Nuckols Plumbing and Gas....I 100% recommend them…read more
Everyone who wants to learn how GAS issues in the home are handled today, I have a story for you. So once my parents gas leak was detected, the city turned the gas off and LOCKED the gas meter. So, now we have no hot water nor can we operate either of our heating systems in the house.
So, for all the bootleg repair companies (Capitol Heating who never detected the gas leak after 6-7 times working on the one Carrier heating unit they installed in our home), you can not just go outside and turn the gas back on. There is a process now and that process includes a repair company approving their repairs before the city will come out to turn the gas back on. Nope, the techs can not just go outside fiddle with the gas meter and possibly have a customer blow themselves up and the neighborhood later.
So, when I asked Capitol Heating and Cooling to leave our home because of poor service, our neighbor suggested calling Nuckols Plumbing and Gas (804-214-2077) to check our gas lines for leaks. I called and spoke with Melanie who spoke on the phone like a customer would expect a receptionist/csr should and we scheduled the service. She was soooo pleasant and informative over 2 days. I, not my dad, received text messages about the techs scheduled visit, the owners scheduled visit and a text that told me the city was heading our way. Unbelievable level of service. A tech showed up on time at 8am the next day, spoke with me and my dad, he ran the leak test with THEIR EQUIPMENT without needing the gas turned on like Capitol techs had asked my dad to call the city (I did call the city later to understand the process) and request the city to turn the gas back on. (great customer service huh? asking my dad to do it.) Nuckols tech finished his part of the job, Chris Nuckols the owner called me and explained the issues and the cost, we agreed and the repair was made. Here is the kicker, unlike the Capitol techs,
Chris, the owner of Nuckols Plumbing, says to me, "once we complete the repairs, I will call the city, let them know what repairs were made and request that the gas to be turned back on." At 5pm, a city work and Chris showed up at our home and completed the process. Gas was turned on and Chrise relit one of our heating unit and the hot water heater. Again, my 87 yr old parents were completely satisfied with Nuckols Plumbing all in ONE DAY and did not have to deal with Capitol 6 to 7 times for the same issue again. So, you may say, what happened to the gas leak? Well, there were no gas leaks in our gas line so the only thing everyone could come up with is there is a gas leak within the heating system that Capitol installed and has been working on for about two to three weeks. prior. So, we had to completely disconnect that second heating system from the gas all together. Again, there has been no mention of a gas leak from Capitol techs who were in our home 6-7 times over a two to three week period where my 87 year old dad kept complaining about smelling gas. By the way, my 87 year old dad is a retired automotive technician for the city of RVA so he fully understands how things operate, what gas smells like but again, he has faith in what those companies that he has always relied on were telling him. No more. I loved what the neighbor Mary said, "we may have only one time to get a gas leak corrected properly. It is not something you guess at." Nuckols Plumbing and Gas.....I recommend them 100%.(edited)
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2100 Tomlynn St, Richmond, VA 23230