DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! Please hear me, my husband and I do not want what happened to us to ever happen to anyone else. We feel like fools for trusting this company. We trusted them, chose them, because of their name. Calling yourself a Patriot means something to us. Trust me, these are NOT Patriots. They are anything but.
We received a bid from them to install a new A/C unit in our house. The original estimate seemed very high so we delayed the job for a while. When we called back seven months later to scheduled the appointment, their technicians didn't show, TWICE! When I complained and cancelled, the owner's wife, Sarah called and blamed staffing issues for the incompetent service. We agreed to let Sarah and her husband, Javier, come out to do the estimate.
Since these are the owners, we felt like we were in good hands. We received a quote that was just as high as the first one and actually included less work. They also sold us on a new Flo water system that we did not need. Still, we agreed to the work and actually felt like we had made new friends. Oh my goodness, were we wrong! To close the deal, they hugged us when they left our home, making us feel as if we were truly making the right decision.
On the scheduled day of install, they sent out a technician who had only worked for the company one week, though he seemed likable and competent. He left several times for parts he didn't have on the truck,working until 9:00 pm that night. In addition, the plumber who installed our Flo system did not even know how to install the app on my husband's phone. My husband actually had to show him how to do it.
Sure enough, by the next day, the A/C did not work and our water heater blew out leaving us with cold water. Prior to installing the Flo system, we did not have any issues with our water heater. While the technicians came out to fix these issues, we began to see who Patriot Pros really are. The plumber tried to blame us, stating that the reason the hot water heater went out was because we had not changed the system's water filter. It seemed like more than coincidence that when they added a sophisticated water system that regularly tests the water pressure, our water heater went out due to pressure issues. Also, the plumber said it was our fault for not knowing that we had a water heater that was discontinued and out of business. Keep in mind that the owner himself, stated that all of our current equipment was fine and he would clean it all up. The plumber agreed to bypass the system to give us a functioning unit, but would do no more, except quote us $5000 to $10,000 for a new water heater, which was included in the initial bid.
The A/C technician also blamed us for the problems with the A/C, stating we did not clean the heat exchange prior to installation. There are two problems with this: the owner said he would clean our entire furnace upon install and why wouldn't the $13,000 A/C installation include cleaning the furnace? He quoted another $1500 to clean it. My husband challenged him and the technician relented stating that he had only been at the company for one week and didn't understand why the bid didn't include this service. He did clean it for free, but this did not solve the problem.
After a month, we aren't sure we a reliable A/C. After cutting holes in the ceiling and duct in the wrong place, they installed a new return hoping that adding more air to the system will help and eliminate freezing the unit.
We now have an A/C that is very sketchy. We had to pay another company to install a water heater. Javier and Sarah refuse to call us back. They sent their condescending son, who tried to be intimidating.
Lastly, they charged us over $600 for a permit that cost $150. We inquired with the county and told they cancelled the scheduled inspection. We are in the process of having it inspected ourselves.
Do yourself a favor, sort these reviews from lowest to highest. This is a systemic problem. DO NOT USE PATRIOT PROS! They are not patriots. Check their licenses!