Worst experience ever with a company! I was referred this company to handle my heating and cooling for the addition I was putting on my upper level. The problems began immediately when my install appointment was cancelled because I did not return their call on Friday to confirm for the Monday appointment AND I had not paid the first half payment up front. I was working a double shift that Friday and the message was left on my home phone so I did not get the message until later that night. When I called on Monday to see if they were still coming, the owner Sandra was extremely curt saying I hadn't paid the first half which I explained that nobody had mentioned until the message on Friday and I wasn't home to do anything about it. She was almost unwilling to reschedule which I could not understand why she was so upset so I had to wait another MONTH before getting back on the books. I wish I would've taken this as an omen to find another company but I'd already put a bit of time and effort working with Tim on how to run the ducts to be hidden in the walls and another person had suggested doing zones which Tim said he could do so I decided to still go with them.
The first guy to come out was an older gentleman...not really excited about doing the work. It seemed he was too old to do this kind of physical work and was almost too much effort. The fan ductwork he installed for my new upstairs bathroom failed inspection which should've been another clue (how can you mess up ductwork for a fan in an open ceiling with no insulation or drywall?) The next visit, another guy put his foot through my living room ceiling creating a nice sized hole that had to be patched. The guys installing vents/air returns somehow cut through the crown molding in the living room never telling me which I discovered on my own.
I found guys cutting long pieces of ductwork on my brand new hardwood flooring not putting anything down to protect my floor from getting scratched! I tried to be understanding and take this all in stride knowing that "accidents happen" but they were starting to stack up. After my new furnace was installed and the new air conditioner dropped off, the other half was demanded to be paid up by Sandra. I said I would pay all but the last $1K to make sure that everything was done before the final payment. You would've thought I threatened to not pay anything for the way the conversation went with her. She started accusing me and threatening me saying she was going to take me to court and the whole 9 yards but I was firm and said that I would pay all but the last 1K.
Tim did a good job at engineering how to put in the ductwork and air vents/returns to be hidden in the walls but my only issue with Tim is that he failed at putting the zones in properly to make a home with various levels comfortable (the whole point of putting in zones). Having a quad level, the various levels get hotter in the summer as you go up. He put the 2 hottest rooms and the coldest room one the same zone so it's impossible to be comfortable in any of those rooms at the same time. Either you roast in one and freeze in the other or vice versa. His suggestion to me was to stand on my couch to manually shut off the vents each season. I'm in my mid 50's with back issues and that is not physically advisable nor is that how I treat my furniture. I asked to have that zone redone but was met with refusal. Had he gone over this with me beforehand we would've come to a workable agreement.
The following winter, the new furnace kept fouling up and I had to have their service guy come out to see what was wrong (under warranty). The 3rd time Sandra refused to send someone out to look at it because she was demanding final payment. I refused to pay the last $1K because the zone hadn't been fixed and I had to pay the repairs for what the guys screwed up. I had to call a different HVAC company to come out (even tho I was still under warranty from Quality which they refused to acknowledge) to fix the furnace issue which they were able to fix the first time.
OMG!! Today, I had someone help me move my china hutch that was in my living room only to discover that when they put the ductwork in my crawl space that they butchered and hacked up my brand new hardwood living room floor and cut into the bottom of my china hutch!! This is not something I would've ever noticed until moving the hutch. This company is so awful I have absolutely nothing nice to say about them and now I have to find someone who can master some wizardry in fixing my floor. Fortunately I still have some of this flooring left. STAY FAR FAR FAR AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!! read more