I called United to come to sweep my chimney. When they go there the tech told me that my chimney needed to be rebuilt from the rooftop up. They wanted to charge me $3500 for the job. The tech was an incompetent person who did not know what he was doing. He tried to help me get my duct work in the boiler room up to code and he could not do that. I eventually informed the tech that I was getting other estimates for the job he insisted I needed. He was flipping out because I was calling him a liar by having another set of eyes look at my chimney. He eventually came to me and informed me that the company was recalling him. Leaving me with a HUGE hole in my wall in the basement and PSE&G waiting outside because I was in the middle of a Oil to gas conversion. I ended up paying another company $1200 for a new liner which was all I needed. The new company was very professional and had the job done in under 2 hours. I then was called by the tech yelling at me for something I did not do screaming at me threatening me and my family. I asked the tech to not call me anymore or come near my family or my home. I had to call United back to complain about the tech telling them he was incompetent jerk and informed them of the phone call I received. \r
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Long story short DON'T use this company as they are liars and cheats. They wanted to charge me $3500 for a job that was not needed. They insisted this MUST be done NOW because the chimney will fall down without intervention. The chimney after inspection by 4 other companies needs re-pointing and some masonry work but, NOT A REBUILD.\r
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If you use this company you will be taken advantage of and the job will escalate into thousands more than is needed. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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