NIGHTMARE IN NORWALK
Working with Hellas feels like a horror movie except you never wake up from the nightmare. Horrible communication. Lack of followup. incompetent techs especially with high tech tankless combo hot water / boiler systems.
THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS
Bought a house with a high tech tankless combo hot water and boiler from Navien. Had an issue with the circulator pump and called Hellas to fix it. Asked them to go ahead and do the routine maintenance as well when the came. The tech showed up did the routine maintenance in about an hour and billed me around $340 for it. Never fixed the circulator pump that initiated the call because the tech didn't come with the appropriate parts. This is an easy fix and yet they botched the job because they came on site knowing they had a problem with a circulator pump with not having a spare pump with them in case they had to replace it.
THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES
Shortly after, I had a "valve failure" in the Navien. I place this in quote since that is what the tech diagnosed. It resulted in getting heat from the Navien but no hot water. Hellas determined they had to order the part from Navien. I discussed with the tech that the unit was recently installed and still under warranty. They said they would get back to us and ask Navien to cover under warranty but would go ahead and order the part. Well no communication. I called the office and their gal Friday "i use the term pejoratively because she is incompetent) said that she would order the part. Meanwhile, it's been a week without hot water. She calls back and said that the part was now ordered and gave me a quote of around $400 for parts and labor. Never asked Navien to cover under warranty. When I asked the "gal Friday" about the warranty, she said she would call Navien about it. Needless to say, Navien very quickly agreed that they would cover the cost of the repair.
DESCENT INTO THE INFERNO
Two techs show up to fix the valve. At the end of multiple hours, they have replaced the valve but screwed up the Navien unit. It now no longer functions and is leaking on the floor. End of day, the guys are leaving and they plan on having Dimitri the owner and their Navien tech schedule an appointment with us. (Why not send the Navien tech in the first place). They are leaving with the water turned off. So not only do we not have hot water, we now have no water at all. I quickly stop them and the tech said, but it's only the heating system. The idiot didn't even know that he was working on a combo unit. The valve being replaced switched between hot water and heating system. In any case, once he realizes that this is actually important to us, he tried to get Dimitri to come that day. Since that failed, Dimitri and the Navien tech are supposed to come the next morning at 8 am.
ENTERING PURGATORY
The next day, no one shows. Eventually I call the office and Gal Friday tells me that she will try and schedule Dimitri and the Navien tech to come over sometime. Essentially calls me a liar when I tell her the tech said they were coming in the morning. Her response, the tech doesn't know what's on the schedule so he wouldn't have made a commitment. She's now checking with Dimitri if he can come. She'll call right back to let me know. Hours later, there is still no contact.
ESCAPE INTO PARADISE
I have realized that this will never turn out well. I now choose to pay out of pocket for competent assistance. I called up another company and they will be here late afternoon. I have escaped Hellas and entered Paradise. read more