Service Appointment Review - 6/19/2024
Jeremy arrived at our home on June 19th. I told him the air filter was dirty and the drain line was plugged, but that I had cleaned those before he came.
He found the evaporator coil was frozen. He then told me that a plugged drain line would not cause it to freeze over, the only reason it would freeze over was due to a leak in the coil. He then turned on the heat to thaw the system so pressure readings could be taken. He said that the system was low on 410a refrigerant approximately 2.5 lbs. To get the system running and cooling correctly today,
* refrigerant will need to be added. Adding refrigerant would only be a temporary fix, it may only last a few days or could last several years.
* A leak search could be conducted but no guarantees the leak will be pin pointed or be fixable. Jeremy then...
* Recommended replacing the unit, cost would be around $7800 dollars. He estimated the repair cost to be around $3500. If a new unit is decided on, the cost of the repair would be credited towards the new unit. Plus...
* It was going to cost $536, to add the refrigerant and have the leak test conducted.
* We couldn't afford the $536, so Paid $135 for the service call, we were going schedule a different day.
* We had another appointment set up with a different AC company that week, so we kept that appointment to get a second opinion.
On June 21st, Dee from AI solutions came to check the unit. He could not believe that I was told that it didn't matter on these packaged units if the drain line was plugged. He recheck the drain line, cleaned the coil. Went in the house found the discharge air from the unit was 49 - 50 degrees. It has been working perfectly ever since!!!
On June 28th I called Snowbird Heating and Cooling to cancel the service contract and told them we did not want them to come out and add the refrigerant. They asked why, so I told them we had a second opinion and we found out that what Jeremy had told us was not correct and his recommendations for our unit were not valid!
I then with spoke with a gentleman from their management team. He said that he would send an email to the person responsible for reimbursements. We paid $135 for the service fee and should get $135 in reimbursement. Jeremy did nothing to fix our unit, he recommended false information. We should get a full refund! But....
We still haven't received it. I called again on July 8th, asking why we would not get back the $135. On July 16th, found a pending charge for the $8 service program. Called them again, and they did reverse the $8 program fee, But, we are still waiting for a refund of the $135 service fee. Spoke with Justin 3 different times over the past 2 weeks, being told that he would send an email and then call the one responsible for the refund. We are still waiting. If you are going to have any major work done, take the time to get a second opinion. We did and it saved us nearly $8,000. read more