As it turns out, I go to one guy for my oral needs, and his son for the pipes. Yep, Dr. Borchers is my dentist, and his son runs Borchers Mechanical, keeping our heating and a/c up and running. What did you think I meant?
Dr. Borchers is awesome, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Every time we have a problem with our heating or a/c, we place a call and there's someone here same day or early the next day, if it's after business hours. Even when their schedule is full, the receptionist (Borchers-the-son's mother, I believe?) has them fit us in between stops or at the end of the day.
A few days ago, the hubs and I both realized that we were sitting in piles of our own sweat, and further investigation turned up stagnant vents and a burning smell coming out of the a/c unit out back. This was Sunday night, and in the thick of people's a/c going out all over town due to the heat wave, but I called and left a message anyway, hoping we could get them in sometime the next week. We already planned to pack up the next morning to spend a couple days at my parents'. When I woke up the next morning, I had a voicemail from Borchers Mechanical. Even though it was an hour before their business hours, they answered when I called back.
Mama Borchers had a technician over before I'd finished breakfast! But WAIT, it gets even better!
I was positive, due to the burning smell, that we were going to need a new a/c unit. Thousands of dollars. Or something. The mechanic (not sure if it was Rob or not, but seems likely) looked worried when I told him about the smell. I realized that they could tell me I needed a new unit either way and I'd have no idea.
Ten or fifteen minutes later, he comes back up, told me it was a simple fix that just needed a small part replaced, which he'd already done, and that it was up and running! The cost, including the new part? Just over a hundred bucks. Best hundred bucks I ever spent.
A yelper was telling me today about a hidden camera experiment that ran on the news recently, showing a series of mechanics lying about expensive fixes that needed to be done to a/c units. I say, they should've just called Borchers Mechanical. read more