Patco Plumbing LLC

Richard A. Badrow from Patco Plumbing & Heating is very rude, full of excuses, never on time, rescheduled or cancelled last minute, damaged doors and floors, left a mess everywhere, and to add to everything, was incompetent at what he should know best, exposed my family and friends to friable asbestos lining in the old boiler due to his negligence. Took money in advance, very difficult to contact, sloppy and careless work, and at the end, called and threatened me. A big liar, and most likely has mental issues. Breached the contract, did not stick to the promised time frame. A conversion which should have been completed by the end of November, he left half finished in the middle of December. Once he has your deposit, get ready to beg him to come and do the work for which you paid him. Will ignore your phone calls, emails, text messages, and once he shows up, will complain about how difficult all the clients are and how tired he always is. Caught him lying on multiple occasions, contradicting himself in statements, and always looking to blame someone else for his incompetence and laziness. Extremely hostile and unprofessional poor excuse for a plumber. The total for the 2 jobs was supposed to cost around $13,000, I paid him approx $11,400. He damaged our expensive french doors, basement doors, and the basement floor. Flipped over the old boiler, weighing over 1000 pounds and asbestos was all over the basement, carried old piping with asbestos on it through the house and tossed them outside. Also, dropped an old boiler from someone's house and left if on my driveway overnight without my knowledge, and did not remove it until the next evening after I had contacted him about it several times. When I was informed that this may be asbestos, I confronted him about the issue, but he just bad mouthed the contractor who pointed this out, stating that he is a liar and trying to scam me. I asked him to clean up the mess he left, he was unwilling to do so, nor make any repairs, and after he called and threatened me, I fired him and was forced to hire another company to finish the mess he left and also hire an asbestos abatement company, which totaled almost $6,000 in additional expenses, not counting the other damages caused by Richard A. Badrow from Patco Plumbing & Heating, LLC. The Department of Labor came out to inspect the mess he had made, and after investigating the matter and circumstances issued a violation and fine against him.