DO NOT CALL PATRICK. DO NOT HIRE PATRICK. DO NOT TRUST PATRICK. PATRICK FORTNEY is very UNRELIABLE and SHADY. I tried several times to give him a chance to finish the job, and he has let me down every single time. He had so many excuses (car accident, lost phone, no money, etc) that I was a fool for trusting him. It's embarrassing. I urge you to READ THE FILTERED REVIEWS, and check out the horrible reviews on Angie's List and ripoffreport.com. I made a huge mistake by hiring him to clean our chimney, and then I made an even bigger mistake by agreeing to let him install a liner and do some other "critical" repairs. The BIGGEST mistake I made was to not listen to my wife and (against my better judgment) give him multiple chances (and checks). I really really wanted this to work out. He has been MIA for the past 10 days, and I have no confidence whatsoever that he will actually respond to any of my text messages or phone calls. The next step is to go after him (and his business) in small claims court and/or through the BBB. I hope this prevents any further damage done to honest and hard-working individuals. PATRICK basically robbed us and stole food from my daughter's mouth. NOT COOL. DO NOT CALL PATRICK. DO NOT HIRE PATRICK. DO NOT TRUST PATRICK. read more

I would choose 0 stars if I could. Did a chimney sweep not too long ago and told me my chimney def ready for logs go purchase at menards or Home Depot do it yourself. Good thing I called a professional Log company. Came out. Put a camera up chimney told me jr needed to be cleaned. Said I had a chimney sweep 2 weeks ago and the guy laughed and said good thing y didn't listen to the Moron who told u to put logs in. You would have died from Carbon monoxide. Patrick is a scam Don't give this guy one penny. Comes in a flimsy truck no company name acts like he knows what he is doing. Shoves a vaccum jn chimney for 5 minutes. Climbs on roof for 5 min and claims your good to go. If you love your home and family hire a legit company. read more

Scam artist. Note that the 2 reviews that are 'recommended' are his friends (you can look him up on facebook). Also check out the legitimate reviews below from people he has ripped of - for some reason Yelp deems these to be incorrect. There are multiple filings on www.ripoffreport.com. So, my experience? He's friendly and personable. Apart from that he came into my home to provide a quote for some chimney work, saw my 4 month old twin girls and my 2 yr old boy, took my deposit and disappeared. Shameless. read more

Very bad experience. Patrick Fortney, owner/operator of Four Seasons Chimney Services, initially seemed honest, professional and competent; however, this proved not to be the case. We hired him on June 5, 2014 to replace our leaky chimney liner for $353. On the day he was scheduled to perform service (about June 13, 2014) he did not show up or call, or answer my numerous attempts to contact him. The next day I was able to reach him and he claimed he had been in a car accident on the way to our house, but would be able to replace the chimney liner the next week on Tuesday, June 17. On June 17 he did not show up as promised, and after wasting most of another whole day, I finally did reach him by phone. He had no explanation other than he said he was going to the doctor for more pain medication related to his accident, and promised to replace the chimney liner on Thursday, June 19. Mr. Fortney arrived as agreed on June 19 and replaced the liner. He had to reattach the gas water heater vent to the chimney in the basement. Previously, Mr. Fortney had mentioned to my husband that there was an attachment point for the water heater that he wished he could use because it would "make his job a lot easier", but that he would have to do it another way to do it correctly. He ended up using the easier attachment anyway. He used a flexible metal tube that was crunched and curved downward in spots and which, to my un-trained eye, looked wrong. Mr. Fortney assured me that the water heater attachment was to "code". I paid Mr. Fortney in full when he left, believing the job was done and done properly. After a couple weeks of rain, we noticed that there was more water damage to the inside of the chimney than we had seen before. My husband got on the roof to check the job Mr. Fortney had done, and realized there was nothing sealing the new cap at the top of the chimney except a couple small gobs of silicone. My husband could "see daylight" through the gaps. Obviously this is where the water was leaking into the chimney and causing damage. My husband and I tried contacting Mr. Fortney numerous times via his cell phone number, email, and calling the office number listed on the website. After days of no response, we reached someone from the "office" who claimed they were unreachable because they had had a death in the family, but would send someone out to check the chimney after 5:00 on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. On July 29, I rushed home to wait for the technician, and once again nobody showed up. Since July 29, we have called Four Seasons and Patrick Fortney to ask for redress many times and received no response. Shortly after the preceding events we had a local, well-respected company come to check out the chimney installation, and it was then that we were made aware of the faulty reattachment of the gas water heater vent. We were told that the attachment was definitely NOT to code, and also that we should contact the village to notify them that someone was performing negligent work in the area and trying to pass it off as "code". The improper ventilation of the gas water heater puts my family at risk for a carbon monoxide leak, which can be deadly. This is completely irresponsible and negligent, to say the least. Four Seasons Chimney Services and Partick Fortney have yet to respond to any of our numerous attempts to contact them since we discovered the egregious errors in installation. Bottom line: we are out $353 and our chimney damage is worse than it was before we hired Four Seasons, in addition to a faulty re-attachment of the gas water heater vent which puts our family at risk for a carbon monoxide leak. read more

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I did follow up with you and asked for a refund. You said I'd get it within 72 hours. I did not and followed up with you to ask when I would get it. You then said on Friday. Well that didn't happen either. I'm sure you have an excuse. 343.00 isn't going to break the bank. My disappointment is I really needed someone to fix take care of the venting in my house because I was selling it. Now that it was done wrong not only did I not get my money back but now I have to pay someone to redo your work. Very disappointing and I am reviewing you poorly as I don't want others to have the same experience. read more

Stay away! The experience with this company was awful, at best. Patrick asked for a deposit for the job (I paid by check), showed up the next day (Saturday) needing more cash (since he could not get the bank in time to buy bricks), installed our liner (but did not seal it off) and then disappeared. He lied consistently on when he would arrive, gave excuse after excuse of why he was late, needing more time and never had the decency to call or apologize. I paid him 65% of the bid for a job that is about 20% finished. The experience felt very fraudulent and I would never trust him, his word or the company read more

I am basically a trusting person and see now that Patrick is a con man. He talked a good game about how he worked for unscrupulous masons, wanted to start his own honest company and enjoys doing the work himself like a craftsman. Ha! First, he sent two inexperienced subcontractors to start the job. When I pulled up the first day, they were working on the roof with only a ladder (major OSHA violation) and large chunks of brick were rolling down the shingles into the planting bed. The work site was a mess. Patrick could not be reached for about five days (reportedly a health issue) while his subs tried to keep the job going. After minimal progress and shoddy workmanship, we replaced them with a different company only to learn Four Seasons had used the wrong mortar (which was like concrete), plugged our gutters/downspouts and ordered brick that did not match (among other issues - like the overloaded, broken down truck that sat in our parking lot for several days until Patrick tried to move it and was stopped by the police)! In the end, the job cost us much more than it should have because everything Four Seasons did had to be undone first. Patrick promised to take full responsibility but not surprisingly, I have not heard back from him even after sending a certified letter. Save yourself time, money and aggravation and go elsewhere if you need chimney work. I will be reporting him to the BBB and the Attorney General. read more

this company gave me level 2 inspection and said all i needed was to caulk some areas and some minor chimney work. when ed subsequently came to do the work, i knew after one day , he was wrong. i paid them 800 dollars and fired them. i subsequently hired a reputable chimney company and they just visually inspected the work and told me and showed me, why i need to take the chimney down. it is pulling away from the house and has numerous fire cracks in it. hiring four seasons was a disaster. read more