Clint R.
05/11/2016 12:00:00 SA
Let me start this review by saying that I CANNOT believe that these guys are 5* rated on Yelp and are the #1 rated water heater repair company in Denver. My experience, outlined below, was absolutely terrible.
I called Todd's Water Heater Repair two days ago after seeing their other (mostly great) reviews on Yelp. They talked to me for about 10 minutes and told me that they were so busy that they wouldn't be able to even look at the problem until the next day. So late yesterday afternoon, the plumber from Todd's, Bill, came out to our house and spent less than 10 minutes with my wife. I was out of town on business at the time and couldn't meet while he was there, but since we are currently without hot water, the sooner the better. While Bill was there, he determined that our water heater needed to be replaced. He decided, for whatever reason, that he needed to put in a power vented system, and quoted us a price of $2500 to replace our existing water heater (which was not power vented), and do some duct work. After I got home, I talked to Bill and he told me that several things in my house weren't up to code (not true), that my house inspector should have noticed the things that weren't in code (no way).
After my interaction with Bill, I decided to shop around for other water heaters. Within a couple of calls, we received two quotes at less than half the price that Bill wanted to charge us, including the duct work, but just using a standard water heater rather than a power vented one.
Once I received the other quotes, I called back into Todd's Water Heater Repair and explained to them that I wanted to cancel Bill's install. I told them that we were dissatisfied with the price they had quoted us and that we wanted to cancel. The person who answered the phone was extremely rude to me, to the point that I had to hang up the phone. Then 10 minutes later, Bill called me directly and wanted to charge us $125 for coming out the day before to look at the existing system because I needed to respect his time. I told him that this seemed crazy considering he was only at our house for 10 minutes, but that I understood that everyone's time is important. I explained to him that I was extremely upset that he tried to upsell us on a power vented water heater when it was completely unnecessary. He eventually lowered the fee to $75, but still expects us to pay it.
Bottom line: Do NOT use Todd's Water Heater Repair - you could get ripped off like I almost did.