Steven came to our home twice to assess our furnace that wasn't working. The first time he was unable to diagnose because we had turned it off. However, the second time he came and said that it was likely our circuit board but that overall our furnace was a little old (10 years) and not a good brand (Goodman). I asked in his expert opinion what he would recommend we do, either replace the circuit board for $500 or the furnace, and he recommended replacing the furnace. Ultimately we decided to have him replace the circuit board and decided we would replace the furnace next year so he replaced our circuit board. Well, this was all on a Friday and by Sunday the furnace was again not working. We decided at this time to get a second opinion and called Dalco. They came out and took the front of the furnace off to discover that it was filthy in there and that the flame censor was corroded and a bit dirty. He asked for a wet rag, cleaned the inside of the furnace and the censor and educated us on the light panel in the furnace that would diagnose what was going on in the furnace. He also educated us on the importance of regular maintenance for our furnace (we are first time home owners).
We called Steven back and explained the situation and asked if we could come to an agreement on some sort of reimbursement. He agreed to reimburse of half of the $500 and said he would drop it off in 30 minutes. In that 30 minutes he called us back and told us that he didn't understand why we didn't call him again to fix it and that the issue was likely the inducer fan. I told him I didn't care what it was, that it was fixed and I wanted my money back. He came to our front door, continued to argue with us about how he's never had a complaint of his work in 45 years and that since we aren't from Denver we don't know how high altitude effects furnaces. Ultimately we told him that since he didn't fix it, we would like our money back, so he handed us a check and told us we were "strange".
Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend this guy since he couldn't diagnose a dirty furnace from one that "needed to be replaced". Ugh. read more