Over the years I've regularly had the Aqua Hot unit serviced in my 1995 Monaco by a variety people. Most of the time I'd drop off the coach at a repair facility, wait for the service to be completed, then pickup the coach up and drive off. Never actually watching what was being done or by whom. You place a lot of trust in the people who work on your coach, expecting the quality of the work commensurate with the cost. Unfortunately, over the years we've all experienced service work that was poorly done by technicians who said they knew more than they did.
However my last two service appointments were completely different from all the rest. Because I wasn't on the road traveling, I wondered if there were any mobile servicemen available who were capable of working on my Aqua Hot unit at my camp site rather than finding a RV dealership to get the work done. I placed a call to Aqua Hot directly and explained my needs. Yes they said. There is a qualified mobile service in my location of southwest Michigan. I called Darin Hathaway, owner of Hydronic Heating and made an appointment. I explained what I needed, set the time and within a few days he came to my sight. Arriving on time, he went through the list of things I wanted done and provided guidance of things I might need done. He quickly and expertly completed the tasks, made sure everything worked to his satisfaction and mine, took my payment electronically and I was soon off on the next leg of my trip. A year has passed and I'm in northern Indiana and wanted another maintenance checkup. The same process was followed and he again was very complete. This time, the control box was failing and I had two bad bearings in my burner unit. He replaced the failed components and I again had the chance to watch the entire process and ask all the questions I wanted. Now things are back to normal and I can have one less thing to worry about. The following day he called back and said he wanted to recheck one part of his repair to make sure it was doing what it was supposed to do. I can't ever think of any repairmen offering to do that. He's returning tomorrow to recheck. Usually they take your money and disappear. Not Darin. He's courteous and a true professional. Save yourself some time and if you're in the SW Michigan or Northern Indiana and need quality AquaHot service, he'll come to you and you'll like his work. read more