Carbon Valley Heating and Air

Carbon Valley Heating didn’t work out well for me. I think that paying nearly $ 408 for annual maintenance is too much, although that includes an exhaust chemistry check that hopefully is not needed every year. The work seemed thorough and they gave me a nice report at the end.
What threw me off is that after that work was done, they found me and explained that they broke off the check valve outlet on the condensation pump, said that’s evidence that the pump is old and quoted $ 450+ to replace the entire thing. They had already cut the tubing and electrical and removed the pump from the setup, so it’s not like I had a choice, since I was left with a non-​operational boiler on a cold winter day. It’s just a little standalone pump that sits off to the side and captures water to pump out of the crawlspace, so I had a gut feeling that that was too expensive and so I told them I wouldn’t have them do it. I found out later that the check valve is a replaceable part and costs about $ 7. The least they could do would be to replace that at no cost, since they broke it, and still recommend replacing the whole thing, but they cut it out and assumed I would pay for the replacement they had on their truck. So, I put a tray under the condensation outlet and ordered the identical pump for $ 42 and replaced it myself.
Buyer beware.