Heating and Air Conditioning, Heating Oil, Plumbing
About us
Additional DBA - Northland Maintenance Co Inc.
Business highlights
37 years of trusted experience
Emergency Services Offered
Services we offer
We offer a 10 year parts/labor/service warranty on all heating and air conditioning installations. We only service what we install. We give you a 10 maintenance service agreement with all full installations. We offer 100% finance with zero percent interest upto 18 months
Description of Work: This company installed a new heating system after Hurricane Sandy. We've had problems with it since the day it was installed. They have changed every part in the unit - some twice and we're still having issues. The office staff is rude. The owner thinks he knows it all and doesn't give the customer a chance to talk. One time when the service man was here he replaced the fuel gage and then told me the tank was empty. I called the office at 3 p.m. and asked for an oil delivery - I was told that all the trucks were in and they couldn't bring oil until the next day - this was the middle of February. I had to turn the heat off in the house so that I could have heat the next morning. The latest happened on Friday when the heat was blowing cold, I turned it off but it kept running, so I turned off the main power switch. I called Area at 8 a.m. and was told someone would be out, I took the day off from work to wait for them, they showed up at 3:30. I was told it was a bard and that it could start a fire so I couldn't run the heat but they would be back on Monday with the new part, if it wasn't ins tock they would call me. At 4:00 they still hadn't arrived and no phone call - we called them and they said they didn't have it in stock and had to order it - my house was 57 degrees this morning! When the owner finally called back he told my husband when the part came in they would call us and then hung up on him. Horrible company I would NEVER do business with them again.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$3,200
Response from Area Fuel Oil
During the Sandy storm. [removed member name] had over 8 feet of sea water in their basement and onto the 1st floor. They called us in to replace the furnace and to have the sea water removed from the oil tank, We called in a waste oil company to remove the water from the oil tank. [removed member name] oil tank was located in a crawl space where there is no head room to enter the oil tank to remove the sea water. [removed member name] drilled a 2 inch hole into the floor above the room where the tank was located.....for this there was no way the waste oil company could do the proper job on cleaning the tank..... So he told them to leave..I (Paul the owner) tried to remove the water for him at no charge... After the install was complete, [removed member name] called and said they have a problem with the unit... The problem was, because of the water in tank, it caused the pump to fail. [removed member name] refused to here about why the pump failed. He was told the tank need to be cleaned..After the waste oil campany returned and open a larger hole in the floor, problem with the oil pump resolved. The next problem we had was a short cycle of the oil burner, we replaced the oil burner and the problem continued.. We then discovered , [removed member name] had an electrical issue... The neutral wire (white wire) was wired as the hot wire,,We discovered [removed member name] repaired some of the electrical in his home. After he hired an lic. electrican all his problems with the heating system were gone.. As for the office staf for being rude. When [removed member name] called for service they work around his schedule to help him during this hard times that super storm Sandy delivered to us..... Iam sorry [removed member name] feels that we did not work hard enough...... All I can say is the product we installed and the quality of our workmanship is top shelf...... As for our service, He was nevered left out in the cold.....
Joanne M.
12/2011
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
+ -1 more
,My water heater had sprung a leak on a Friday. I called a number of places and got several estimates, one as high as $2500. Apparently the kind of heater I needed was difficult to replace, and some of the businesses were unable to do the work, One of the companies I called recommended Area, which is actually the company I get my oil from. They were the business I had called first, but the off-hour receptionist had misunderstood the problem. They sent a worker that same day. He actually brought a heater with him only to discover it was not the kind we needed. He went out and got the right kind and came back early the next day and made the replacement. He was prompt, cleaned up after himself and took the old unit with him. Considering the estimates, I feel the $1385 bill, which included the heater, installation and a two-year warranty on the work, was a good deal.
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Service Categories
Heating and Air Conditioning,
Heating Oil,
Plumbing
FAQ
Area Fuel Oil is currently rated 3 overall out of 5.
Sunday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Monday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Tuesday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Wednesday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Thursday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Friday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Saturday: 6:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Area Fuel Oil accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,Financing Available,MasterCard,Visa
Yes, Area Fuel Oil offers free project estimates.
No, Area Fuel Oil does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Area Fuel Oil does not offer a senior discount.
Yes, Area Fuel Oil offers emergency services.
Yes, Area Fuel Oil offers warranties.
Area Fuel Oil offers the following services: We offer a 10 year parts/labor/service warranty on all heating and air conditioning installations. We only service what we install. We give you a 10 maintenance service agreement with all full installations. We offer 100% finance with zero percent interest upto 18 months