They are very fast to respond and schedule. They inspected both my chimney and furnace flue via…read morecamera (recorded video) for $550, and determined that the furnace flu needed a liner. When I asked what that runs price wise, they told me that's not their dept. so someone would get back to me. The inspection was Tuesday --it's now Friday and nothing....not even photos or videos of what they took in the flues. I paid but I have nothing. The installers promised me videos.
So, be prepared to wait for the results of your inspection. UPDATE: they finally sent me the furnace flue video only on Monday, May 6th (a week after the inspection). Before that, all I had was a few unlabelled photos Unfortunately, this video is too late to have helped my installer. It would have been extremely helpful to have had a video to see where the mortar obstructions to lining the flu were before dropping the liner down the obstructed flue.
They, however, got me a quote when I put up this review. The quote does not include removing the mortar obstructions that they, themselves, found in the furnace flu (and which my worker had to chip out the clay pipe and brick wall to remove). Receiving a quote for $3000.00, that does not mention an obstruction in the clay lined furnace flu that they found seems like they are setting me up for a future ask and increase while they are doing the work--which almost seems to me like an intentional overlook since the obstruction is in their video and one photo. I mentioned this to them, and immediately, they took done their quote, so I cannot access it anymore.
I think that the video of my inspection should immediately be available for the $550 I paid, and their two workmen assured me I'd have access to it immediately. They sent a few photos on Friday but the workmen said that their computer had limited memory space to take photos so that I'd be able to watch the full videos of their inspections.
They used a drone to look at the top of my chimney. I would prefer old school style where they go up to the roof in person. My other chimney guy climbed the roof, while tuckpointing the chimney, and installing my liner on Thursday, and fixed a crack in the crown (which was replaced in 2013) yesterday and tuckpointed some places on the top.Their drone did not show damage that needed to be fixed or any tuckpointing to do (strange on a 35 foot chimney). So, that means that they missed the issues at the very top. The person doing the inspection would not even go into my backyard to put the drone on the backside of the chimney and crown.
They found a dead bird in the furnace flu at the bottom, and removed it ,and that was nice. My guy found two more birds, when he chipped out the obstruction, before completing the furnace liner (since the liner would not drop fully until that mortar obstruction was removed).
It gives me pause to realise my furnace was trying to vent past several mortar obstructions (significant in size) and 3 dead birds. I'm glad my guy took care of that and that his cost was half of what this company quoted me.
I still do not have the furnace flue video or photos or the video the drone took of the top of the chimney. The photos have no detail (far away).
They also did not take any time to explain how the water heater is being expelled through chimney flue and whether it should also be expelled through furnace flue, once I get a liner. I heard them talking to each other re my "old school" set up --but not to me, when I asked them for info nor do I see that mentioned in the report. My guy took the time to explain how they would connect and at what angle to the new setup.
Some people on here say they inspect your Fire and Carbon Monoxide alarms on all levels of the house --nope, did not happen. I mentioned to them that one fire alarm keeps going off near the kitchen and I was wondering where this alarm resides. I saw the one guy stare up at the ceiling for a long time, while I was paying the other guy, at the end of the visit. Thus, I looked up after they left---yup, that may be the alarm that needs a battery. Too bad he did not care to say something to me while he stared at it.
When I've expressed to Amy, who does the scheduling and appears to be a part owner my dismay over these issues, she printed to me in an email that she does not want to email, and that she'd only talk on phone. So they don't want to provide their videos or put things in writing or explain what happened in writing? I'd say this business, well apparently well-loved for simple jobs, is not trustworthy. I'd like my money returned. UPDATE: they sent me back my voided check with no note.