UPDATE: RANDY IS A THIEF PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Not only were the defrost boards replaced by the second company who came out and who educated us on what Randy should have known and did not do, but they also informed us that this particular Trane unit has a track record of failing. Should Randy have known this as well, seeing how this is his expertise? Randy you cannot get out of this one - you came to this house, turned on a switch here and there and said it's working fine. See, that's what these companies do for realtors when lender's require service on heat equipment right before closing on a loan. YOU DID NOT CHECK IF THE DEFROST BOARDS WERE EVEN WORKING BECAUSE THEY WERE DEAD AND YOU FAILED TO CHECK. GO ON YOUTUBE, there are videos of HVac guys who talk about how people like you don't check the defrost boards. They go out every 5 years or so. Well, the entire heat pump is dead because of your neglect to do your job. So the replaced defrost boards are no good because when you came out and failed to check those boards with an upcoming snow storm, the unit gave out and the replaced defrost boards are useless now because of your neglect, YOUR NEGLECT PERIOD. How are you not getting this? How is it you simply just don't want to admit that you should have checked the defrost boards at the time you were hired to service the unit for a lender requirement. To do this to a new homeowner is utterly shameful. You did NOT give a crap and it was winter weather in January, end of January, with a cold snap and snow storm on the way and you knew that. Don't try to lie to everyone here... let this review be a reminder of WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE - AGAIN, SHAME ON YOU FOR YOUR LAZY APPROACH in this situation. THIS IS A $11K PLUS REPLACEMENT. That's what you did to us and we do not have the money to replace the heat pump at all. We have to live without heat and we had to go through the summer in a very hot house because of you. We wanted this house because it had air conditioning and a heat pump, that was a big deal for us. Everyone who checks out who you are needs to know that you did this to us and you deserve to lose business because you cannot even admit it or even apologize. And no one was yelling at you - THAT'S ANOTHER STUPID LIE... here's what really happened you jerk - you couldn't hear me because you had some loud noise in the background and you repeatedly said you couldn't hear me and I had to talk louder - and then you claimed I was yelling at you.
So we bought a house that Randy did a job for the former owner. We have not moved in yet and no one has touched the furnace since Randy serviced it and replaced two capacitors for the woman selling us the house. She even remarked that every time she has to have a heat pump serviced, the service company screws it up. Well it not only froze up but the house cannot heat up past 60 degrees. The neighbor heard the heat pump overworking because the defrost isn't turning on. So I got a call from the woman who sold us the house, I called the neighbor, my husband went out there to try to get the house above 60 degrees and manually defrost the heat pump. Today I called this Randy who is on Bainbridge Island and he cannot hear me, it's a bad connection and I cannot hear him so immediately he doesn't answer my questions and complains that I'm shouting at him over and over. I finally got in that what he did, the service job and replacement of two capacitors, either failed or broke this unit and it's not working... he hears that and immediately says "... I'm not helping you...". That's what the owner of this company says to me. We haven't even moved in yet. SO RANDY WON'T STAND BEHIND HIS WORK and there is nothing we did to break this heat pump. So now I have to get all the document and take this jerk to court. I called the former owner and I told her that the guy she hired won't stand behind his work. This review won't be coming down anytime soon Randy - you really should stand behind your service in this day in age, internet reviews and all. SHAME ON YOU!
So here is an update for you Randy: Called another HVAC company and you should have known that the defrost boards only last 5 years but you never offered to the former owner that she should have replaced that nor did you check to see if it was working properly. According to several other companies you should have at least attempted to service or check on that for the service that you did. If you didn't have a way to service or check it you should have informed the owner that it is commonplace, and after all you are the expert here... that these boards go out in a matter of 5 or more years. Well, you didn't even bother with this so now we have to hire a company to come out a replace because you failed to address this. Please offer a comment on the fact that you don't know anything about heat pump defroster boards come on Randy... tell everyone that you failed to address that. read more