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    Business ProfileforBrian's Chimney Service

    Chimney Repair

    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

    Brian's Chimney Service offers chimney building, cleaning and relining.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    62 Diane Dr, Manchester, CT 06040-6504
    BBB File Opened:
    11/13/1990
    Years in Business:
    36
    Business Started:
    9/10/1987
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Sole Proprietorship
    Business Management
    • Mr. Brian L Smith, Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Brian L Smith, Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Brian L Smith, Owner

    Customer Complaints

    2 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    02/01/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    As you said in our quote to us (August 19, 2019) "We are a small business and in order to keep our prices below our competitors..." We need prompt payment. We, the customer, in turn expected quality work from your family to ours. To say the least, we are very disappointed in your response to our problem. Or should I say lack of response. Your company was the one we trusted our home to and the only one that has worked on our chimney...until now. I called ************ on September 3, 2021 and described our problem in a voicemail and expected you to come out and examine the issue. I didn't receive a return call. I called again on September 8, 2021 and forgot to leave my address. Irene called back at 1:45 pm, 9/8/2021 (I still have her voicemail recording on my phone) and I gave her the address and she said that you would be out in a couple of days. Again, I never heard back from you. We gave up on expecting you to respond, so we went with a different company to resolve the issue. Your quote said the cement crown was to be refaced but you can see in the "cracked crown" photo the crown still had a crack. The crack in the crown extended from the front of the chimney all the way to the back right next to the flu. The crack continued down through a number of bricks and water eventually leaked into the room below damaging the ceiling (Photos available for BBB that I sent to them) The color of the cement used to point the bricks did not come close to matching the original color (Look closely at the "Chimney photo" and you can see the different cement colors.) The company we hired to do the repair said "it looks like they didn't even try to match it." I agree. This is the third time I'm trying to resolve this issue with your company. Obviously you no longer have an opportunity to correct it. The only resolution now is to refund the $1,050 that we paid you for the incompetent work you performed. I have sent basically this email to them 3 times.

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    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Lou G

    1 star

    10/13/2023

    DO NOT HIRE EVER! I used this company to put in a new chimney liner at the same time I was getting a new furnace in 2021. Upon inspection/service of the new furnace this past week - it did not pass. I was shocked as everything was brand new! I was advised to get the chimney checked out first before they looked to the furnace as the problem. So I called Brian's - since they installed it - and never heard back. I got another chimney company to come out and they were shocked at what they found. See the pictures. Completely wrong type of liner had been installed, it was a used liner not a new one, they did not run it to the bottom on either end and instead just used an OPEN piece of sheet metal at the furnace pipe entrance and cemented the sides of it to the foundation wall. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!??? No wonder smoke was coming back through the furnace pipe. He left his rope in the liner and the top part of the liner was halfway closed off, and had barbed wire all over it and was twisted like it was just shoved in there without the correct angles and did not even go all the way down on the outside. There was no insulation around it along the bricks that are outside of the home to keep the winter cold out of that area and keep the masonery off it. Everything had to be torn out and then all new had to be installed that cost thousands to fix. So Brian's Chimney Service completely ripped me off and they are completely inept! No wonder I never got a call back. And thank God I have an oil tank and not gas or would have been subject to carbon monoxide poisoning since would not have smelled it. If it wasn't such a pain in the butt to sue them, I definitely would sue. This company put my family is a lot of danger. Again, DO NOT HIRE. P.S. I gave 1 star because they showed up for the job so they could I guess "honestly" rip me off.

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