DONT GO NEAR THIS COMPANY
This letter is regarding the service, maintenance calls, and correspondents with and by Bruno Total Home on Nov 7th, 2018, Nov 8th, and Nov 9th, and follow up service calls by DownEast Air on Nov. 9th, & 12th, 2018
Nov 7th, 2018 -Thursday
Bruno Total Home sent Pete, an air condition tech, to conduct a maintenance check on the AC condensing unit Rheem 13 series 5K 2 TONS and Rheem air handler-410A (Bruno Total Home installed 01/18/13) and repair a small PVC pipe that was leaking, inside our 3rd FL condo. The air handler and H20 heater are located in a closet. The H20 heater on the bottom and air exchange on the top. The small PVC pipe that needed repair is located above the H20 heater. The small PVC pipe leaked H20 in the drip pan below the H20 heater. When Pete, the AC tech, finished his inspection of both the air handler and outside AC condensing unit he discovered we needed a new surge protector. Pete, the tech, said if we, signed a $955 membership contract, he would not charge us for the surge protector and would also place a mold prevention device in the air handler. We signed on a cell phone like pad and thought we would receive an electronic copy of the signed contract or hard copy later (despite repeated calls and Emails to Bruno Total Home we have never received a signed contract to this date). Pete, the AC tech, said he could not fix the small pipe above the water heater. Pete, said a plumber was needed to replace the small PVC pipe, and remove the H20 heater to drain the drip pan that was filled with H20 from the small PVC that was leaking. Pete contacted a Bruno plumber, and scheduled service from Bruno Total Home to replace the small PVC pipe, remove the H20 heater, to drain the pan and fix the drain behind the H20 heater that was not properly draining the H20 in the drip pan. Bruno Total Home, had also had installed this H20 heater in Jan 2013. Pete, the ac tech, from Bruno Total Home, who also conducted a maintenance routine service call that included an inspection of the entire AC unit said everything else was fine. Pete, the tech, never ever mentioned the AC was leaking Freon on this supposed maintenance call. We, believe, Pete the tech from Bruno, must have removed the Freon during this maintenance call. Again, we the Graydons, noted, prior to Thursday, Nov. 8th, the Air Handler was not leaking and frozen.
Nov 8th, 2018 Friday morning
Ivan the plumber, from Bruno Total Home, arrived in the morning on Nov., 8th, 2018. Ivan the plumber, removes the H20 heater, drained the drip pan and vacuumed out the drain behind the H20 heater. He assures us,, if there are future leaks, the drain is now unclogged and if any H20 leaks in the drip pan it will now drain properly to the outside. Ivan also replaced the small PVC pipe that was previously leaking. The plumber from Bruno Total Home charged $340.00 for this service. Before Ivan leaves, we notice that the air handler is now leaking. We know it was not leaking yesterday (Nov., 7th, 2018) because when Pete, the AC tech was there, yesterday, at our condo, changed the air filter and we observed. THE AIR HANDLER WAS NOT LEAKING OR FROZEN on Nov 7th. When Ivan removed the air filter to see where the H20 leak was coming from, the face of coils in the air handler were covered in ice and now dripping H20. Ivan called Bruno Total Home and told them to send an AC tech out, again, to see what was wrong.
Nov 8th, 2018 Friday afternoon
Later that afternoon, on Nov, 8th, 2018, 2 techs arrived from Bruno, along with a manager.The manager from Bruno tells us we now have a leak in the system and they don't know where the leak is coming from. The manager tells us, they want to run a test tomorrow, on Friday, Nov 8th, 2018 to see if the leak is in the copper pipes running from the outside of the ac unit into our condo. The manager tells us, the air handler is definitely leaking Freon because so much Freon is leaking it must be leaking somewhere else too (Frozen coils and water dripping are in indication of a leak in the system). The manager from Bruno tells us the test will cost $900 and if they have to replace the copper pipes it will cost $7500. The manager also recommended replacing the entire AC Unit with a better one as the new one will be under warranty and that the exsiting Bruno Air installed in Jan 2013 is not. The manager from Bruno tells us, the AC unit Bruno had installed on January 18, 2013 was now out of warranty. The manager, from Bruno, also tells them not to use the AC at night or to keep it above 80 degrees because it would damage the AC unit. The manager, from Bruno, also advises us not to get a second opinion because it was not necessary,- We did DOWNEAST AIR came and replaced the FREON that Bruno removed - our AC is Fine and still UNDER WARRANTY..THERE IS A lot more to this but running out of space. We are Filling a complain with the AG office in Florida, Sr vs Crime, Dept of BUs. and Prof.REG - . read more