using his spare time building out these systems.
While we love the new high tech options, we will not get rid of the classic phone call. Whichever method is better for you is fine with us. You'll love our office staff, they are here for you and willing to listen.
We are very fortunate to have incredibly upfront and ethical business practices, and with our outstanding team, you will be blown away at how great the Good Guys experience is! We have won or got finalist in Best of the Valley every year since 2013. When service work is completed we ask our customers for reviews. We are well over 3,000 now with a 99.7% satisfaction rate. That is the top 1% of contractors.
If any problems occur, you can expect us to stand behind our products and services. We have turned even the most sour of situations into a lifetime customer by doing what's right. We know that doing what is fair and right will always pay off in the long run.
Have you ever been in a high pressure sales environment? If so, you'll never forget it... it's an awful feeling. We operate with a "no pressure" promise. Our estimators' goal is to get measurements so they quote the job right. They'll give you options in writing and it is your choice if you want to go ahead. We do not do "buy before I leave and get X". Our prices should be good for a longer period of time, depending on our material costs. We want you to choose us because you want to.
Our service technicians are actually service technicians. They are not a glorified salesman. They have the knowledge and training to work on equipment, and if they have questions we have a vast network of knowledge within the company. We do not structure our service team's pay around selling product, or any % commission. We do not put any sales quotas on them. We want them to be a good technician and a pleasure to our customers. If there is a product we believe is of an actual benefit we may bring it up. We're not going to dwell on it, we will just make you aware of it. Check our reviews, customers LOVE our techs!
We have always believed that just making customers aware of our offerings is as far as we need to go. If someone is wanting something we are happy to help, and we back everything with a satisfaction guarantee. If you ever felt that you were pressured please contact us and let us know. These claims are taken very seriously.
Did you know that what is done on a tune-up varies greatly between companies? Never go on price alone. We feel a furnace tune-up should take ~40-60 minutes and a central A/C tune-up ~50-65 minutes. If you have a company to your home and they are done in 15-20 minutes you are not getting a good deal regardless the price. During our heating system tune-ups we also do a full combustion analysis which allows us to make sure everything is dialed in and where it should be. We always figure out what we should do first and the price it based on that. We don't use gotcha pricing, and you will be satisfied with the work done. We perform several thousand tune-ups per year, and have 99.7% satisfaction rate.
Our main office is located in Appleton, Wisconsin at 4450 W Greenville Drive. (Google Maps Link) located on the same frontage road as the Dick's Sporting Goods or Best Buy, by the Fox River Mall. Our office hours are 8AM to 4:30PM Monday through Friday (excluding major holidays). We feature a showroom with equipment that we sell, and in most cases we can search down a part for you (pending our workload). We stock a lot of those hard to find filters, so stop in for competitive prices on replacement furnace filters.
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Address: 4450 W Greenville Drive. Appleton, WI 54913
Phone: (920) 734-1436 Fax: (920) 734-0929
Hours of Operation: 8:00a to 4:30p (Mon-Fri)
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