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Overall, I very much enjoyed working with Ernie. He is a really nice guy and does a professional, clean job. I would hire Ernie again.
The scope of the work Ernie did for us included: running a gas line to the attic for a new HVAC unit, repositioning gas for a new basement HVAC unit, and installing a new on-demand hot water heater. This project ended up requiring upsizing the gas line all the way back to the meter. To further complicate the job, the work was done in two phases so that our house would not have any interruption to hot water or heat. Further, as Ernie was separate from the HVAC company and the electrician, there was need to orchestrate scheduling of work around the progress made by other companies.
What went well:
- The result is that the work is all running as expected and was properly permitted
- The work was clean and tucked away to allow for finishing the basement and attic
- Ernie worked with me to phase the work such that there was no interruption to gas appliances around the house other than what we agreed could be worked around (our dryer was down for a couple days)
- When one of the gas pipe unions was a bit too loose and was leaking a little gas, Ernie responded immediately to tighten it up
- Ernie ran some gas pipe through a fairly difficult path to get from the basement to the attic
What could have been better:
- As with all good tradesmen, Ernie is busy. This combined with family circumstances meant that Ernie was not consistently responsive in trying to get work scheduled
- We could have communicated about the path of the gas pipe in the attic better so that it was located in the right spot the first time instead of having to pay to re-run it tighter to other piping
- Due to a change in the code and the need to keep the old heating system working until the attic HVAC was running, there was a miscalculation of gas pipe size that lead to an initial failing of inspection and a significant amount of re-work. In the end, Ernie made good on this such that I paid for the unanticipated scope of upsizing pipe all the way back to the meter and he ate the cost of reworking what he had already done that needed to be upsized.
Again, overall I would hire Ernie again, and in fact do anticipate enlisting his help for finishing a bathroom in the basement a year or two from now.
www.metrobostonplumbing.com
The scope of the work Ernie did for us included: running a gas line to the attic for a new HVAC unit, repositioning gas for a new basement HVAC unit, and installing a new on-demand hot water heater. This project ended up requiring upsizing the gas line all the way back to the meter. To further complicate the job, the work was done in two phases so that our house would not have any interruption to hot water or heat. Further, as Ernie was separate from the HVAC company and the electrician, there was need to orchestrate scheduling of work around the progress made by other companies.
What went well:
- The result is that the work is all running as expected and was properly permitted
- The work was clean and tucked away to allow for finishing the basement and attic
- Ernie worked with me to phase the work such that there was no interruption to gas appliances around the house other than what we agreed could be worked around (our dryer was down for a couple days)
- When one of the gas pipe unions was a bit too loose and was leaking a little gas, Ernie responded immediately to tighten it up
- Ernie ran some gas pipe through a fairly difficult path to get from the basement to the attic
What could have been better:
- As with all good tradesmen, Ernie is busy. This combined with family circumstances meant that Ernie was not consistently responsive in trying to get work scheduled
- We could have communicated about the path of the gas pipe in the attic better so that it was located in the right spot the first time instead of having to pay to re-run it tighter to other piping
- Due to a change in the code and the need to keep the old heating system working until the attic HVAC was running, there was a miscalculation of gas pipe size that lead to an initial failing of inspection and a significant amount of re-work. In the end, Ernie made good on this such that I paid for the unanticipated scope of upsizing pipe all the way back to the meter and he ate the cost of reworking what he had already done that needed to be upsized.
Again, overall I would hire Ernie again, and in fact do anticipate enlisting his help for finishing a bathroom in the basement a year or two from now.
20 Union Ave, Framingham, MA 01702