On Jul 4, 12:46*pm, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Dan Musicant" *wrote in message

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I get an unsolicited call around a month ago and it's a woman who says
they are with a program that might install a heater in my house
(Berkeley, CA).

Take a pass. *There is always another deal around the corner, and anyone who
says you need to sign right now should cause you concern. *You should get
quotes from at least two other contractors, and you should ask for the
numbers of several customers you can talk to about their experiences with
this company. *From what you posted here this company smells fishy to me, at
the very least they're trying to over-charge you.

Nobody commented on this gem:

" Without bothering to go up into the attic or
have a close look to see if ducting is possible from the crawl space
to
the 2nd floor, he decides it's not feasible (he may be right in that,
but I'm not at all sure), he tells me if I want other than heat
rising
up the stairwells I need that 2nd heater in the attic. "

That alone is enough to cross this company off your list. A real,
honest,
professional company would have looked over the entire house BEFORE
writing any proposal. To just start quoting installing a second
furnace in
an a attic without even looking at it is a sure sign of a shyster.
To size
the systems correctly they also need to know the true size of the
house,
what kind of insulation, window types and numbers, etc.