PR Maintenance

First of all, I'd like to say that I am VERY spoiled when it comes to A/C. Very few things send me into a panic, turning me into a gibbering, raving lunatic like not having a cool refuge here in sunny, HOT, Florida. Our A/C began to no longer keep the house cool, so I called in a claim with our warranty company. They referred me to a company we'll call Company A. The tech came, took less than 5 minutes to look at our A/C and told us that our problem was an occluded evap coil (IOW, dirty & filthy). As it was a "maintenance issue" and therefore not covered by our warranty, the tech offered to clean it for $550. As we just had to replace a tv, repair a car, and pay several medical bills (I have MS, an expensive disease at best), we couldn't afford $600. He gave me tips for cleaning it myself (baby toothbrush and crevice tool) and left. Well, in order to use the baby toothbrush to clean the coil, I had to contort myself the way only a 20 year old problem actress can ~ IOW ways I cant , at least not for periods longer that 10 minutes at a time. So off to Google & YouTube I went to find a better way. I found a place that sold a rinse less cleaner that might at least make the job a wee bit easier. Once there (Johnstone Supply in PCB, Fl ~ amazing people there, BTW), one of the employees, upon hearing my predicament and the price given me, shook his head and said "That's bulls**t. I'm calling Eddie." Ten minutes later, Eddie drove up and I swear, I almost heard angels sing. A handshake later, he's following me to my home. Once at my home, he quoted me $250 and got to work after reassuring me that it'd be okay and I'd be sitting in a cool house very soon. Out came the blow torch, phhssst, phhssst, and the evaporator coil is out and in the front yard (we have dogs and would have drank or eaten any residue left if done in the back yard). He whips out a pump dispenser and foams the coil. Not once. Not twice. Not three times. I lost count after four times. He did all this, in blazing 86° heat with a smile. It was so filthy that it took him about 45 minutes (again, in 86+° heat). Once shiny clean (and I do mean shiny), he carried it back in, not getting a single drop of yuck or water on my floor, and effortlessly slid it back into place, buttoning it up with another phhsst, phhsst of his blow torch. Was he done? Did he take the money and run? Nope, he took me around the house and instructed me in taking care of basic maintenance, gave me tips on preventing further problems and how to lower my energy bill! By that time, the house temp was in the 80s and expecting the temp to lower in minutes (especially considering how humid our house is) is ridiculous. So when he left, he promised to check back with me to make the fix worked. He did. Three times. Long story short, I'm now sitting in my 74° home, happy and cooooool. Thanks to Eddie. To say I recommend him is an understatement. Eddie is a friggin' ROCK STAR! Thank you, Eddie!