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Avatar for Grove Heating and Cooling Inc
Grove Heating and Cooling Inc
4.7(
153
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Central A/C - Install

Serving Chester, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2004

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"I had them replace my entire HVAC system (furnance + AC). They did a great job through the whole process. Out of four quotes I received, they were the only ones that took the time to do a full heating and cooling load calculation for my house when they came to do an estimate in addition to making detailed measurements of our utility room to make sure anything they installed would fit. They gave me three proposals ranging from low-end, mid-range, and high end options and explained the equipment in each of them in detail, including documenting all the model numbers, efficiency ratings, and specs. What they recommended matched up with my research I did prior to receiving estimates. They were very responsive, knowledgeable, and professional so I gave them the job. The crew arrived on time, worked hard the whole day, were respectful of my house, and did not require supervision (although, they told me I was more than welcome to ask questions and watch anything they were doing). They cleaned up, explained the warranty and rebate options with all the paperwork already filled out so that all I had to do was sign--they even mailed both the warranty and rebate off for me. The whole process went great. While their prices were fair they were not the cheapest, but I have no doubt they did a great job, didn't cut corners, and will stand by their work if I experience any problems. They are a reasonably sized HVAC business and not a one-man-band shop like many places in the area, so I know they will likely still be around through the life of the warranty and are well staffed to respond to emergencies, including a 24/7 emergency service number. Overall, we're very happy with the new system and it's a huge improvement over what it replaced--both the AC and furnace are much quieter than the old units, more energy efficient, and perform better. It's been a month since the install and everything has been working fine without problems."
Response time5 hrs
Response rate100%
15 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Hometown Heating and Cooling
5.0(
19
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Central A/C - Install

Serving Chester, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 1995

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"They were very friendly and polite and answered my questions. They did the installation in a very professional way. They also cleaned up afterwards. I had to do nothing. Yes I will recommend this company highly."
Response time3 hrs
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Continental Services
4.9(
17
)
Central A/C - Install

Serving Chester, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 1983

Credit card accepted

"Continental's technicians were highly experienced, professional, considerate, respectful, hard working, and neat.  They arrived on-time when scheduled.  Allied's drilling and trenching crews were excellent also.  This was a big messy job that took about a week and we are very happy with the work that they did.  The owner of Continental, Frank Jackson, sold us the system.  He provided an extensive reference list that went back at least 15 years.  He was on-site for most of the job providing hands-on supervision of his technicians.  His technicians are so experienced that he didn't have to be there to supervise them.  Rather, I believe he was there to make sure that the job was finished on time because they are so busy.  Allied had an on-site supervisor at the start of the drilling process to finalize the location of the loop bores, but their drilling crew was highly experienced and needed no supervision.
Installing geothermal is a messy job.  The vertical bores and horizontal trenching for the ground loop makes a muddy mess.  The drillers from Allied were very respectful to the property, much more than I expected.  I expected that the drilling process would make "a mess and a half" but it only made a mess!  At the end of the job the ground was re-leveled and ready for seed, which has already popped and growing grass.  As one of the drillers said "the mess only takes grass seed to fix".
The HVAC technicians from Continental left the spaces where  they worked in "broom-clean" condition.  We had to do some "deep cleaning" afterwards, but this was completely reasonable.
We expressed our concerns about the job to the technicians before they started work because we do not know much about HVAC or geothermal.  They took the time to explain what they were going to do and how they were going to do it.  They kept us fully informed about their progress and included us in the decision making process when they had more than one way of running a pipe or duct.  They made us feel really comfortable and that we were getting a top-notch job.
While the cost for the system from Continental was a little bit higher than their competitors I think we got value for money.  In addition to the reference list we received during the sale process, we also know two families that used Continental in the recent past and they are very happy with the work that was performed.
We would use Continental again and would recommend them to others.
If you go with the option to integrate your hot water heater with the geothermal system (which is supposed to reduce the cost of the hot water that you use) I would reccommend that you bite the bullet and have a preheat tank installed at additional cost.  We didn't do that and in retrospect we should have based on some further reading that we did about how to get the most bang for the buck from geothermal.  It would be easy to install the preheat tank during a new construction project.  It would be harder to install the preheat tank during a replacement project (like ours was).
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Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Rocky HVAC
4.4(
11
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Central A/C - Install

Serving Chester, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 2011

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Rocky's team from Greg to the installation team Santos and sandep Was effective and professional professional my system was up and running in one day. My home is comfortable.i would recommend them to any on needing a replacement system or service."
Running the Rheem RP16AZ Heat Pump through the testing cycle by our Rheem Certified Pro Installers.
Brand New Rheem Classsic Plus Series High Efficiency 3-Stage Heat Pump.
Quality Install- Standard with every install we level the ground and change out the pad. We add isolating legs under heat pumps to help with vibrations and keep out the elements.
Quality Install- Add an outdoor filter drier, flush the lineset and vaccum seal and test the lineset, we replace if necessary, and uv wrap the lines from the outdoor unit to the indoor unit ensuring the longevity and life of your equipment.
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Response time7 hrs
Response rate99%
Recommended by81%of homeowners
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