History of Stiles

George Stiles has been a part of the heating and air conditioning industry since his graduation from Southern Tech in Atlanta, GA in 1954. His career has wound its way from a service technician with Lennox Industries and then a small family-owned company (D & R Heating and Air Conditioning, Tucker, GA), to territory manager for the Carrier distributor in Georgia, to ownership of his own heating and air conditioning companies in Athens, GA and Anderson, SC.

In 1974, he purchased Climate Engineering in Athens, GA. This company was predominantly a commercial/industrial heating and air conditioning company. In 1983, Stiles Heating & Cooling, Inc. was opened in Athens as his residential & service company.

In 1979, he began thinking about starting another heating and air conditioning business or purchasing an existing company. Through the South Carolina distributor for Carrier, he learned of the availability of D & M Services, Inc. in Anderson, SC. It was a well-established residential/light commercial company. The company has since added large commercial work to its' capabilities.

In 1999, the decision was made to expand the Georgia operations into Winder and Greensboro.

With the turn of the century, the decision was made to change the names of all the companies to Stiles Heating and Cooling, Inc. For one thing, the name tells our customers what we do and secondly, it tells our customers who is doing it. George is the father of four children - one daughter and three sons, and the grandfather of sixteen. Two of his sons - Doug & Garrick - work out of the Athens, GA office, while his other son - Mark - and his daughter - Susan Walker, work in the Anderson office. George splits his time every week between the two locations.