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I finally got around to getting the living room electrical issue addressed. The cats had a huge fight some time ago, and I'd lost power to 3/4 of the room. Because I figured that it was going to be a pretty spendy proposition, I hemmed and hawed about it.

When I finally broke down to address it, I used the Yelp Get-A-Quote feature to find reputable companies to get the job done.

Erickson was one of the responding companies. They were not the company who promised me the cheapest rates. Their contact was professional and friendly. After giving my phone number, I was called by a young lady who asked me to return the call if I was interested in having them work on my home (I was in my 10,000th Zoom meeting at the time of the call).

I called back and was asked a few more questions about the issue and I explained that I believed that one outlet was the source of the problem and that fixing it would end all the other problems. I was told that they bill for time and materials and that the cost would be around $200, depending upon the amount of time the electrician would be working. This was in line with the research I'd done on outlet replacement costs.

I took a deep breath and accepted the time slot of 7:30 - 9:30 Thursday. This was a quicker time than some of the other companies had available, and I didn't want to wait any longer.

Dean was right on time and got right to work inspecting what needed to be done. We chatted a bit as he was preparing to get into the outlet. I showed him down to the basement to ensure that the circuit was off. He'd mentioned several things about the wiring and such while down there. I've made mental notes of them. Before going down, he tried to use a device that would read the current but couldn't get it into the outlet (it was pretty melted).

After taking apart the outlet, which was very crispy, he explained that the problem was the wiring in the outlet itself and that my cats fighting didn't cause the overload. It was a fire waiting to happen. I wasn't happy to hear that, as I've now got concerns about all the other outlets in the house.

It didn't take him any time at all to switch out and correctly rewire the new outlet. This was probably the best $205 I've spent on the house thus far.

Dean was friendly, professional, and fast. I'm feeling quite happy that Yelp has helped me go three for three with service professionals coming to work on things in my home. I know that I'll be calling Erickson for anything that comes up in the future.

Our dishwasher needed to be anchored and Tyler got to our home on time and was very pleasant and did a quick and efficient. Would highly recommend him and use him again!

We purchased four Nest IQ outdoor cameras for the exterior of our house. On the Nest website it listed their Pro Installers and one of them was Air Mechanical. I did some research on the company and looked at their reviews. All seemed well so I called and Kyle answered the phone. I told him I wanted to schedule an install for four exterior Nest IQ cameras. He mentioned that an appointment was going to be a ways out but that was OK with me. I specifically mentioned that the back of our house will require a two story ladder. He said that he would make sure he noted that and that the installer would have one when they came to do the job. An appointment was scheduled for August 6 between Noon and 5:00pm. I did not receive a confirmation call and today when I hadn't heard anything by 1:00 I called. The lady that answered the phone said I was not on the schedule but that they could get someone out to do our job anyway. About a half hour later I received a call from Brian, their master electrician, he wanted to know more about the job and asked when I was put on the schedule as I wasn't there this morning. I told him the story and he said he'd come over and do our job. I mentioned that the back of our house is two stories and will require a sufficient ladder.  It was at this point that he told me it's going to be a two man job and doesn't think today will work but he'll check and either he or the office will get back to me. Well, he called me back and said August 16 between 10:00 and 4:00 is now the soonest they could do our job. I asked him for a rough estimate of what our job will cost and he started rambling about their service plans and how if I spent $159 for the electrical service plan it would save me this and that. I listened for like three minutes straight and couldn't get a word in edgewise. When he finally let me get a word in I asked a few questions and we hung up the phone. Called the office and let them know we will not be rescheduling. Not one person I talked with offered an apology for their error or my inconvenience.
Never. Ever. Ever. Will we think about using this company again. I don't care who recommends them!

Would not recommend this company to even my worst Enemy.   They are nothing more than rip off artist.  Had a technician (used VERY loosely) come out and explain that our a/c unit was going to need some major parts replaced at an exorbitant amount of money $3000 or in his opinion to just replace the whole system for a mere $1000 more.   Happen to get a second opinion on the matter and low and behold for less than the cost of these con-artists to come out and describe all the things wrong with my a/c unit we are up and running cool and comfortable.  I did contact Alex and then also spoke to Greg to allow them to make this right.  They chose not to even attempt to make this right.  I would RUN from this company there are so many more out there that are better and that are actually TRUSTWORTHY.   They will belittle you, talk down to you and this basically explains how they do business.

I am SO DISAPPOINTED I called and set up a service call to have them come out and give me a quote. they came as they said they would! that's Great, the tech was very nice. But for the $75.00 service call Jo said he had to do an energy check through my house.  So I let him go that's when the pressure started about how my houses power was so dangerous!  and then the upselling  started!  
I asked them out to give me a quote for diagnosing my can lights in the kitchen possibly adding two new receptacles and installing a light fixture that I had purchased!  This was however was just an opportunity for them to start up selling the first estimate was for this:  Diagnose my kitchen light install the fixture I purchased and check all my outlets to make safety first. The first quote for that was over $1200.00. My reaction Are you out of your mind!!  So Joe got Jeff on the line I explained to Jeff I just wanted a quote on the work I asked for!  Fair enough even though the current wasn't right.)   So then Joe gives me another quote for just DIAGNOSING my can lights in the Kitchen and installing the light I had Purchased this quoted was almost $900.00. I said No Way!!  So then. He called the office and told Jimmie that I was not happy with the quote and wasn't into the upswell.  So I said I wouldn't pay over $500.!  Jimmie said give her the diagnosis and light install and I will give her the package we have available for diagnosing plumbing AC furnace and something else and it will be $675.00. I honestly felt SO MUCH PRESSURE !  I finally said okay..
He took the switch plate off and put the tester to it pulled the can lights out and told me it's the can lights that are bad!  Okay!  That took him 10 minutes tops!  Then he started my light fixture which he didn't have the correct wire nuts for and he left in the middle of that.  
BEWARE !!!  This company in My Opinion is all about up selling!  So basically I paid $75.00 trip charge ( agreed) and $675.00 to have a light fixture installed and to tell me my can lights were bad.  Joseph came to the house at 2:15 and didn't leave until 5:30.  The pressure from this guy was so bad I didn't sleep a bit knowing I was RIPPED OFF!

Had Deans out for water problem was told that water softener exploded.  Was billed $6,400 dollars to fix the problem.  After spending a full day dealing with Brandon and his assistant was told that everything was fixed.  Guess what?????  It was not.  The toilet they rebuilt in the main bath was running constantly and flushing continually, the master bedroom shower had no water pressure at all, and the new faucet in the main bath basically dribbled water.  When I called and told them it was unexceptable, we were scheduled after the weekend even though they did the job on Wednesday--we had to wait until the following Monday for them to come back.  When he showed up he said he the toilet needed a new rubber flapper inside the tank, he said he would have to charge me $266 for this piece.  I went to Home Depot and paid $4.98 for the rubber flapper and reached in and installed it in less than 2 minutes.  Seriously,  I expect to pay for service but I would have thought that rebuilding a toilet would have included the rubber stopper the first time.  I'm sorry but seriously, isn't $266 a highly inflated price???????   DON'T CALL THESE PEOPLE AND DONT USE THESE PEOPLE.  THEY ARE JUST RIP OFF ARTISTS!!!!!!

I schedule a plumber to come out to check my heating system and he said I have a gas leak and I call another company and they said there is no gas leak the person who was here for hero plumbing was the man that $700 to fix the problem