
Air, Plumbing & Heating Solutions LLC
About us
Air Plumbing & Heating Solutions is one of Maryland’s top heating, cooling, and plumbing companies. With over 33 years of experience, we solve all sorts of heating, plumbing, and HVAC problems. We’ve been in Maryland a long time we know the Baltimore area well and the types of repairs homeowners in these neighborhoods tend to need!
Business highlights
Services we offer
Repair. Design & installation of heating, air conditioning, air distribution & plumbing systems. Humidification & de-humidification. Indoor air & water quality services.
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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They identified one problem: Three toilets had badly rusted (and, in one case, completely missing!) bolts between their bowls and tanks. They replaced these during the same visit for an extra fee of $300. It is unclear to me whether this is a competitive price, but the quality of the work was good.
The entire servicing lasted one hour, including inspection, draining, and toilet repair.
UPDATE: After reading my comments about the price charged for additional work, an office staff member called me to explained the pricing and offered a $60 refund that she deemed was appropriate after reviewing the work documented on the ticket. I appreciate the company's reaching out to me in this way and addressing my concerns.
"I just want to be clear that Air Solutions did not install this system originally. We were called in by the customer because the original contractor could not resolve the problem with the system they installed. In addition to our original repair, we did have to make several return trips at no charge to replace insulation on the refirgerant line which was causing some condensation leaks. Again this insulation was not originally installed by us. Alan Schwarzschild Air Solutions, President"
On the day of installation the crew arrived on time. I let them know beforehand that I leave early, and they showed up exactly at 7:30 AM. When I came home all the work was done and cleaned up. The toilet works great. Water pressure is greatly improved. And the sump pump & back up are working like a charm. I was really curious to see how well the water powered back up works, so I unplugged the traditional sump pump and filled the basin with water. And it worked! Alan particularly excelled at making great recommendations for my problems. And I really like how they provide a labor warranty for all their work. Great job!
Work done was, with a few minor exceptions taken care of during the followup walkthrough, exactly to the spec that Alan and I had talked about during the initial quoting process and estimate.
Workers were scrupulous about wearing booties in the primary floors of the house and scrupulous about cleaning up after themselves. We swept the basement floor in prep for their arrival and they left it looking as clean as it was when they got there.
As part of the overall install, the company was also very careful to adjust the existing system to meet code. The major points there were that a descending gas supply pipe was previously galvanized and they replaced it with to-code flexible pipe. Also they installed a CO-sensor safety interlock on the flue going out to the pre-existing lined chimney. Finally, they wired the pump into the system so that if the pump failed, the system would shut down (to avoid flooding and leaks).
All work was completed on time, work was very good quality, materials and equipment also very high quality and we are quite enjoying our new HVAC system. It keeps the house consistently at the temperature we want it, it's quiet and unobtrusive and quite a joy to not have to worry about any more.
The only minor issue I have is that there was a materials mixup that I overheard (because I was home and ducts really amplify and carry voices) that forced decisions on implementing that the on-site supervisor tried to convince me were intentional decisions. In the end the issues that generated were neatly handled in the followup walkthrough, so no harm done, but I'd appreciate honesty in the moment rather than being obviously white lied to.
The company and its service technician gave me confidence that I'll get value for money through the service contract.
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