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Mount Prospect, IL

Hearth & Home

4.6 (65 reviews)
Open • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Updated a few days ago

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This pilot light no longer goes out at the worst time
Gerry T.

In the book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell speaks about working 10,000 hours in one's craft, in order to be deemed an expert. Some folks are disputing this but think about it, do you want the pilot of your plane on your trans-Pacific flight with 100 hours of flight experience?? Or do you want the person with 10,000 hours?? Speaking of pilots, the pilot light in my gas fireplace kept going out and it kept going out when outside temperatures went below 25F. That's right, it went out when you needed it most. So after firing up the pilot light manually for seemingly over two Winters, I said to myself, this is insanity. So I used Yelp to conduct a comparative analysis and called four fireplace companies. Here were the outcomes of those calls: - one company does not fix gas fireplaces. - the second company made me leave a message and it took the guy like 3 days to call back and he had an attitude like he was disgruntled from the get-go (meaning from the onset). - the third company wanted to charge a service call for diagnosing the problem and couldn't comment on the overall costs. - the fourth company was Hearth & Home and Pat (who turned out to be the owner) was a straight shooter (meaning forthcoming with details). Pat asked the year, make, model, serial number of my gas fireplace. He listened to me about my fireplace's symptoms and gave me a likely diagnosis and projected costs of the part and service. I had a very good feeling about his Integrity and thought the cost was reasonable. The appointment was booked and weeks later, Mike came as scheduled. Mike has 10 years experience and although he huffed and puffed here and there while fixing it, I had no doubt that with his expertise (10,000 hours) we would be up and running in no time. And that's what happened, my fireplace got fixed, within budget and right in time for me to make it to the Yelpies event last week!! Thank you Pat, Mike and H&H for this professional experience. Otherwise I would have missed that great event by Kesha and Celeste!!

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had my gas fireplace serviced. Jeff was beyond professional!! would highly recommend this company!

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Thank you for the review and we really appreciate the recommendation!

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2 months ago

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Thank you! We'll let Jeff know

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Thank you for trusting us for all these years!

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Jeff is amazing! He is so thorough and friendly. literally no stone or log is left unturned when cleaning the fireplace. Thank you Jeff!

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Thank you! We'll make sure Jeff sees this.

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Thank you! Glad Jeff can get the fireplace running like new!

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4 months ago

Jeff diagnosed the problem with our fireplace and was able to repair. easy to work with and explained everything well

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4 months ago

Great friendly service of our fireplace. All questions were answered patiently and completely and fireplace looks as good as new.

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5 months ago

Fast and efficient service! Easy to schedule. Have had our gas fireplace for years and with their maintenance expect it to last years more!

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Thank you for trusting us with your fireplace!

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Thank you for the kind words and trusting us for over 20 years now!

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5 months ago

Great experience all around - from showroom to installation. Great people, everything was explained and made easy. Highly recommended!

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Thank you Justin, glad everything went well!

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“Also want to give a shout out to Jeff the service technician who has cared for us over most of these annual visits.”

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