We have used Jackson Heating for over 20 years and are on their yearly maintenance plan. Saturday, we woke up to discover that our furnace was not putting out heat and the house temperature was dropping, so I called their emergency 24x7 number. After not hearing back from them for over 3 hours, I called their office and was finally able to schedule somebody to come out to look at the furnace. Finally, after waiting for over 8 hours, a technician showed up, diagnosed the problem in 15 minutes, but said the office would need to order a part on Monday and it would be Tuesday before they would come back to install it. (i.e. no heat for at least another 48-72 hours, with outside temperatures below freezing). When we asked what we were going to do for heat, the technician left us 4 small space heaters that were rated for small rooms. (We have a 3,000+ sq. ft house). As the temperature in the house continued to drop, we had to go out in blizzard conditions and purchase additional space heaters. On Sunday morning, the first floor of our house was registering 50 degrees, with the second floor much colder. Searched around for another company, within 5 minutes of contacting their 24x7 emergency number, I received a call back, explained the issue, gave them the furnace details and was told let us see what we can do for you. They called back within a 1/2 hour said they could get the part, explained the costs and we agreed to proceed. They said their technician would arrive in roughly 1 1/2 hours because he had to go pick up the part. The technician arrived has promised, stayed full masked (unlike the other technician) while in the house and had the furnace up and running within 1 hour. On Monday before I called Jackson to cancel any ordering of the part, we received a work estimate quote for replacing the broken part, and that estimate was approximately $1,000 more than what we paid on Sunday to the other company. Needless to say we canceled our maintenance contract with Jackson, and will not be doing business with them in the future.We have used Jackson Heating for over 20 years and are on their yearly maintenance plan. Saturday, we woke up to discover that our furnace was not putting out heat and the house temperature was dropping, so I called their emergency 24x7 number. After not hearing back from them for over 3 hours, I called their office and was finally able to schedule somebody to come out to look at the furnace. Finally, after waiting for over 8 hours, a technician showed up, diagnosed the problem in 15 minutes, but said the office would need to order a part on Monday and it would be Tuesday before they would come back to install it. (i.e. no heat for at least another 48-72 hours, with outside temperatures below freezing). When we asked what we were going to do for heat, the technician left us 4 small space heaters that were rated for small rooms. (We have a 3,000+ sq. ft house). As the temperature in the house continued to drop, we had to go out in blizzard conditions and purchase additional space heaters. On Sunday morning, the first floor of our house was registering 50 degrees, with the second floor much colder. Searched around for another company, within 5 minutes of contacting their 24x7 emergency number, I received a call back, explained the issue, gave them the furnace details and was told let us see what we can do for you. They called back within a 1/2 hour said they could get the part, explained the costs and we agreed to proceed. They said their technician would arrive in roughly 1 1/2 hours because he had to go pick up the part. The technician arrived has promised, stayed full masked (unlike the other technician) while in the house and had the furnace up and running within 1 hour. On Monday before I called Jackson to cancel any ordering of the part, we received a work estimate quote for replacing the broken part, and that estimate was approximately $1,000 more than what we paid on Sunday to the other company. Needless to say we canceled our maintenance contract with Jackson, and will not be doing business with them in the future. read more