
Honey's Air & Solar
About us
The year was 1950, on the heels of the second world war Jack Lavine, a young entrepreneur and heating and air conditioning craftsman opened Lavine & Co., a heating company in Oakland California with a dream and a passion for serving his community. Just a few years later, halfway across the country in the small town of Bessemer, Bob Broman opened Blue Flame Heating with the same dream, drive and passion to help his community thrive in the bitter cold of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. While Bob continued as the owner/operator of Blue Flame Heating until his retirement in 2005, Jack partnered with Norm Kay to help grow his business. Lavine & Co. grew, but slower than they wanted, so they brought in some “fresh blood”, Norm’s son Dale to accelerate growth. With Lavine & Co. growing into a leader in the Oakland heating market, Dale quickly realized he needed more help. In 1998 he brought on his niece Jacque Santos. Jacque and Dale led Lavine’s to over a decade of prosperity, until 2009 when they opted for a better lifestyle in the Central Valley. In 2009 Honey's. was born. Jacque and Dale opened Honey's. with the same goals Bob Broman and Jack Lavine had – to serve their community and neighbors. In 2014 Dale was ready to focus on his family, so he invited Ray Broman (Bob Broman’s Grandson) to purchase his portion of Honey's. Using the training and tools Ray had acquired in his 15 years in the HVAC industry, and the absolute best co-workers, Ray and Jacque grew Honey's Air, Inc. into the premier home services provider in the Central Valley. Today Honey's Air, Inc. boasts a large team of many employees, including Ray’s wife, son and daughter, along with Jacque’s father, uncle and son. We have adopted and embraced the “No Stinger Promise”, our unique offer in the market.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning Engineers,Solar Energy Equipment & Systems-Dealers
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Warranties
Yes
Senior Discount
5%
Accepted Payment Methods
- American Express
- Financing Available
- Check
- Visa
- Discover
- MasterCard
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They were great and we loved them and we even referred them to some friends. They were always on time. They were in uniform. They were professional. They were safe.
ough this My overall evaluation of the service provided, was less than what I had expected. I 'm still not satisfied, as to whether or not the leak has been taken care of. I guess I'll have to wait til next year, to see if my unit cools off the house, and shows no loss of coolant ! I just hope it gets me through this summer !
This was a professional and pleasant experience from beginning to end. It began with a service call to fix the old furnace. At which time the technician informed us of something we had been fearing for some time, we had a problem with the motor itself. He explained the repair in detail and let us know how much it would cost. We told him not to move forward, we had a decision to make. Based on some inquires and the professionalism of the tech we asked Honey's to come give us a bid on a new furnace.
The tech came with the sales guy,- low impact- we decide to go all in and replace both furnace and air conditioner. Every step of the process was handled with professionalism and with respect for us and our home. Honey's made sure we got all our rebates, inspections, and paperwork done and filed where each piece needed to be.
I would have Honey's work on our home again any time. I just wish they did kitchens!
The Honeys sales representative / Diana Trevino, very competent product - installation knowledgeable, she has clearly been in the trade for many years and can answer most if not all technical issues if so raised, a testament to a professional approach rather than a sales speak person. Answers questions directly and authoritatively, clearly based on experience, no sales speak, what Diana doesn't know, she calls on her experts and then does know the answer. Clearly she has been in the trade for a considerable period of time and is able to withstand even the most technical tests of knowledge on the systems and product lines in the market as well installation procedures and regulatory compliance. On the cost issue of the system as every customer seeks the biggest bang possible for their expenditure, Diana does try hard to meet this realistically advising where budget adjusts will afford what service and equipment so the customer has a options to be considered as any good representative would so do. As my Q&A and budget issues were resolved, Honeys were appointed to undertake the project.
Contract period / Installation Team
Honeys team that carried out the installation work were on time and to schedule a 3 man crew, tidy, helpful and professional and very personable to deal with, no agitated or impatient contractor responses, just effective and amiable throughout the job. The team prepped the space well to avoid any mess and protected any items that might get dusty or possible in the way. During the work care and attention was paid the decorative fabric to not cause any undue redecoration's works. Many contracting teams might over look this important aspect but the Honeys crew were well organised practiced in this art. The Works spaces being very restrictive to operate in, floor crawl space and loft space and furnace cupboard, they did well to overcome certain site imposed limitations and execute the works to a high standard. The team were comfortable and happy to answer any technical questions whilst work was being carried out and patiently involved us in the here is the next step and here is the why to do steps based on the existing conditions which they explained, so at no time did you feel works were excessive or simple added to or lessened to finish sooner, all was clearly and thoroughly advised on from existing conditions and the need to undertake preparatory works to ensure the installation meets the manufacturers site recommendations for the equipment. Over the 3 day period we experienced no contractors mess due to works and at the close of each day the spaces were made clean and usable barely any physical evidence that works were being carried out in a main hall way. The team were always friendly and approachable to the what if suggestion, or does it need, customer advisement and would be amiable to accommodating suggestions. The New Lennox furnace was installed carefully and all supporting services connected also with appropriate high standards. The equipment and supporting services connections of duct work were thoroughly cleaned and sealed in all rooms and the new additional duct to the living room was installed and located in consultation with us on the most optimum positioning to attain environmental comfort, which was previously missing from this room. During this works stage the room has been newly refurbished throughout so buildings works that are messy by nature of the work were carried out carefully and zero mess was their rule. The furnace cupboard was well prepared for the new installation tidied and cleaned out of works debre so no post installation customer tidy up was even contemplated. I was more than satisfied with the preparation works and the state for equipment installation as they renovated the space and upgraded it to meet the equipment's recommended needs for optimum performance, including the lining of the air intake space with acoustic and thermal quality lining materials, the lining of the base floor for the furnace of plywood with a galvanized sheet metal liner to add additional upgrade along with electrostatic air filter as standard, the higher grade air filter quality. These works are a standard upgrade inclusion in Honeys site preparation works clearly a high standard for new installations. The AC condenser unit was located with advisement to avoid fan noise being herd in so far as possible and its connections done with minimal works to the exterior fabric of the house requiring no additional redecoration's after completed. Control sensory equipment was installed and explained clearly and simply of its function nature so no Phd required to operate just simple as read as is logic programming for heating or cooling use. The loft space was found to have lower than now standards of insulation we were advised and we agreed a fee for this work on site at the time and the pricing was very competitive so agreement and approval was given, this was done over 1 day completing the at site works over a 3 day period as advised. Its worth noting the Team leader engineer advised in so doing this extra new insulation works would likely see an improvement in overall insulation value to the home and help to reduce services costs later in both heating and cooling periods of use. in fact this has been the case so the extra works were an essential component and will make cost savings over operational use, thus the money to do was well spent based on good advisement, rather than any extra fee approach. This works to the loft was carried out with zero decorations defects in course of the doing which required large flexible ducts to be run through the home space to the loft.
The site clean up after works completed was all done very well and zero mess was their rule, no requirement by myself to correct or tidy up needed.
The team we had were highly skilled hugely experienced and very accommodating on our project we have completed and i would not hesitate to recommend Honeys team for engaging to carry out such works. At the recent local authority inspection for approvals compliance, the inspector noted and commented on a very high standard of installation, customer and inspectors comments of Honeys service and professional team.
I would add again this point, such systems need to be correctly and properly installed no matter what the system is basic to highest level. If poorly installed and set up the equipment will not perform as required so our attention was not just cost but track record of installation and installer. thus we are very satisfied with the Honeys team overall.
The installation went smoothly, with two men doing the physical installation of the new equipment. The old equipment was loaded into the truck and taken away at the end of the first day. When they left the first day, the work area was cleaned up.
Full description of the working of the thermostat, filter requirements, and annual check-ups were performed by the crew.
As part of the PG&E rebate requirements, another company came later to do a "quality assurance" check. At this time the crew chief and one of the installers from Honey's Air also arrived to ensure the inspection went as planned. All three of these men were conducting the check for roughly three hours. A small gas leak was found close to the furnace unit and Honey's Air sent a technician out within two hours to repair the leak.
All in all we are quite happy with the service and follow-up Honey's Air provided.
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