Best Sink Spout in Washington DC
Plumber
I had work done a few years ago. I know different people have different experiences, but this has been mine.
First of all, they would get high marks for responsiveness, at least initially. I was in a real jam when our AC conked out during a heat wave. They came the next day and installed a new unit 3 days later.
Here are the issues:
1) I know this might sound petty, but when the manager came out to give an estimate, if he said once he said 25 times, “the guys will put down drop cloths and wear shoe covers.” Well, not one drop cloth or shoe cover.
2) After a while it seemed that my unit was running really loudly. Only then did I look behind the some venting to see that they had ‘sealed’ the vent run with a piece of cardboard cut off from the box and a couple of pieces of tape that not surprisingly blew off after a couple of days of heavy use.
3) Dial ahead a couple of years and there was an overflow from my condensation pump. I was afraid of some major systemic problem so I called a tech. Fortunately, it was minor. He found that there was a sediment ring around the PVC because it was flat and plumb against the bottom. He explained that it should be cut at an angle and not touch the bottom, to prevent this very thing. He added that because this is the last thing the installers do they often don’t bother to do it right.
4) Remember that I qualified my comment about responsiveness. Seems to be that when a smaller company does an $8K job they might follow up with a call to see how everything went. I never heard another word. A couple of months later I called and asked for an estimate to install a humidifier. No response.
My unit still keeps our home cool in the summer and warm in the winter but my experience was less than 5-star.
www.jimmygusky.com
First of all, they would get high marks for responsiveness, at least initially. I was in a real jam when our AC conked out during a heat wave. They came the next day and installed a new unit 3 days later.
Here are the issues:
1) I know this might sound petty, but when the manager came out to give an estimate, if he said once he said 25 times, “the guys will put down drop cloths and wear shoe covers.” Well, not one drop cloth or shoe cover.
2) After a while it seemed that my unit was running really loudly. Only then did I look behind the some venting to see that they had ‘sealed’ the vent run with a piece of cardboard cut off from the box and a couple of pieces of tape that not surprisingly blew off after a couple of days of heavy use.
3) Dial ahead a couple of years and there was an overflow from my condensation pump. I was afraid of some major systemic problem so I called a tech. Fortunately, it was minor. He found that there was a sediment ring around the PVC because it was flat and plumb against the bottom. He explained that it should be cut at an angle and not touch the bottom, to prevent this very thing. He added that because this is the last thing the installers do they often don’t bother to do it right.
4) Remember that I qualified my comment about responsiveness. Seems to be that when a smaller company does an $8K job they might follow up with a call to see how everything went. I never heard another word. A couple of months later I called and asked for an estimate to install a humidifier. No response.
My unit still keeps our home cool in the summer and warm in the winter but my experience was less than 5-star.
2604 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008