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A Tale of Two Vitodens - DF

Dan Foley
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Flag looked at this job in DC a couple of months ago. The homeowner had done his research and decided on a new Vitodens boiler and indirect tank for a rowhouse he was remodeling. Steve surveyed the job and prepared a proposal. Steve also noted our capabilities and experience installing this boiler.

A couple of weeks passed before Steve heard back from the HO. He wanted us to do the job but at the other contractor's price which was $8,500.00 less than our price. Of course we couldn't do the job at that price so the homeowner indicated he was going with contractor B. Steve warned the HO to be careful because it was impossible to do the job at that price level knowing what the equipment cost and the amount of work involved.

Another couple of weeks passed before Steve heard from the homeowner again. This time he wanted to know if we could fix the mess in the basement. Steve agreed to look at the job at our normal service rates. He found a disaster. The boiler was not even remotely installed to the manufacturer's instruction manual.

Th expansion tank was mounted on an arm of 1/2" copper about 16" long without any means of support. The weight of the tank caused the fitting to break loose while the HO was at work. The water ran all day flooding his basement. In addition, the water sprayed on the boiler soaking all of the components. The electronic control was still in the box, bobbing on the water and thoroughly saturated.

Steve told the homeowner that we would not touch this one with a ten foot pole and collected for the service call. He did let him know that we would gladly do the job at our previous price with new equipment. There was no way we would accept the liability involved with installing equipment that had been soaked with water.

After considering his options, the homeowner accepted Steve's proposal and we installed the system properly without any problems. You can check out the HO's perspective at this link:


http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=46697


To quote ME "you may not always get what you pay for but you NEVER get what you DON'T pay for". Thanks, Mark - I love that quote.


-DF

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