Tri County Refrigeration
102nd, Plano, IA

Tri County Refrigeration Reviews

1 stars based on 1 reviews

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  Gabriel Chrisman

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  We hired these guys to install a boiler in a house we were are restoring. Jim assured me that he knew and understood old radiator heating systems, and we trusted him to choose, size, and install a replacement boiler. It took him months to install the boiler, during which time his team broke a railing post in the basement staircase, and damaged other elements of the house as well - including running a sawzall over some of the historic stenciling we had specifically told him we were trying to preserve. I finally had to help with the installation of some of the piping myself, because I could see it was going nowhere. When that was complete, he tested the system and pronounced it good. However, as soon as it began to get cold and we actually set the thermostat, we realized that things weren't right. Only a couple of the radiators heated up, and the boiler only ran for short times before shutting down. A pump he installed was incredibly noisy and ran at random times. I began to research the details of the system myself, and talked to some other local contractors, and finally posted photos in heatinghelp.com, a forum recommended to me by several people for help with older heating systems. It turns out that Tri County Refrigeration had installed a steam boiler, twice as large as it needed to be, on our radiator system which was intended for hot water hydronic heating. The result is that we had a system which was not effective at heating, and highly inefficient. I was eventually able to get a refund from Tri County Refrigeration, but that still didn't cover the massive propane bills I've incurred, since I was forced to use the boiler to keep the house from freezing over the winter. Nor does it help us to find a contractor to fix the system he screwed up. I'm posting this review because I don't want anyone else to go through this experience!