Reliable Heating & Air was started by Dan Jape
in 1978 providing "Quality Service at Reasonable Rates". Reliable
Heating & Air started out in Dunwoody in the basement of Dan Jape's
basement. It quickly grew to five employees and outgrew the basement, so
in 1980 Reliable Heating & Air moved to it first real office just
off Buford Highway in Doraville. This location served the company well
in the early days as one of Reliables first big accounts was providing
HVAC service, repair and replacement to over 2000 apartments and single
family homes under the management of one property manager. Many of these
homes and apartments were in downtown Atlanta, Chamblee, Doraville,
Tucker, Buckhead, and many other areas close to Doraville. As Reliable
Heating & Air grew, it started to serve more customers in Roswell,
Alpharetta, Marietta, East Cobb, Acworth, Kennesaw, Hiram, and many
other surrounding communities that made to Doraville location a further
drive for Reliable Heating & Air Technicians. Dan Jape had always
lived in the Roswell, Georgia area, so in 1982 he moved the office to
Crossville Road in Roswell. Reliable Heating & Air grew quickly over
the years as the housing boom was on fire and Reliable Heating &
Air served many of these customers. Reliable Heating & Air installed
the heating & cooling systems in thousands of new homes until 1988,
when a decision was made to discontinue the "spec" home market in place
of installing heating & cooling in "custom" homes that were being
built specifically for a customer. Reliable Heating & Air then
proceeded to install the HVAC systems in homes and businesses in many
areas around Metro Atlanta. |