Exhibit 10.20A

                      FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                     EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT is made and entered into as of the
10th day of June, 1998, between PAMECO CORPORATION, a Georgia
corporation ("Pameco"), and GERALD V. GURBACK1 ("Executive").


                       W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Pameco and Executive entered into that certain
Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1,1996 (the "Agreement");
and

     WHEREAS, Pameco and Executive desire to amend the Agreement;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Pameco
and Executive hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

     1.  AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1.  Section 1 of the Agreement is
hereby amended to reflect the extension of the term of the
Agreement through February 29, 2000 by deleting the phrase "for a
term of three (3) years" and substituting in lieu thereof the
phrase "for a term of four (4) years".  Section 1 of the
Agreement is hereby further amended by adding a new sentence
before the last sentence as fo1lows: "In the event the Company
decides not to renew this Agreement by giving written notice
thereof to Executive as provided in this Paragraph 1 prior to the
expiration of the initial or any renewal term of Executive's
employment hereunder, Executive shall be entitled to severance
pay commencing on the expiration of the initial or such renewal
term, as the case may be, in an aggregate amount equal to his
then current annual salary."
     
     2.  AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4.2.   Section 4.2 of the Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereof in its
entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:  "In
addition, Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of annual
vacation."
     
     3.  AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4.  Article 4 of the Agreement is
hereby amended by adding a new Section 4.6 at the end of Article
4 as follows:
     
     "4.6 SPECIAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROVISIONS.  (a) Upon any
termination or expiration of Executive's employment with the
Company for any reason whatsoever during the term of this
Agreement, the Company shall give Executive the option between
receiving continuation coverage for Executive (and, if
applicable, his dependents) under the Company's group health plan
in accordance with the continuation coverage provisions of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 (COBRA),
or the alternative continuation coverage described in Section
4.6(b) below.
         
         b)  Under the alternative continuation coverage,
    Executive and his dependents shall have the right to
    participate in the Company's group health plan until
    Executive reaches age sixty-five (65); provided, however
    that the right provided for in this Section 4.6(b) will
    terminate as to Executive and his dependents and be of no
    further force and effect as of the date Executive becomes
    eligible to participate under any other group health plan
    sponsored by a subsequent employer, whether or not Executive
    elects to participate in such plan.  If Executive is
    terminated without Cause and is entitled to severance pay
    under this Agreement, then for as long as Executive receives
    severance pay, the Company shall pay all premiums for the
    Executive's and his dependents' participation in the
    Company's group health plan pursuant to this Paragraph
    4.6(b).  Immediately upon termination of the payment of
    severance pay, Executive shall be required to pay all
    premiums for continued participation in the Company's group
    health plan.  If Executive is terminated for Cause,
    voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company, or his
    employment with the Company is terminated for any reason
    other than termination without Cause, then Executive shall
    be required to pay all premiums for his and his dependents'
    continued participation in the Company's group health plan
    pursuant to this Section 4.6(b).
         
         (c)  The Company reserves the right to amend the
    Company's group health plan at any time, to change, reduce,
    or cease benefit coverages provided under the plan, and to
    change how such coverages are paid at any time; provided
    that in no event shall Executive's coverage under the
    Company's group health plan be less favorable than the
    coverage provided to the then active employees of the
    Company."
         
         4.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT. Except as provided herein, all
    terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full
    force and effect.
         
         5.  GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment has been executed and
    delivered in the State of Georgia, and the validity and
    effect of this Amendment shall be governed by and construed
    arid enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
    Georgia
         
         6.  COUNTERPARTS.  This Amendment may be executed in
    one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all
    purposes be deemed an original, and all of which together
    shall constitute one and the same agreement.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this First
Amendment effective as of the day and year first above written.

                              PAMECO CORPORATION


                          By: /s/ Theodore R. Kallgren
                              Name:  Theodore R. Kallgren
                              Title:  VP, CFO




 /s/ Gerald V. Gurbacki
  Gerald V. Gurbacki