On May 17th we had Northern Comfort come to service our pool heater. We were quoted $99 to come out…read moreand $99 for diagnosis. The tech arrived and could not figure out the issue. He called Pentair tech support several times and still was unable to figure out the issue but raised the gas pressure even though that had never been an issue and nothing had changed since installation. In the end he spoke to a Pentair salesman that their company was familiar with who suggested turning a gas valve screw. It appeared to work and heater finally stayed lit. It was only after this I was told the bill was over $600. When asked what the additional $400 was for, i was told it was for "advanced" diagnostics. I guess the phone calls to Pentair? I was then told the initial diagnostic fee only covered 30 mins, and the additional time was $200 an hr. I was NOT told this before the appt and at no time did the tech tell me there was going to be an additional charge if he kept trying to figure out what was wrong. Task to speak with the owner and was given a women on the phone who was very rude and told me never to contact the company again. refused to pay the "advanced diagnostic fee". Less then 24hrs later the pool heater overheated and shorted out the Stack Flue Sensor and stopped working. I have emailed the company several times and they have not responded. It now appears that their "fix" may have caused additional damage to the heater. I have been in contact with Pentair and they agree. I requested at a minimum a refund or that they return and fix the heater correctly. No response. Its very disappointing as they were recommended by a friend. Edited to add on 6/19: The pool technician came today and determined the heater has been destroyed by Northern Comfort. It is not even repairable now. This heater is not even 2yrs old... Company still refuses to respond to my emails. Will only respond to the bad reviews i posted. It will now cost me $3900 to get a new heater and have it installed.

I came home to find an error code on our gas furnace after a power outage. We were leaving on a…read moretrip in a few hours. I was so pleased that when I called Northern Comfort they sent a technician over within an hour. One hour of work and he had the furnace up and going. Their quick response saved our trip and gave me piece of mind.

We were lucky enough to hire Burrows Brothers for installing our steel break wall after our…read more property was attacked by Monster Beautiful AKA Lake Ontario. The crew headed by Jason Levin tackled our lakefront and handled all that the lake put forth. The rest of the crew was Jason Weaver, Pete Barnum,Bobby Phillips and Jon Colon. These men were Top Guns for the job they were handed. Thanks to all involved and Kieth and Kevin Burrows for hiring such a great group of dedicated work force.

From the owner: Since 1999 Burrows Bros. Inc. has been the leader in directional drilling and utility contracting…read more We specialize in the communication, gas, electric, water and sewer industries.

Time again for a service call, A/C just not cooling and running too much. After a good cleaning…read morefrom Yunis Ashkar, things are much better, not running all the time, and keeping the place cool. I upgraded my service plan at his recommendation due my plan only covering furnace cleanings, now I'll get an annual a/c cleaning which will help keep it running efficiently and prevent me from paying big bucks to RGE! LOL Thanks Yunis and Isaac.

I had a service call because my AC condenser fan was not running. The tech came the same day and…read moredid a good job replacing the capacitor. My disappointment was not with the work, but the capacitor he replaced costs them under $100 but was charged to me at about $330. To me this is price gouging and is a red flag that consumers should be aware.

The preventive maintenance work they did was adequate. As this work was being done for my sister, I…read morewas unfamiliar with the filter size and asked the tech whether he had a replacement filter on his truck and he said no. I asked him to tell me the size so I could run to Lowes to get one for him to install. He gave ne the size and I drove and purchased the size he indicated. When I returned, he told me he 'found one' in the corner of he basement and installed it. He then left. I took the new filters down to place them near the furnace for the next change, and found that he had put an oversized filter in the slot, leaving 5 inches protruding from the filter slot. This is shoddy work. He was too lazy to measure the correct filter size, and took a shortcut so he could leave. I measured the filter slot for the correct size, and did the trip back to Lowes for the proper filter. I wouldn't recommend them.

I'm not giving a one star on service because they couldn't locate the issue. They came out on a…read moreSunday for an emergency call. I totally get there is an up charge but $639.63, that seems a bit outrageous! I own a vacation rental business and emergency assistance is needed from time to time. As an example, Halco ( heating company) came out on an emergency on a Sunday last year, couldn't fix it and charged me $150! Why didn't I call them, you ask, I was out of town and my partner took care of this. Halco was out on other emergencies, so they couldn't come out. I just can't see how this company can justify that amount of money? BTW, Dan, my now main heating guy, came out on Monday and was able to do a temporary FIX for a $125!!! The house required a new unit and he put one in one Wednesday, at such a fair price! No fix $639 vs. temp fix $125.!!!!!!

We had Maurice out for an estimate for a liner on our fireplace, he pulled the insert out of the…read morefireplace, mid-aligning our pipe. Called him back to ask him to put it back, and he berated me over the phone saying he would be liable if he put the pipe back and we didn't have a liner installed. Finally got him to say he would come back but he had to check his schedule and call me back. Never called me back, so 2 months later I called a manager. She sent 2 techs out the very next day who ruined the pipe even more (they tried to align it but left a huge gap and taped it back together with tape that is not rated for fireplaces!) and also tracked mud and soot all over my kitchen and carpet. I will never have them in my house again. Working with the BBB to have them pay my bill to get the fireplace fixed and the carpet cleaned.

This is a slippery company. They are not trustworthy when it comes to their billing practices. They…read moreclaim to give you a "break" on labor but truth be told they tack it on the part. If you have a warranty be very clear that they service THAT warranty, that the look at the warranty. My furnace wasn't working, I took the morning off to meet them so when they said it wasn't covered under the warranty, I was desperate and trusted them. The next day I found out it was covered, Empire wasn't honest. They weren't a contractor for that warranty company, Goodman/Goodcare/Asure. They charged $485 for the part and only refunded $250 and claimed the rest as labor which the tech said he was being nice and not charged me. But the warranty covers labor, but Empire isn't a service provider for said company. So I am being blamed by the warranty company for trusting Empire, Empire claims the are not liable because they didn't install the furnace. Integrity is not something they have, find another company if you don't have to use them.