El Cerrito Heating & Sheet Metal

Although it turned out I needed a specialist in my brand of furnace for the repair, El Cerrito Heating and Sheet Metal was really helpful in diagnosing the problem. Straightforward, decent, no BS. Highly recommended.

Amazing! Fantastic! My heater broke between Christmas and New Year’s and they replaced it with excellent customer service on the next business day after I called. Their competitor never even called me back! I am so, so appreciative to El Cerrito Heating. Prices are extremely reasonable as well — well worth it to not freeze!

This is my second time using Rob and El Cerrito Heating. So glad a friend referred them to me.
In the most recent transaction, we needed replacements for two very old non-​working wall heaters in a rental house. Rob visited the house on Monday, ordered two wall heaters and had them installed by Tuesday afternoon along with thermostats. Can’t ask for any more timely service.
Rob also took the time to «tweak» part of an installation they did year or so ago. He didn’t need to take the extra time but did so a follow-​up. Really high marks for their service and going out of their way to ensure customer satisfaction.
Highly recommended. Will definitely use them again if the need arises and continue to refer them to friends and family.

Our heater died when it was very cold. Our previous vendor said they could not come out for two weeks. These guys only took a couple of business days even though they were busy. They were prompt, polite, professional and the price was reasonable. Even better, they did not try to up-​sell us. Very nice to deal with.

I write this the day before Thanksgiving, very «thankful» for El Cerrito Heating & Sheet Metal. I called in a panic due to a furnace that was not working and a household of miserably cold people about to be further compounded by holiday company. The same day of my request for help, Rob came out, assessed the state of my ancient (and indeed broken) furnace and saved me thousands of dollars by «making it work» with a replacement motor for a few hundred dollars.
When I am ready to purchase a new furnace, I will be engaging Rob and team to get the work done. Highly recommended!

My dryer duct system broke where it ran between floors of my house. I was told that I would need to have holes in the wall and ceiling to access it for repair. A neighbor recommended El Cerrito Heating and Sheet Metal. Called Rob and he came out the next day and ran a new duct from the dryer through the garage and outside. Great communicator, fast worker, fair price. Extremely satisfied.

If you’ve ever had a negative experience with an HVAC service technician, or any other contracted service for that matter, then it’s incredibly easy to spot the guys that deliver great service.
These guys saved the day for my great aunt in El Cerrito. Because she is an elderly person heat is very important to keeping her well, and time was of the essence.
El Cerrito Heating arrived on time ahead of schedule, had the part that we needed with them (lucky break), were very kind, and charged a fair price.
I am completely grateful for their excellent service.

Rob did a great job changing our old furnace. Told us what our schedule would be and delivered as promised: fast, clean and most important, on time.

Honest people who are knowledgable and efficient. I was so grateful to have a positive experience. The price was more than fair. Many thanks to them!

This is a small family run company with only 3 employees — two brothers and the elder brother’s son.
I have had the pleasure of having them work on my heater on several occasions, once to fix our old heater, another time was to install a new heating system, and two other times were to work on the heater in my rental unit.
Gary is very professional and knowledgeable. He has 40+ years of experience on his belt and is very honest. He won’t waste your time and try to sell you products you don’t need.
There have been several occasions where the heater of our old rental unit broke down and instead of replacing it all together, he came in a fixed it with very little cost to us. I’m so thankful to have such an honest and knowledgeable local company to work with.

I called El Cerrito Heating and Sheet Metal to order us an odd sized wall register, but found out that they also do repair. After getting outlandish price quotes from other recommended HVAC companies, I asked them to come out.
They charged for the service call and labor, installed a thermocouple and installed the huge 30 by 24 wall register. Total was only $ 131.00 He was in and out of here in less than an hour.
Other companies were telling us that we needed to replace the heater. These guys were much more trustworthy, telling us the real issue was a pretty cheap thermocouple and not a major repair or replacement.

Robert Holland was a real pleasure to deal with. He replaced my aging furnace and installed a whole-​house air conditioning system with multiple zones controlled through two NEST thermostats. I received estimates from several local HVAC companies, and felt most confident that Rob could do the job. He gave me a no-​nonsense fixed price bid which seemed perfectly reasonable, and delivered exactly what we had agreed on without any quibbles, ifs or buts.
I’m delighted with the results. Thank you Rob, for an excellent job!

Our interaction started with a very informative phone call and was very straightforward. I could tell right away this the right spot for my business. They were available immediately to help with our heater that would not fire up. Super responsive and knowledgeable, diagnosed the issue very quickly and fixed it just as fast after a quick parts run.
Rates were reasonable, will be our first call next time.
He took the time to have a discussion about our entire heating system installation, and he confirmed my poor opinion of our current installation. He gave some helpful suggestions for further work on our setup.

Showed up at scheduled time, fixed furnace problem promptly, charged a fair price.
Thank you!

After three days of sleeping with extra blankets, while wearing socks, sweatpants and sweaters, a very handsome and capable gentleman from El Cerrito Heating and Sheet Metal came by today and fixed the furnace quickly, efficiently and cheaply. It does not get better than that!

Rob correctly diagnosed a problem that another company (AC Heating and Cooling) totally screwed up on and saved me over $ 2000, which I would have paid had I gone with AC’s diagnosis. Total cost: less than $ 400 and he came over with the parts in an hour.

WOW — I didn’t know small family companies offering great service like this still existed. I needed a furnace replaced and Rob arrived on time (!) to give me an estimate. His price was excellent and he performed all services exactly as and when he said he would. I was thrilled — thanks Rob and EC Heating & Sheet Metal. If you need a new furnace or furnace replaced — call them. My only caution is that they seem to be really small and I’m not sure they have office «staff» — which means that I left a few phone messages (but the calls were always returned).

These guys are the real deal, don’t waste your time with another company like I did.
Wish I had found them sooner!!! Excellent!

Was in need of an HVAC company to look at our furnace. Couldn’t have been more pleased. Very fast, on-​time, and efficient. Rob was very knowledgeable and even provided a better solution for our filter issues. Priced very reasonable as well. Like others, I would also highly recommend this company for your Furnace needs.

These guys have been in business for at least 2 generations — that’s really saying something in itself. I had them install my central heating years ago and I haven’t had any problems. But they also came and put in a vent when I found out I needed one through the roof. They are honest, don’t overcharge and are very competent. You won’t have to worry if you hire these guys, you’ll be in good hands.