Honest person to check HVAC system?

amother

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 10:05 am

Anyone know someone who is for sure honest and well experienced to check filter and do maintenance on HVAC? TIA

amother

Petunia

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 10:41 am

21young wrote:

Shmuli Friedman

contact info?
is he experienced?
also would he clean out all the duct work to make it clean from mildew... like brand new?
is he reasonably priced?
does anyone know of anyone else that does a superior job on such a thing?

amother

Petunia

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 11:46 am

amother Aqua wrote:

Yisroel Zirkin he's family so I'm nogea but I've heard from so many others how good and honest he is

amother

Aqua

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 12:35 pm

amother Petunia wrote:

Yisroel Zirkin
Niagara Cooling and air
732-575-8029
20+ years of experience maybe 30 by this point
Good prices
For specifics I can't tell you but if he doesnt do it he can recommend someone else who does

amother

Vermilion

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 12:54 pm

Berezin Heating and Cooling 732-600-1630
Mativetsky A/C 732-621-7119
I used both in the past. Was very happy.

amother

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 1:13 pm

amother Vermilion wrote:

Berezin Heating and Cooling 732-600-1630
Mativetsky A/C 732-621-7119
I used both in the past. Was very happy.

Thanks everyone.

amother

Petunia

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 1:20 pm

anyone know of anyone that would clean out all the duct work to make it clean from mildew... like brand new?

amother

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 2:28 pm

amother Vermilion wrote:

Berezin Heating and Cooling 732-600-1630
Mativetsky A/C 732-621-7119
I used both in the past. Was very happy.

Wow, called Berezin, he was SO honest! Told me what to do myself so I don’t have to pay him for a service call! And his service call fee is much cheaper than estimate I got from someone else!
I’m impressed. Thank you for recommending!!

amother

Petunia

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 4:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

thanks for the update

amother

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 4:41 pm

amother Petunia wrote:

thanks for the update

Sure. Someone like that deserves to get out business.
There are so many dishonest people out there who take advantage.

Had to pay $85+ for a repairman to tell me my fridge couldn’t be repaired!

agreer

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 5:34 pm

amother OP wrote:

Sure. Someone like that deserves to get out business.
There are so many dishonest people out there who take advantage.

Had to pay $85+ for a repairman to tell me my fridge couldn’t be repaired!

No.

You paid a repairman $85 to drive to your house from wherever he was at a time that was good for you and use his years of experience to diagnose your problem quickly and efficiently.

It's not his fault it was broken beyond repair. He would have loved to fix it. He doesn't make money by you buying a new fridge.

amother

Mon, Nov 28 2022, 7:01 pm

agreer wrote:

No actually you’re wrong.
It took him a while to look at he fridge and said he didn’t know what was wrong with it and didn’t know how to fix it. Sorry but that shouldn’t have cost me $85.

amother

NeonPink

Tue, Nov 29 2022, 8:32 am

amother OP wrote:

No actually you’re wrong.
It took him a while to look at he fridge and said he didn’t know what was wrong with it and didn’t know how to fix it. Sorry but that shouldn’t have cost me $85.

Sorry to disappoint but this is normal.
I have used Berezin an Mativetsky many times for my own house and houses DH manages. I highly recommend them and am a repeat customer. There have been times that they fixed and times that boilers, heaters etc had to be replaced and I had to pay a service charge for "it being broken" in addition to the new boiler and installation or whatever it was.
Calling down a repair guy=charge.
But I agree there are definitely some that are more honest and affordable than others.

amother

Vermilion

Tue, Nov 29 2022, 8:56 am

amother NeonPink wrote:

Mativetsky also helped me once on the phone to diagnose the problem on my own.
Although it's normal to pay for a service call every time a service guy shows up, when you're told the appliance is garbage, it's very frustrating and very upsetting!

Chayalle

Tue, Nov 29 2022, 8:59 am

Repairmen have to make a living. They can't afford to drive around looking at peoples' appliances for free.

I remember using Berezin to repair my a/c about 15 years ago. Still works....

amother

NeonPink

Tue, Nov 29 2022, 9:00 am

I agree. It's frustrating and I do get frustrated myself..BUT the guy has a right to charge for his time.

amother

Lemonchiffon

Tue, Nov 29 2022, 9:23 am

amother OP wrote:

Sure. Someone like that deserves to get out business.
There are so many dishonest people out there who take advantage.

Had to pay $85+ for a repairman to tell me my fridge couldn’t be repaired!

So he should drive down to your house for free when he could have been at a paying job? You obviously needed him to tell you that as you couldn't figure it out yourself so why shouldn't he be paid for his knowledge?