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Find a Location

Official Heating & Cooling has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Official Heating & Cooling

      5214 S Il Route 31 Crystal Lake, IL 60012-3788

    • Official Heating & Cooling

      1401 North Dr Mchenry, IL 60050-4331

    Business ProfileforOfficial Heating & Cooling

    Heating and Air Conditioning
    Multi Location Business

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:
    On September 30, 2011 the business changed ownership still keeping the business name. Under the new ownership the Business has claimed no responsibility for providing refunds owed by the previous owners.
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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    All makes and models. Sales, installations, service, furnace, air conditioning, humidification, zoning, duct cleaning, duct sealing, air cleaners

    Products & Services

    Air conditioners, Furnaces, Humidifiers, Air Cleaners, Aeroseal

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Official Heating & Cooling has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Official Heating & Cooling

        5214 S Il Route 31 Crystal Lake, IL 60012-3788

      • Official Heating & Cooling

        1401 North Dr Mchenry, IL 60050-4331

      Location of This Business
      5214 S Il Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60012-3788
      BBB File Opened:
      12/27/2000
      Years in Business:
      33
      Business Started:
      9/1/1990
      Business Started Locally:
      9/1/1990
      Business Incorporated:
      8/26/2011
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Active Air Plus
      • Biewer Heating & Air Conditioning, L.L.C.
      • ACME Heating Co.
      • AK & Ck LLC
      Business Management
      • Ms. Mary DeFrancisco, Office Manager
      • Mr. Adam Kern, Corporate Manager
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Ms. Mary DeFrancisco, Office Manager
      • Mr. Adam Kern, Corporate Manager

      Customer Contact

      • Ms. Mary DeFrancisco, Office Manager
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (815) 344-0800
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Industry Tip

      BBB Tip: Buying and servicing your heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems

      Customer Complaints

      2 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      02/20/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I purchased a furnace and air conditioner, unit back in 2012. On my contract it stated that I had a ***************************************************************************************** my warranty is null and void and they will not honor the warranty under the previous name of the company.

      Customer Reviews

      1 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Pradeep M

      1 star

      06/23/2022

      No honesty, no integrity, deceptive practices, and rude, disrespectful office manager to go with it! This one sentence will save your time and money if you are reading this review to hire this company. Morale and Ethics are not the words in this companys dictionary.They send technicians on the same day you report a problem, and they are punctual. However, the technicians seemed to be under pressure and seemed to be sent on a mission to fish for more business Another business which sold me the ** units and gave parts and labor warranty did a phenomenal job for many years and was bought out by this company. This company informed me that they will honor all contracts of the business they bought out if I retain them to do annual maintenance. It turned out to be a trap! After paying them for a couple of years for maintenance, when the ** stopped cooling, they took a U-turn and flatly refused to honor the contract, washing their hands! They started sending different people, charging me for the trips, stating refrigerant and labor is not covered as we did not. It had been almost 12 months and three trips, but problem was not fixed, and they still wanted me to pay more on leak test for compressor which their technician said, he has to come in to do it at night! (Never heard that before and that sounded sketchy to me!). I told him you didnt do anything or any diagnosis but if you want to charge, add your charges to the technician who does the work, and I will pay. He agreed but the office manager accused me of refusing to pay. I paid for the do nothing trip to her but I refused to engage them anymore unless I spoke with the owners but she refused to have the owners call me, insulted me, threatened to hang up and did hung up. It turned out to be a wakeup call for me to turn to another company, which came in, right away I found that what official hc was going to do would result in wild goose chase. They fixed the problem ordering coil under mfg warranty.

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