Metro Mechanical Inc
About us
For more than 27 years, metro mechanical, inc has been helping folks throughout the metro atlanta and metro birmingham areas enjoy total indoor air comfort in their homes and businesses. Our many satisfied customers tell the story, but for your added peace-of-mind, be rest assured that our professional staff has received the most up-to-date training available. So whenever you need us, we're here for all your heating and cooling concerns -- from service, scheduled maintenance & repairs to installations with a smile, we're always just a phone call away.
Business highlights
Services we offer
On site repair, indoor air quality & duct cleaning., new construction, planned maintenance, remodeling, sales & installation
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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Also, Steve tried to sell me their Preventative Maintenance Plan which would be $275 for 2 A/C units. This includes 2 visits and 10% discount on everything as well as other discounts for parts.
As they are Home Depot service provider and have good reviews on Angie's List I will use them again in the future to have all the work done in the fall or definitely by next Spring. Steve was professional and did a good job of explaining everything.
We've had the same tech for most of this time. He himself admitted that he never went on the roof to check the chimney cap or the pipe from the top. The first time I talked with the supervisor he was very nice and said that he would pay for the repairs, as they were obvioulsy caused by his company (his words). The econd time I spoke with the supervisor he was a different person. He refused to pay for anything, said he wasn't going to pay some "trumped up charge" (whch, of course speaks to my own ethics), blamed the remodler, said he wasn't going to pay for an incomplete job because the cap was left of, altho I repeated over and over that I TOLD our remodler to leave the cap off. He said that if the job wasn't done up to code he wouldn't pay, that the code had changed and now required a double-lined pipe. Upon checking with the tech (when he put on the cap that same day), our remodler, and the online code, I discovered that he had lied, that the pipe, as it was an outdoor pipe, could be replaced with the same type (single-lined). The tech also said that there was nothing wrong with the chimney. When I pointed all of this out to the supervisor, he said that I had missed his pont entirely, he was concerned FOR OUR WELFARE! Excuse me? The company left my house in this state and YOU ARE CONCERNED FOR OUR WELFARE???? After screaming at me on the phone for 30 minutes that he wasn't ging to pay for the repairs. Me thinks he was trying to get out of his lie about the code. Of course the supervisor was nice enough to offer to change the chimney pipe to a double-lined one, at our expense. Further, there is dirt in the fan in the furnace (of course, it was open to the sky-he didn't tell me that, a slug could figure it out). Cleaning it would cost $125. I'm not asking for the company to clean the fan. Trust me.
I have both telephone conversations with the supervisor on tape, as well as the saved emails sent back and forth. While I did not tell the supervisor I was taping him, so therefore they are not admissable in court (my husband is a lawyer), they do provide interesting listening for licensing boards, the BBB, certifying institutions, and any other organization that I can report this company to if they do not pay for the repairs. That is all I am asking for: the cost of the repairs. I told the supervisor clearly that my next move would depend on what he did. This man yelled at me, lied to me, and generally acted harrassed and as if I was a stupid person who, even at that point, would take both his word and his abuse (you can here him yelling on the second tape) My husband also is not a stupid man. I had several licensed people look at all of the damaged pipes. I also spoke with other licenced people about the furnace, the fan, and the chimney. They all agreed, and stated they would give me written statements which I could provide to licensing boards.
Again, all I want is the cost of the repairs. The company actually owes me money as the technician did not do complete checks. I am not asking for that. We were placed in an emergency situation, and so had to pay for a competent person to do the repairs quickly. Robert Crochet has done all of the beautiful remodeling in our 1957 house, including all of the new plumbing, heating, and electrical. We've lived in our house for over 15 years. The only problems we have had with our heating are those caused by Metro.
I will not communicate with the supervisor again, except through either Angie's list or the BBB. I don't like to be spoken to like that, and I certainly don't lke to be lied to.
"I am writing and attaching documents to help resolve this issue. We have received and read the complaint sent to you by her. While I do agree that the pipe was in bad condition and needed to be changed out at this point, I also submit our invoice signed by him dated 11/11/10 when they were told that the pipe was rusty. This means that the customer was aware that the pipe was in a rusted condition. Next I also submit a copy of all the work orders for this address, I have highlighted the date that they were made aware of the rusted pipe, as you can see our next inspection was a cooling visit, we do not check vent pipes on our cooling visits as they are not in use that time of the year with the furnace. I have also attached a copy of our planned maintenance agreement for your viewing and highlighted the items that would have been checked on the 6/20/2011 COOLING visit. Now from this point our next visit to this home was on 12/1/11 at which point they had already had the pipe replaced by their neighbor. I have attached also a picture of the pipe replaced. We then performed our inspection of the system and did put a new cap on it for them. I have attached copies of emails back and forth requesting the invoice from the contractor for the repairs he done and still have not received the invoice. The last request was this morning at 7:29 as you can see. We can go no further forward until we have received an invoice from the contractor for his charges. As a good will gesture and to resolve the issue we are willing to pay the bill for repairs the customer had, all we are asking is that we get a bill from a licensed HVAC contractor for the repair. Keith Fowler Service Manager"
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