Charity M.
02/12/2010 12:00:00 SA
Initial sales and installation of a water heater with AirTap heat exchanger attachment were fine. When the system failed 5 months later under warranty, they sent someone to look at it. We then spent the next two weeks without hot water while they tried to track down parts. The communication during this time was spotty to nonexistent, then turned combative, eventually resulting in them refusing to service the under warranty part because it was not purchased from them, even though the manufacturer had offered to pay for the labor. If they had explained to us earlier that we needed to take it up with the manufacturer, we could have avoided much of the difficulty. The office staff ranged from incompetent to downright surly, completely unwilling to help us restore our hot water during the coldest winter in several years.
Their complete lack of customer service and desire to help us in any way was astounding. Eventually I spoke to the owner of the company who refused any responsibility at all.
The manufacturer of the Air Tap enlisted the service of Jeff Leonard Plumbing who was at our house the same day to restore our hot water temporarily, then two days later to replace the Air Tap unit. Their service was incredible especially considering that they had nothing to do with the initial installation. 4H Plumbing was no help at all in our time of need, and we will never enlist their services again.