Mickle Electric Heating, Inc SAVED us $4,412.56. It is a pleasure for me to recommend Mickle…read moreElectric Heating, Inc. They work with precision, integrity, honesty and reliability. I live in Madison, WI and my mother-in-law lives in DesMoines, IA. She had one of her sons call a company from Colfax, IA to install a couple of replacement outlets. The electrician went through the house and told them they needed more work done and it was dangerous for them to be living in the house. My mother-in-law was scared to death. They paid for the outlets that were installed that day and signed an estimate agreement for the additional work. Thinking this was high, I was asked by my husband to look it over. The estimate totaled $6,287.56, with a new 200 Amp Panel replacement taking up $3,617.09 of that total. The remaining costs were designated to ground electrical service, which we found was already grounded, replace 3 open bulb closet fixtures, install a light bulb at the top of the stairs, put cover plates on three boxes and replace 12 GFCI outlets. There was also a water heater disconnect. Least I forget, they charged her $89.00 to get 15% off of, work done by them in a year. I will agree that these things needed to be done, but at what level of intimidation and cost?
I got online and looked for other electricians in the Des Moines, IA area. I came upon Mickle Electric & Heating, Inc. I contacted Terry Mickle, owner of Mickle Electric.He said he could meet me that afternoon. I took off from Madison, WI right away. Mr Mickle went through the house, and was shown the same things that the company from Colfax, listed. He was appalled by their estimate and the fear that was instilled into my mother-in-law and brother in-law. He was disgusted and felt these people gave the electrical industry a bad name.
The work was done by Bob Neely & Todd Fugua of Mickle's, They were diligent, competent and cleaned up after themselves. Thank you Terry for employing the best.
The bill came to $1,875.00. Give them a call! They'll do right by you!