Thermo Direct has been a nightmare that seemingly won't end. I have met with Thermo Direct at my house 5 times, 6 if you include meeting a Cary inspector (which failed the HVAC this week), and every time they leave, I find a new issue. Outside of Eddie and a quality assurance worker, the managers and workers have been unprofessional, unknowledgeable, rushing, or disrespectful of my time.
My biggest issues include a particular manager assigned to me (that I told them I don't want to work with) and the amount of time I've had to spend working with Thermo Direct to get the unit in a passable state and functional as promised (No ETA there). No one wants to deal with a new dysfunctional HVAC, only to have a manager come out to your house to discuss the issues and argue with you about trivial things like how many times they've been out (why did that matter to you??) or tell you "everyone makes mistakes, these things happen. Go easy on us and you need to be patient." Yeah, uhm, this has been an expensive, frustrating, and time consuming mistake. After this visit happened and I continued to have issues, I asked the front office to get me back in contact with Eddie, and despite them acknowledging my email, I'm still having to deal with that previous manager. Please, I am serious when I say I do not want to talk to them again.
I'm writing this review to tell potential customers a couple things:
-This company was too good to be true for me, and I'm guessing the issues will easily last me at least a total of 30-45 days (requiring them to be out a total of 24-36 hours for originally a ~12 hour job).
-While their sales rep Eddie and product Midea are clearly outstanding, the workers have made repeated mistakes and made a mess in my house multiple times (insulation and dry wall getting on my bed, couches and all across one of my rooms - both were avoidable). If the same set of workers make repeated mistakes, I wish another group was eventually sent out...
-Having a manager admit that "mistakes are made, no one is perfect, and to go easy on them" is highly unprofessional and will not make someone feel better when there is continuous issues. That's not reassuring to me, it just tells me that this happens more than I probably want to know. If you paid +$20k for a service and product, let's say a new car, immediately experienced issues, have to contact the dealership multiple times for help, and the sales rep tells you "Go easy on us, we all make mistakes," you're not going to agree and say "yeah you're right, it's fine this new car I bought from you is having problem after problem, still isn't working as promised, and it's fine I keep having to go back to you to get it fixed."
-Having support/management be disrespectful of your time, needs, explanation of HVAC problems, and argue about issues I'm experiencing while living at my house is not enjoyable to say the least. I paid Thermo Direct to resolve my issues and provide the highest quality product, not to create new issues and butt heads with people on the services and product agreed upon. Why have an owner tell me on the phone when I'm signing the contract that I'd be in good hands, only to not even get what was initially promised and be disrespected?
TLDR: I would have spent more money to go with another company had I known that I was going to experience weeks of issues, have people disrespect my time, and have to fight for the whole reason I hired them. Actions speak louder than words, and right now, I'm waiting for them to contact me about the city inspector from 2 days ago who failed the HVAC unit Thermo Direct installed. After so many issues, I want to be talking with someone who respects me, have them truly listen and troubleshoot ongoing issues, and end this freaking $20k+ time consuming headache.
I cannot endorse or recommend this company. Out of respect, I am refraining from mentioning the manager's name I have had issues with.