USA AIR DUCT CLEANERS
About us
Duct Cleaning, AC Repair, AC install
Business highlights
Services we offer
AC install.
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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67% |
I should have realized their advertised price of $5 a vent was too low to be real. That was just a way to get inside my house.
Ten minutes into the job, "Shlomey" informed me that I needed a new UV bulb: $250.
Next, he noted mold in my a/c system, and recommended treatment ($150).
I had the bulb replaced by my regular A/C guy, for only $93.
Then he showed me that not only had they failed to treat the mold correctly -- there was still a layer of mold clearly visible inside the air handler.
They never connected a vacuum to my upstairs A/C vent system, so all they did was stir up the dust and mold.
What a rip-off!
USA Air Conditioning quickly sent our two of their staff to look at the work that needed to be done and to give us a cost estimate. They agreed that the existing ducts had to be replaced, but that only four of the drops had to be replaced. They quoted a price of $3,600 for the work and said it could be completed in the next two days.
Two other employees showed up late morning the following day and immediately said that the estimators were incorrect and that all the drops had to be replaced. I talked to someone at the main office who agreed to have all the drops replaced at the price quoted.
The two employees completed their work in two days. In my opinion, they were extremely unprofessional and very unfriendly with poor communication skills. For example, one of them dropped the old corroded sheet metal air conditioning ducts from the access hole in the ceiling onto the floor instead of handing them down to the other worker who was standing below. They made a tremendous mess of our hallway filled with family photographs. But since they did complete the work within the two days and the air was working when the left, we paid the $3.600.
Once all the repair work was completed, we noticed that one side of the house was warm while the other side was too cool. Due to the unprofessionalism of the USA Air employees,we called our general contractor's air conditioning firm to check out the problem. They found that sections of the old sheet metal ducts were never replaced, ducts were not sealed, none of the ducts were strapped, the ducts already had condensation and only five of the drops had been replaced. I verified the findings.
It was determined that it would have been useless to try and fix USA Air's problems, so we had all of it removed and had it all redone with another firm. I could not trust USA Air to do it, even if they were willing.
I rated USA Air's price as F since I paid $3,600 and got nothing for it.
Nothing else for them to do.
1. They miscounted the vents
2 They billed us for A/C services that we never asked for (bait & switch)
3 The billed A/C services had just recently been performed by our A/C company
4. They billed us over $4000 for a job that was should have been approx. $900.00
5. They left the house a mess that we had to clean
6.We had to go to court, & eventually had to accept a settlement
The company put in machines to destroy the mold and said they were supposed to be there for 4 days. They ended up being removed after 2 and half days. I have evidence that the mold is still there. Additionally, they were supposed to repair my pool which has not been done. There are still cracks on the bottom of it.
I feel like I have been way overcharged, and they haven't even completed the work yet. I purchased all of the materials and have put over $70,00 into the house-it is still unlivable. I've gotten other estimate since that were around $30,000 for all the work. I've tried several times to get in touch with the company, but I haven't heard from them in about a month.
"Please accept this letter as our response to the complaint listed with your company by (deleted member name). As per my phone conversation with you today, I explained to you briefly the situation with (deleted member name). Our company has completed all work that it was contracted to do by (deleted member name) and we have had many conversation with (deleted member name) and her daughter (deleted member’s daughter name). We have also met in person at our office and we are convinced that all work was completed as per the satisfaction of (deleted member name) and her daughter. It is unfortunate to receive a complaint through your company because we work hard to keep our clients happy with our services and make sure that they return to our company for our services. In the case with (deleted member name) we have been numerous times to her property and tried numerous times to suit her requests. However there are limitations to our efforts and we cannot be held responsible for work that was not part of our agreements. We would like to once again assure you that our company has upheld every detail of the work that we had been hired to do and more. Sincerely, Doron Ziv Manager"
THE WORST EXPERIENCE. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY
I got one of their coupons and they told me that it was going to be $19, but they charged me $49. They were not professional. I went to check on them and they were using my room and my equipment. They were late. I had to call up to find out where they were. They had a 4-hour window. It would have been nice if they would have told me that it would be $49. When I called them, the lady I spoke to was very rude on the phone. The advertised price was great. It was probably a fair price and I never had it done before. So, I don?t really know about the price. Their quality was fine. I wouldn?t use them again.
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