Dp Maintenance Inc

Stay away. Hired them to complete a large job. Paid 60% upfront. They never completed the job. After a year of asking for them to come finish the work, we hired another company. Then, DP invoiced us for the full amount even though they never finished.

How'd it go? Not too good. Hindsight is 20/20. I should have gotten an electric water heater. I should have gotten insurance for gas line repairs. I also should have gotten another company, but very few were available nearby. The guy on the phone sounded professional and reliable, so I went with them. One problem was he was out of town when the two guys showed up, after postponements and delays. This wasn't an emergency, but it's no fun when you know gas is leaking wasting money. It took them forever to figure out where the leak was and how to fix it. They said they would have to go through the walls to repair the line. I told them this was out of the question. Finally they figured out they had to go under the house. They first said they were blocked by a cinder block wall, before they figured they could go around it. Then they complained there was water under the house that smelled bad and said they couldn't do anything until I had that fixed. I had to call Roto-Rooter, who did a good job draining the water from frequent heavy rain. He said he didn't understand why a little water prevented them from completing the job. I was told they turned the gas back on until I could fix the problem under the house. When I took a freezing cold shower, I discovered they didn't turn the gas back on. A few days after draining the puddle from the basement they came back and said they didn't have the pipe they needed and would have to come back again. Eventually, they came back and finished the job; and as far as I know the workmanship was fine. After that I had to have Piedmont Natural Gas turn the gas back on. The guy from the gas company explained there was no way they could turn on the gas. Two months later I finally got my bill, which I paid. My gas may no longer be leaking, but there has been a drain on my bank account and my patience.

This company was subcontracted by the company who sold and installed our standby electrical generator, and I found their charge to the contractor by accident. Their charge was 75% of what our gas utility would have charged and nearly half the rate proposed by another generator installer (who did NOT propose an inspected installation). They showed up on time, did their work efficiently, were courteous and professional to a fault, and ensured that the work site was cleaner and neater than when they arrived. One of their workmen discovered that our home had been built without the required moisture trap at the gas entrance, and added one at no charge during his work. When he re-lit the pilot on the gas water heater, he discoved a leak in the pilot supply line and fabricated/installed a replacement, again at no charge. When I attempted to pay him for the extras, he declined, saying that he was going to be there anyway, and that the materials involved had negligible costs. This experience took me to a time 50 years ago, watching the interactions between my parents and the genuinely professional workmen who performed work around our house. They were always clean and neat, well-spoken, charged a reasonable fee, stood behind their work, were proud to be who they were and proud of what they did. These folks from DP Maintenance were just like that.